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Botrytis / Bud Rot vs Bruising / Handling Damage

internal decaying tissue vs non-progressive physical discoloration

Botrytis / Bud Rot

Open the full issue guide for confirm steps, safe actions, and related lookalikes.

Bruising / Handling Damage

Open the full issue guide for confirm steps, safe actions, and related lookalikes.

Why These Get Confused

• These patterns can overlap in early scouting. internal decaying tissue vs non-progressive physical discoloration.

• Botrytis / Bud Rot: An internal flower rot pattern where bud interiors brown, collapse, or turn mushy before the outside fully shows damage, commonly driven by trapped moisture, dense flowers, and poor airflow in late flower.
• Bruising / Handling Damage: Bruising / Handling Damage often shows as random spots when matching this pattern. Use compare routing and one more high-signal check if the pattern still overlaps a common lookalike. Compare it against the strongest lookalike before acting.
• Strongest differentiator: internal decaying tissue vs non-progressive physical discoloration.

• Open the cola gently and inspect the interior for brown, gray, or collapsing tissue hidden beneath intact outer flower
• Compare suspect flowers against healthy colas to identify internal spread rather than simple bruising
• Check whether the issue clusters in dense late-flower buds or poorly ventilated zones
• Look for musty odor, internal collapse, or gray growth rather than only superficial browning
• Inspect the most affected tissue first and confirm that the visible pattern matches the expected bruising handling damage presentation
• Compare bruising handling damage against its closest lookalikes before applying treatment

• Confirm the strongest visible cue on the earliest affected tissue.
• Open the linked issue guides before changing feed, environment, or sanitation strategy.

If these still overlap, return to Diagnose for follow-up checks or continue to Upload for explicit photo-based review.