Budrot?

[max_headroom]

I have completed a partial harvest in fact all the big buds off the top. The culprit was a caterpillar/s and it seems to have impacted 3 buds of which with the worst one I had to chop off most of the top at least until I could see green again. the other two or three were about 2 inches from the top of the bud and I chopped out a couple of inches in each case. I am not sure about them touching any of the other branches but IO tried to keep them separated. I think I was pretty lucky and she is so close to harvest. I will have to keep an eye on her as she dries to ensure it doesn't spread. However the conditions are not ideal anymore, they have plenty of ventilation with a fan constantly stirring the air...here's hoping that's the end of it. Thanks for all the suggestions and help...on the up side I weighed the top bud formation (undamaged) which was maybe a foot and a half long and it was just over 3kg should have a dried weight of a couple of ounces...there was not as much as the earlier plants but the buds are much heavier. I can see that only a small percentage of the plant was lost and the worst being the bud I took the photo of earlier, the rest seems fine from what I could see. They are going to take a long time to dry as they are so thick and heavy so hopefully I have gotten enough to stop the rot.

[Dogfish]

Hi, I have no experience in this but would vinegar spray not help kill mould.

[brick]

Hi, I have no experience in this but would vinegar spray not help kill mould.

Never heard of that remedy but I never discount anything until it has been tried. If you have mould why not give a small portion a spray and let us know your results.

[billygoat]

Checked the girls this morning, no visible signs... Fingers crossed

[RickShawRyder]

Well WTF. Been away about 5 days, got home last night. Checked the Zamaldelica Scrog this morning & looks like bud rot. What do you guys reckon am I right? Never had this before, had a bit of mold in buds left too long but shes still got so long to go, at least a couple months. First pic is a week ago. So any ideas on how to proceed? We've had a little rain but not enough to cause this I wouldn't think. MY GDP with it's fat Indica buds is holding ut fine. Fuck I dont want to lose this plant.

       

[RickShawRyder]

Oh yeah, I did fins a couple caterpillars to. Only the two though.

[billygoat]

bugger ! I wonder if its the time of year ? last couple of days have really started cooling off in South East Queensland. 

 

I chopped my first plant last night.  no signs of bud rot, but there was a large caterpillar on the trunk about half way up.  It almost looked like a lawn grub.

 

Cannot have been there that long as none of the leaves were eaten.... and none of the buds have dead brown leaves hanging out of them.

[Sir PsychoHashy]

Oh yeah, I did fins a couple caterpillars to. Only the two though.

 

That's some fucked up shit Rick, but it doesn't look quite like mould, more like everything above a point on the stem is just dying.  Either way, I reckon those pillar's might be your problem.  Dipel is apparently the shit for caterpillars, dunno about withholding periods etc though????

[brick]

Well WTF. Been away about 5 days, got home last night. Checked the Zamaldelica Scrog this morning & looks like bud rot. What do you guys reckon am I right? Never had this before, had a bit of mold in buds left too long but shes still got so long to go, at least a couple months. First pic is a week ago. So any ideas on how to proceed? We've had a little rain but not enough to cause this I wouldn't think. MY GDP with it's fat Indica buds is holding ut fine. Fuck I dont want to lose this plant.

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I lost my monster plant the same way. A few days away from the place and total devastation when I got back home. Back to indoors for me and hang the expense!

[RickShawRyder]

Yeah so upon closer inspection there is a heap of caterpillars feasting on my plant, Will give a good soaking of something as soon as I get a chance. Any-one used Confidor on canna? I have some of that & some rose spray in the shed I reckon.