hmm a cure for bud rot?

[BudMan]

I have been reading here about bud rot & how in some cases people loose a lot of what they love.

Now to my understanding you get but rot when there is too much moisture in the bud which for outdoors is after a rain. Well how would one go about using a automotive/solvent type pressure pump bottle (the one's you pump the plunger to make pressure so liquid sprays out & are normally red & white) to just blow air onto the bud & blow that pesky water away?

Just a thought as they are compact, portable & cheap.

I may even look to see what kind of compressed air bottles are around as a small 1 could do the job with a small air attachment.

[WantDaChronic]

blowing compressed air all over the plants to remove some water would be a hell of an effort for starters if you are using a hand pump bottle and it would also have the possibility of tearing the plants to bits if the air pressure is too high

 

imo you'd be better off gently tapping each branch which will knock off heaps of the water and then spreading the leaves and buds out as much as possible because where the plant touches other parts, ie. a leaf touches another leaf, water builds up and that part of the plant can begin to rot

[Pam]

And if U can't get it all and do end up with a little rot, powdered alum will superdry the bud fast and not hurt the plant.

Alum is used in making pickles.

[Tom]

The only real cure I've come across is amputation.

 

[Luke Skywalker]

Prevention is always better than cure. Make sure you grow in a well ventilated spot and perhaps allow a good 30-50cm of the bottom growth of outdoor plants to be pruned, this will help with splashback from rain moving spores onto the plants....

 

Citrofresh or Microkill is pretty good for saving plants after a budrot episode, but fundamentally, it's better not to get it in the first place. Perhaps a tarpaulin when you think it's going to rain?

 

Or grow indoors.