To grow successfully in humid areas good air circulation, good soil drainage, proper fertilzation and proper plant morphology are needed.
Good soil drainage is necessary to maintain not only healthy roots, but also build up the plant's resistance to humid environent pathogens.
Not overfertilizing is also key in keeping grasshoppers, caterpillars, and other insects from eating the leaves, defacating on the plants, and creating an ideal environment for mold/diseases to grow. I always minimized the use of nitrogen and what was given was typically slow release during the veg. phase to try to make the plants less attractive to insects. During flowering, nitrogen was eliminated early and fan leaves were also left to yellow and drop by harvest time to further dissuade the insects.
In my experience, plants that were thick and fluffy never did well due to rot/mold. The most successful and productive plants were those with very few small leaflets and where the bud calyxes would stack up tightly on one another.
Good soil drainage is necessary to maintain not only healthy roots, but also build up the plant's resistance to humid environent pathogens.
Not overfertilizing is also key in keeping grasshoppers, caterpillars, and other insects from eating the leaves, defacating on the plants, and creating an ideal environment for mold/diseases to grow. I always minimized the use of nitrogen and what was given was typically slow release during the veg. phase to try to make the plants less attractive to insects. During flowering, nitrogen was eliminated early and fan leaves were also left to yellow and drop by harvest time to further dissuade the insects.
In my experience, plants that were thick and fluffy never did well due to rot/mold. The most successful and productive plants were those with very few small leaflets and where the bud calyxes would stack up tightly on one another.
