EMERGENCY - Mold at harvest when lights are off

Hi

I have just has an emergency phone call from a friend.

He is in the middle of harvest and spotted a few bits of mold in a couple of main colas.

He has removed any mold that he has found.

Question; Should he cut of all main colas and hang before trimming to prevent further mold? (he does not have time to trim leaves until tomorrow) Or will this possibly cause more mold through leaves dying?

Thanks
 

justugh

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my honest advice would be heavly trim the mold area away cut that part off and complete remove it from the area u are drying in ..............now make hash/butter out of that one or throw it in a bottle of shine(everclear) and extract the goodness...................but in the least cut and remove that cola from the plant /keep a eye on the rest of them (make sure u have a steady air flow and reduce the humity to around 50% if u can )
 
Thanks for the reply.

Whole colas with mold have been removed from room and mold cut out.

humidity is around 50-55% at max capacity of fans.

He's just worried that he will go back in, about 10 hours later and find mold has spread to other colas. He cant stay in as he has to go to work.

So would you say No to cutting and hanging all unaffected colas?
 

justugh

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the uneffected ones ......................i have not done much in the drying yet i am geting my game plan down

u can cut them if u want ......but aslong as he keeps a eye on them and the wind is going it should be fine ( i have never removed the cola for drying yet so i do not know if it is the smartest idea and i do not want to give advice that would wreck the hard work and lower your thc )

if he sees any more mold on them i would tell him to make Hashoil out of all the stuff (u do not need to dry it for that so what ever is uneffected can be used) ....then that tent needs a bleach /anti mold wash down before u use again ..................the mold spores are still in the tent now it is just a matter of not letting them latch on and grow


he does have a fan inside the tent that is moving the air around ( not a intake or a exhust) but just a 10 inch fan to blow inside.............this is a mimic of tabbacco curing the wind blows on the plants to remove the humity inside the buds ( to much wind u get a hay smell in the tent) just stop the wind and it goes away then turn it back on in 2/3 days
 

Southerner

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Id make hash out of all of it honestly, the big blotches of mold might be the only VISIBLE sign but I guarantee that spores and smaller growths of it are spread throughout the garden. It sucks ass to put all that work and time in for a harvest and then cashout day turns out to be a big bust, but you have to think of the people's lungs that will be smoking this shit. A process like making BHO or QWISO would make sense.
 

qwizoking

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Yea I would definitely do hash..it'll all end up molding....people don't talk about em enough but a micron syringe can be found cheap on eBay and will remove bacteria mold spores besides improving the quality of the hash oil. That's what I do with a moldy harvest...it won't remove the nasties certain types of mold leave behind though so you do need to remove all you can
 
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