Buds are turning BROWN!
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urabus2005
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gR33nDav3l0l
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Most likely mold, but it's impossible to tell without pictures.
cancer survivor
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pick it all seperate all brown buds from green. throw away brown. take green buds apart and check for MOLD, cut buds into 2 by 2 inch chunks dry as per usual and hope ya get good smoke. sucks but brown aint no good. carry on.
Take it down while you got something left. I just finished my first grow. I had plant that had buds start to turn brown.... It's just the first sign of what is probably a terminal illness of your plant.
Of the 8 plants I had going, all outdoor, I had to fight bud rot on 7 of them. Probably because my location was chosen because it got direct sun all day. It happened, though, to be in a very low lying area with a creek flowing about 10 feet away. In late summer and early fall we get fog most every night. I think this is why I had the bud rot issues.
Anyway, all but one of my girls were sativa dominate hybrids. The quickest to develope was a girl that I started from seed in mid July. She was only about 4.5 feet tall when she got chopped down. I was really Looking forward to her. I expected to be chopping her down last week September or first week October. On September 14 my brother was over and wanted to see them. I noticed some brown spots on two of the colas of this girl, and on several of the buds on the side branches.
I assumed it was bud rot, but this being my first time growing marijuana I figured I would let it ride a bit to learn for the benefit of this sick girls sisters.
Three days later I went to check on them for the first time since I noticed the bud rot. The experiment ended right then and I chopped her down. After she was dried I had three ounces of ugly bud. A significant portion of what didn't rot looked ugly because it was close to The rotting buds. So of my three ounces of bud, probably an ounce was ugly.
There were 42 grams of rotten buds. Useless! I wouldn't smoke them. I didn't even attempt to sell them because it doesn't even look like weed, it doesn't smell like weed, it could make someone sick for all I know and it doesn't even look like it contains THC. It didn't even make it to hash material pile.
So, because I waited three days after I noticed it, I got about 1.5 ounces of smokable buds. I got about the same amount of buds that one could have probably smoked or sold, but I added it to my hash pile.
If I had cut it down the day I noticed it, I would have probably harvested 5 ounces instead of 3.
If the plant had no problems, or if I kept on top of it like it did with this girls sisters, and the buds were able to fully ripen, I would have probably 7 ounces because they really fatten up in those last two weeks.
Immediately I started throughly examining the buds on my other girls. Although I lost some weight from cutting out hunks of buds that started to exhibit signs of rot, it was a minuscule loss compared to what WILL happen to your plants if you don't take care of the bud rot as soon as you notice it.
If you see tiny brown areas on your buds cut them out. If you see large patches of brown, unless its just on one branch, your best off to just take the whole plant. A little bag of bud is better than a big empty bag.
Of the 8 plants I had going, all outdoor, I had to fight bud rot on 7 of them. Probably because my location was chosen because it got direct sun all day. It happened, though, to be in a very low lying area with a creek flowing about 10 feet away. In late summer and early fall we get fog most every night. I think this is why I had the bud rot issues.
Anyway, all but one of my girls were sativa dominate hybrids. The quickest to develope was a girl that I started from seed in mid July. She was only about 4.5 feet tall when she got chopped down. I was really Looking forward to her. I expected to be chopping her down last week September or first week October. On September 14 my brother was over and wanted to see them. I noticed some brown spots on two of the colas of this girl, and on several of the buds on the side branches.
I assumed it was bud rot, but this being my first time growing marijuana I figured I would let it ride a bit to learn for the benefit of this sick girls sisters.
Three days later I went to check on them for the first time since I noticed the bud rot. The experiment ended right then and I chopped her down. After she was dried I had three ounces of ugly bud. A significant portion of what didn't rot looked ugly because it was close to The rotting buds. So of my three ounces of bud, probably an ounce was ugly.
There were 42 grams of rotten buds. Useless! I wouldn't smoke them. I didn't even attempt to sell them because it doesn't even look like weed, it doesn't smell like weed, it could make someone sick for all I know and it doesn't even look like it contains THC. It didn't even make it to hash material pile.
So, because I waited three days after I noticed it, I got about 1.5 ounces of smokable buds. I got about the same amount of buds that one could have probably smoked or sold, but I added it to my hash pile.
If I had cut it down the day I noticed it, I would have probably harvested 5 ounces instead of 3.
If the plant had no problems, or if I kept on top of it like it did with this girls sisters, and the buds were able to fully ripen, I would have probably 7 ounces because they really fatten up in those last two weeks.
Immediately I started throughly examining the buds on my other girls. Although I lost some weight from cutting out hunks of buds that started to exhibit signs of rot, it was a minuscule loss compared to what WILL happen to your plants if you don't take care of the bud rot as soon as you notice it.
If you see tiny brown areas on your buds cut them out. If you see large patches of brown, unless its just on one branch, your best off to just take the whole plant. A little bag of bud is better than a big empty bag.
Sand4x105
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Dude... read this: https://www.rollitup.org/harvesting-curing/516184-trichomes-harvesting.htmlAny info would be appreciated. My first outdoor grow and my trichomes aren't 50-75% amber yet but I have some buds that are completely brown, why?
Whom ever told you to Wait for more than 75% amber was an idiot, and didn't know how to grow....
Pull your plant now...
The plant continues to degrade as it dries....
If you have 75% now? When it's dry Dust?
Good Luck!
skinnysmoke
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it's bud rot and I would remove it and bud around immediately!!! I found this near the top of my main cola so I removed it cut ut of everything above it. I have not anymore problems. Be proactive now or lose everything. I put in too much work to lose everything, plus this is my first grow ever and she is gonna finish!!!Thank you so much for your reply. I had 5 plants and the last 3 are the ones that had like one or two brow buds on them. I cut off the brown buds and hopefully the rest of the plant will survive. It really sucks because one of the infected plants has like purple buds. I don't know what kind of bud I have because I got the seeds from bud that I got from a friend. But one of the buds smells like lemon.
I saw a video on you tube that said the trichomes should be 75% amber. This was my first time growing from seeds I found in some bud I got from a friend. I will cut the plants down today. I checked them yesterday for worms/caterpillars but didn't see anything. I did pull out the brown buds though. Hopefully it is salvageable - thanks for your reply.
skinnysmoke
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Just try to be proactive about checking for the brown areas. Also do you know how it started moisture or bud worms? My girl got bud rot from being left out in high humidity and rain/drizzle for too many days. If that was the case put a fan on her if possible, cover her up if there is any chance of rain or nighttime dew, and be sure to remove all areas that was in contact with the rotten bud!!!
If the trichs are ready chop then
If the trichs are ready chop then
bendoverbilly
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I am not sure why everyone equates bud rot to insects. An insect is an insect and mold is mold.
BWG707
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When budworms get in your buds they shit, that shit promotes rot/mold.