What to do after bud rot infection

Out of three grows in my tent on my third grow I got a budrot infection. It wasn't too bad only affecting 2 plants and only the main cola. My concern is im ready to start my second grow and from what I have read you cant completely kill budrot. I don't know what to do for I cannot afford to just buy a new grow tent everytime or if this occurs again. I was going to clean it with bleach but from what I read you also need to treat it with ozone. I cant afford to do anything high tech like that. I figured if you cleaned a room with bleach it would kill any remaining spores. Any ideas other than buying a new tent or using ozone? Or can it simply be taken care of with bleach. Please help.

Honestly the mold spores that cause things like budrot are always in the air around us and our plants, they just wait for the right conditions to manifest for them to take hold and take off. That's why bread and fruit gets moldy even if there's nothing else moldy near them, the spores are always all around us, just harmless until conditions are right for their growth. So yeah, it's always good to clean things so you don't have extra, but no matter what you do the spores will be in the air, and if you don't give them the opportunity to take hol, by keeping conditions unfavorable to their growth you won't get budrot, and if you let conditions get out of control and become favorable to rot they will rot.

Thank you! So I will wipe everything with a bleach solution after vaccuming every inch with a hepa cleaner. Then next go around I will keep humidity at 30% instead of 45-50%. Again thanks!

psychadelibud said:

Thank you! So I will wipe everything with a bleach solution after vaccuming every inch with a hepa cleaner. Then next go around I will keep humidity at 30% instead of 45-50%. Again thanks!

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Make sure you check the RH in amongst the plants aswell as you can get microclimates popping up between leaf surfaces that can harbour the spores and cause your issues.


I've had bud rot before.

Bleach clean and keep RH in check and you'll be golden.



J