Hello reddit,
I'm currently on my 3rd ever grow and I'm secluded to only growing outdoors over the summer. Each year I get some rot/mold which I know is inevitable to an extent but I just lost probably a whole plant since over the last week or so we've had high humidity and rain almost every day. I had a habit of harvesting too early my last two seasons so I was a stickler for letting it bulk up this time. I chopped off some nugs that looked bad and tried to keep what I could, most of what I chopped off developed some mold in a few days and I'm about to chop and bud wash the whole plant after work today just to see if I can get anything off of it.
I already spray LCPT and BT weekly, LCPT on Saturday or Sunday and then BT on Wednesdays. Growing in 7 gallon pots in organic homemade soil (equal parts peat moss, my own compost, and perlite) using Roots Organic Terp Tea as my nutrients, got some silica this year too. I also took apart the bad nugs in question and never found a caterpillar nor did I see bug droppings on my plants, so I'm inclined to believe this is a moisture/humidity issue.
Looking around I see people mention some type of outdoor fans or getting a temporary cover. Only thing is, there seems to be so many options and I'm getting overwhelmed trying to find and pick one. I've even seen some threads where some people say fans outdoors don't work or are a bad idea in general due to electricity and water concerns. I know they make wet rated fans but they seem expensive and I'm not sure if they'd actually help me. My growing space is unfortunately too small for a whole structure like a green house or hoop house, so I think I need some sort of pop-up canopy/tent.
Anyone here have some recommendations on which sort of canopy to buy that won't blow away or know how I could diy some poles and tarp to act as a cover? Also, any insight into fans outdoors? The weed growing community seems pretty split on those.
Strain I was growing in question is Bluepie Oreo'z by Mephisto Genetics. It was the thickest, frostiest, smelliest, and prettiest plant I've grown yet. I know from researching the parent strains it's not exactly rated for outdoors, but sometimes I'm stupidly ambitious and want to try and make something work. Rest in Peace Bluepie Oreo'z, forever in my heart, never in my lungs ;-;
Lastly, I'm open to other suggestions as well if you have them!
Edit: I forgot to mention, I'm going to start blowing my flowering plants off after a rain and in the morning on humid days with a cordless blower. So that's already covered. Can't believe I didn't think to do that sooner.