I killed 9 plants this year between the racoons and the weather, this is my last one. It’s 6 weeks old and taller than the tomato cage so on the one hand I’m not tripping that bad but on the other hand I feel like a failure for killing 9 plants. Hopefully the bud’s good 👍

  • Bizzle@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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    5 days ago

    That sucks dude holy cow! I had caterpillars last year too, fortunately they weren’t in all my bud. I’m also scared of botrytis now, I grow strawberries probably 40ft from my cannabis patch.

    • kieron115@startrek.websiteEnglish
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      5 days ago

      Thanks, yeah it did. They were autoflowers thankfully so I only lost like 3 months of time but it still stung having to trash it all. How’s the humidity where you are? I learned that botrytis needs three things to attack your plant:

      1. a host (the strawberries)
      2. an initial food supply. an open wound on the plant is all it takes.
      3. this is the big one, and the one i was warned about but ignored, HUMIDITY. I’m on the east coast and it got incredibly humid last summer.

      As long as you can control for 2 of the 3 you should keep the mold at bay. I built a cheapo cage out of 1x2s and window screening to keep out the moths, as well as some some outdoor rated fans to help with the humidity. The strains I’ve grown so far definitely need defoliation so I can’t do much about not having open wounds on the plant. I’ve found college extension websites to be a very reliable source of free information if you want to do some reading!

      https://extension.psu.edu/botrytis-or-gray-mold

      • Bizzle@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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        5 days ago

        I’m in the Midwest and it’s peak corn sweat season 😂 I live up on a bluff though and it’s super windy up here so hopefully that saves me. I had some pretty big buds last year with no signs of rot 🤞