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Don't trust tents to hid heat. Aim the air at the ground and in the winter you will need to wrap your tent in something
 
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Alri my green fingered pals, hope all is well. Its been a while since being on the thread possibly over 6 years. I had a different user name back then.

Just wanted to share a recent podcast I put our regarding the RSA theres no hiding drug driving campaign.

The podcast aims to highlight the harms of prohibition on our society and the benefits legalisation would bring. Im over on FB, Insta and Twitter where i post regularly enough too.

I miss being anonymous and doing my bit of growing but had to take a break to step up my efforts for legalisation here. In court on Monday for a joint I already have a couple of convictions for possession and will be interested to see how this visit goes. I will be representing myself and telling the truth.
 
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Truckin along nicely, got some tangerine dream (back left) star killer (back center + back right) and a couple alien rift. Everything's been topped t'fuck to get em ready for scrogging and theyr all due a good leaf stripping before they go under the net!
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And my single biggest plant to date, I had 2 big blueberry cookies and I murdered the largest stretching it under the scrog! So I moved the smaller one to the bigger pot, vegged her another 2 weeks and flipped at the start of august. So far so good!
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Just noticed the other day on one of my plants a single branch started to wilt on an otherwise healthy plant, then another this morning. I did a bit of looking around on the net and I think it could be Fusarium wilt a fungus in the roots, anyone ever experienced this? And how did you treat it?
 
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Greetings folks, long time listener, first time caller here.
I was wondering if I could ask for advice as I’m a first time grower, apologies in advance if it’s a bit long winded!
So....I planted 3 ‘Black Lights’ Auto seeds from SensiSeeds on the 21st of May. I built a cold frame green house mounted on wheels so I could move it around in the sun to maximise light. Two of them shot up while ‘The Runt’ was a lot slower. I only really gave them tomato feed and watched their growth. The two big girls were doing great, by mid August I’d guess they were about 2 weeks from harvest with nice (but not massive) buds. But disaster struck when I went away for two nights and came back to find the top 70% of the 2 plants were destroyed with mould so I chopped it and threw away 4 ounces of wet bud. Heartbroken and panicking I chopped the still good un matured bud down and dried it. It’s been curing for 2 weeks and I’ve had a cheeky smoke and it’s nice enough. I realised very quickly after I’d chopped it that I should have left what was on the plants to see if they did ok. Anyway, lesson learnt.
I then installed a fan on the side of my grow box to see if The Runt would mature (she’s currently 16 weeks old so very slow!) Low and behold she’s doing great, still very small at only 60cm but sure, such is life. She’s been very slowly budding for 5-6 weeks now. Trichomes are still fairly clear and the pistils are turning more orange and the buds are fattening up. I reckon she’s a couple of weeks away. Only issue is I’m seeing spots of mould as the buds are fattening. I’m cutting them out at the cost of some of the top buds and to be honest, I’m ready to take her outside and box the head off her because the whole experience over the last months has been quite difficult, it’s been very educational and I know so much more now for next years grow but I’m at a bit of a loss as to what to do with her. For the past few weeks I’ve been leaving her outside all day and taking her in at night (it’s driving my wife mad because the house bangs of weed when we come down in the morning!) and this morning I found what looks to be the beginning of mould in the fat buds. Anyway, any insight would be great and thanks in advance!!

Here’s some photos of the 2 good ‘uns followed by their rot along with their house and finally The Runt which I’d lollipopped and supercropped and the mould I found in her this morning.
 

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Francoblanco said:
Greetings folks, long time listener, first time caller here.
I was wondering if I could ask for advice as I’m a first time grower, apologies in advance if it’s a bit long winded!
So....I planted 3 ‘Black Lights’ Auto seeds from SensiSeeds on the 21st of May. I built a cold frame green house mounted on wheels so I could move it around in the sun to maximise light. Two of them shot up while ‘The Runt’ was a lot slower. I only really gave them tomato feed and watched their growth. The two big girls were doing great, by mid August I’d guess they were about 2 weeks from harvest with nice (but not massive) buds. But disaster struck when I went away for two nights and came back to find the top 70% of the 2 plants were destroyed with mould so I chopped it and threw away 4 ounces of wet bud. Heartbroken and panicking I chopped the still good un matured bud down and dried it. It’s been curing for 2 weeks and I’ve had a cheeky smoke and it’s nice enough. I realised very quickly after I’d chopped it that I should have left what was on the plants to see if they did ok. Anyway, lesson learnt.
I then installed a fan on the side of my grow box to see if The Runt would mature (she’s currently 16 weeks old so very slow!) Low and behold she’s doing great, still very small at only 60cm but sure, such is life. She’s been very slowly budding for 5-6 weeks now. Trichomes are still fairly clear and the pistils are turning more orange and the buds are fattening up. I reckon she’s a couple of weeks away. Only issue is I’m seeing spots of mould as the buds are fattening. I’m cutting them out at the cost of some of the top buds and to be honest, I’m ready to take her outside and box the head off her because the whole experience over the last months has been quite difficult, it’s been very educational and I know so much more now for next years grow but I’m at a bit of a loss as to what to do with her. For the past few weeks I’ve been leaving her outside all day and taking her in at night (it’s driving my wife mad because the house bangs of weed when we come down in the morning!) and this morning I found what looks to be the beginning of mould in the fat buds. Anyway, any insight would be great and thanks in advance!!

