I guess I messed up during the drying process. Such a beautiful cola, too, but I forgot to take a pic before I noticed the mold - at which point I just started peeling away chunks at a time ☹️

What a bummer.

  • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
    3·
    3 days ago

    What were your conditions? You should keep the air moving at all times.

    Where I am it’s stupid dry, so I have to leave stuff on the branches or it’s over dry in days.

    • <sub></sub>OPEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      It was towars the upper edn of 50% humidity , and I had air moving around the room, but not specifically for this purpose ans I think with the level of humidity I should have had a fan or dehu going. I think it might work well when the weather is actually more wintery than it is now, but until then I have to be more diligent

      • Ey ich frag doch nur@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 days ago

        I’d guess that there was already mold in the bud at harvest. It looks like a lot and I think it takes a few days for mold to spread that much.

        • <sub></sub>OPEnglish
          2·
          7 hours ago

          You think? I have no idea - the plant seemed fine, and I didnt notice it until I opened it up, so I don’t really know. I’ll have to keep a closer eye, and maybe break the big buds up a little more before drying, just to check.

          Thanks!

          • Ey ich frag doch nur@lemmy.world
            1·
            4 hours ago

            As soon as they develop buds I check them every day for mold. In both of my grows I discovered mold one day before the planned harvest and had to throw away some of it.

            When the buds grow denser I even bend the bigger ones a bit to check its cores. I do this with rubber gloves or skewers because it’s so very sticky.

      • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 days ago

        Huh.

        I usually set my exhaust fan to turn on at 60%rh and my humidifier (if I use it) to turn off at 55%rh. I keep my upper and lower canopy fans going 100%, but you want the RH to be up, but that’s why you want LOTS of indirect airflow.

        You want a sealed climate, so a grow tent or you can rig up a tote if it’s a small enough batch or something.

        • <sub></sub>OPEnglish
          1·
          7 hours ago

          Yeah, still working on getting everything dialed in and figuring out how to make my space work - I’ll have to get some kind of tote or box or small tent or sonething. i know my set up wasn’t ideal. Its not a sealed environment, and I didnt have as much airflow as i probably should have. Thanks for the tips and what your setup (that you know works) is like!