I have some little sour apple auto’s that look like they might be done, i call upon the great wisdom of OG, What am i looking at here??
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Oh. Um… you may have some problems there. All the brown dead leaves near the top may be bud rot
I can’t tell for sure, but you should inspect that section carefully and if it’s rot… get rid of it as soon as possible
Some more close up photos might be helpful
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Looks like bud rot as @firehead said 
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Yep. Nasty case of botrytis, aka bud rot, @Bizzaro . Put a bag over the infected part and close it around the stem, lower than the infection. Cut below the bag, and close the contaminated part inside the bag. There will be spores waiting to fly, if you disturb it too much so be careful. These could infect near by plants. 
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Thanks team. Now i can cross the bud rot checkbox off my list.
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So sorry you got hit with that. It happens. Wishing you better luck on the next grow 
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That top is rotted 🫤 I’d be careful about smoking any of it tbh, cut and toss the infected parts wash the rest(peroxide, bakinig soda/lemon juice, water) then iso or butane extraction.
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Yeah that’s some serious rot there. Any idea why?
So further details and photos on these 2 Auto’s… they were started inside, moved outside and have been in ground for about a month or so. So far these were the only Auto’s i had going, and i give my plants some space, so hopefully it won’t contaminate others. These were Humboldt Sour Apple Auto. One other thing to note. Where i am we have a certain type of tree called cotton wood. We just went though a huge shedding from some trees that are very close, and there was so much cottonwood on everything, it almost looked like snow. I saw that some of the cotton wood seeds had gotten on these plants but didn’t think much of it. With the rain, and the nature of cotton wood, its possible it could have helped bring on the rot.
Here are some up close additional photos of what i pulled.
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So i think the lesson for me here is, since i grow my stuff outside, need to watch when the plants get into the flowering state. The cottonwood won’t be around in the fall when the majority of the photo period plants are around, but keeping any plants that have large buds covered and less moist might be a good idea. These plants have gotten plenty of rain over the last month, so with the heat and the cotton wood seeds covering them, it was easy for mold to spawn.
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the decaying cotton wood fuzz wouldn’t of helped, but it would of more than likely just been the outdoor conditions and the plant itself, as say if you have very tight bud with no airflow and have a very humid environment your gonna be very suspect to bud rot, saying that the lowers look fine so bud is bud at the end of the day
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Yeah, tbh, it might be too humid wherever you are to have any flowering plants during the middle of summer. Might just stick to photoperiods or if you are set on autos, start around late august-oct or even during winter months if you don’t get a real freeze.
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Bacillus amyloliquefaciens is supposed to help ward off bud rot (Botrytis) and other molds, mildews, and rots, and can be used up until the end of flower. Better luck next time!
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That stuff (Revitalize) works effectively versus lots of fungi.
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I hate when the Cottonwoods shed. They are killing me. The pines started the week before.
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This sucks buddy. I feel for you 
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Don’t worry about me, I am here for the experience. Glad i made the mistake learned a bit on 2 plants rather than 50 (i don’t have 50 BTW). Great to have these answers so quick, and a plan in mind to move forward. Plus - i was looking at bud’s outside in June - not bad!
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Use Before and it helps cut fungi’s PLUS adds phosphorus to help your plant get strong. AND it won’t kill you. (Always a bonus)