Here’s some photos of the 2 good ‘uns followed by their rot along with their house and finally The Runt which I’d lollipopped and supercropped and the mould I found in her this morning.
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It seems a lot of us outdoor growers were hit bad with bud rot this year, I lost a lot to it, one it sets in its hard to stop it, a fan or airflow helps but it's normally around the top cola were you get it, especially at the back of the buds near the main stalk, so you don't really see it until it spreads. This summer has been a disaster with rain and humidity, I normally chop them and try save what I can.
 
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Santiago789 said:
It seems a lot of us outdoor growers were hit bad with bud rot this year, I lost a lot to it, one it sets in its hard to stop it, a fan or airflow helps but it's normally around the top cola were you get it, especially at the back of the buds near the main stalk, so you don't really see it until it spreads. This summer has been a disaster with rain and humidity, I normally chop them and try save what I can.
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Cheers for getting back to me Santiago! So do you reckon I should just chop the whole plant down now and dry it before any more sets in? They seemed to be very small spots this time and do you think that if I cut out the small spots in the top affected colas I can still smoke the rest of said colas? Thanks again, greatly appreciated!
ps is this something that hits crops every year? It really has been a terrible summer and it has me researching hardier mould resistant strains for next year but I was just wondering if it’s something to try and prepare for every year!!
 
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Francoblanco said:
Cheers for getting back to me Santiago! So do you reckon I should just chop the whole plant down now and dry it before any more sets in? They seemed to be very small spots this time and do you think that if I cut out the small spots in the top affected colas I can still smoke the rest of said colas? Thanks again, greatly appreciated!
ps is this something that hits crops every year? It really has been a terrible summer and it has me researching hardier mould resistant strains for next year but I was just wondering if it’s something to try and prepare for every year!!
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I wouldn't just yet, it's only a small bit. I've read if you cut off the infected bit and apply isopropyl alcohol to the cut part, don't know how true this is, as long as the remaining buds don't have mould on them they should be OK, though it can still spread while drying, if you have a small fan going in your drying area but not blowing directly on your plants it helps. I think it's mostly weather dependent, rain and humidity, I haven't grown for years but back then I might just get one small spot that was fixed by cutting it out, I had some lovely healthy plants this year that had to be chopped early because of it. The humidity seems to be dropping a bit the last few weeks so fingers crossed. There's a strain called Freisian dew that's supposed to be very mould resistant
 
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Francoblanco

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Santiago789 said:
I wouldn't just yet, it's only a small bit. I've read if you cut off the infected bit and apply isopropyl alcohol to the cut part, don't know how true this is, as long as the remaining buds don't have mould on them they should be OK, though it can still spread while drying, if you have a small fan going in your drying area but not blowing directly on your plants it helps. I think it's mostly weather dependent, rain and humidity, I haven't grown for years but back then I might just get one small spot that was fixed by cutting it out, I had some lovely healthy plants this year that had to be chopped early because of it. The humidity seems to be dropping a bit the last few weeks so fingers crossed. There's a strain called Freisian dew that's supposed to be very mould resistant
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That’s deadly man, thanks heaps! I check on it every night when I take it in with a magnifying glass and I’ll look into the isopropyl thing too as I have some in the press and if it does start to spread I’ll chop her down. I’ll look up that Freudian too. Great advice thanks again!
 
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Francoblanco said:
That’s deadly man, thanks heaps! I check on it every night when I take it in with a magnifying glass and I’ll look into the isopropyl thing too as I have some in the press and if it does start to spread I’ll chop her down. I’ll look up that Freudian too. Great advice thanks again!
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No worries man, it's an absolute ball ache when you put a lot of time into your plants, they look and smell great and then you notice a grey, fuzzy mould on one of the buds. I had to chop 4 this year a bit early because of it, I'm just hoping the last ones will be OK, they're photo periods
 

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No worries man, it's an absolute ball ache when you put a lot of time into your plants, they look and smell great and then you notice a grey, fuzzy mould on one of the buds. I had to chop 4 this year a bit early because of it, I'm just hoping the last ones will be OK, they're photo periods
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Ball ache is right but I’ve definitely learnt a lot. If I was living on land away from prying eyes I’d have a nice greenhouse with plenty growing on it. I lived in Australia for 6 years and I had a few friends who grew photo periods. Monsters they were!
 
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Santiago789 said:
No worries man, it's an absolute ball ache when you put a lot of time into your plants, they look and smell great and then you notice a grey, fuzzy mould on one of the buds. I had to chop 4 this year a bit early because of it, I'm just hoping the last ones will be OK, they're photo periods
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Girls looking good man :bigjoint:
 
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