Damn man… That sucks! Losing plants after they have been alive that long is a major drag. Hopefully the remainder recovers and moves on OK 
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Thanks man. I think she’ll be ok. Yield will probably be negatively affected but that’s ok too. Appreciate the kind words.
Stupid windy balcony.
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hopefully it’ll heal up…sucks my frie d. Atleast you have some killer hash lol come on man silver linings
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Hash update:
So they’ve had a chance to sit for a bit and I’ve tested them thoroughly.
The higher quality is all gooey.
The lower quality is like compressed sand. It crumbles a little.
They both bubble under a flame and burn away to virtually no ash left in the pipe.
I try to stash my higher grades away for a special occasion but they never end up making it all the way there.
All the best.
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The best and beautiful things in life, never have to ask for attention 
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Here is a quick pic of my tent currently. They were under 14 hrs window light for a week and were just switched to 12/12. The left and middle are both white widows and the right is a northern lights.
All the best.
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Looking great man. Almost ready to trigger as well…couple weeks out. Im excited to see the final product on yours man
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Good day all:
Not much to report but the plants are now a few weeks into flower.
The NL is starting to yellow the way she’s done on all my other rounds.
I added more sturdy drip trays just for my piece of mind.
Here is the nicest pic of a white widow.
All the best
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Good day all:
So I’m about 5 weeks into flower. Not everything is going well.
I had my setup dialed in. I changed my methods for no good reason (laziness) and am paying the price.
I didn’t defoliate at the beginning of flower. I do this to prevent mildew and rot. I usually have a fan blowing under the canopy to prevent mildew and rot. Not this time.
One of my plants has developed powdery mildew. I have done the heavy defoliation I should have done and plugged in the fan under the canopy.
The unaffected northern lights has 2 weeks left so even if it develops a little mildew it will still finish. Not worried about this guy. In the home stretch.
The other WW could easily go another month and I’m worried about this plant the most. If this gets mildew it’s a goner.
The affected plant is getting worse.
Do I fart around with a milk/baking soda spray? Do I cull the plant? I’m ok with losing it if it comes to that. My jars are all full anyway. Should I make a hasty decision and kill it to protect the others? Do I try to save it?
This is the current question I don’t have answers for.
All the best
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@beacher has had some experience with PM and tried just about everything… Maybe he can chime in here 
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I have dealt with powdery mildew outside but this is in a tent and it’s crowded in there. It makes me nervous.
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I have never had to deal with PM, so I don’t have any advice, but wanted to pass along my best wishes. I’ve seen so many people struggle with it, I hope you get it resolved quickly and without too much stress.
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Thanks for the help and kind wishes guys.
I’ve been pretty lucky my last few cycles.
I think I might need to switch to shorter veg times because my tent has been really full the last few goes and I’m playing with fire.
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I hear ya. My tent is packed enough right now and humidity is high enough that I’ve become concerned about it. I recently bought another fan for under-canopy air movement, and I’m hoping that’s enough to let me continue to avoid this particular problem.
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I have a humidity sensor in my canopy and it’s been a steady 55-58% for awhile. The ambient humidity is much lower.
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Sorry to hear you’re seeing some PM. I’ve been battling this shit chronically for months now. Defol is definitely important, as well as airflow. If you’re just seeing a bit pluck any infected leaves and maybe try a light hydrogen peroxide spray .I forget the amount of h2o2 tbh but there’s tons of recipes online. Use a small amount of wetting agent and be sure to spray the entire plant top to bottom.
If it persists the only thing I found that worked that I could spray in flower (if hp doesn’t work) is potassium bicarbonate. I used it at (I believe) 3tbsp per gallon with a tbsp of veg oil and a tsp of dish soap.
Keep in mind this WILL burn the pistils on the plant and seems to effect yield a bit. The bud is safe to smoke, but I still would wash them at harvest just to be sure. You’ll need to spray again weekly while they’re flowering or it will come right back.
Going forward you’ll need to extra vigilant and keep an eye out for any signs of it. I found a sulfur spray worked great in veg, and hitting them with it just before they formed flowers kept it at bay for a while. The only thing is after several applications the plants started growing like mutants from the sulfur so use it sparingly if possible.
Also keep in mind that some strains are more resistant than others, so if you don’t see it showing up on your NL it probably has resistance and you should dump the WW.
There are lots of expensive sprays that are supposedly effective but I never tried as the cost was too high to use all the time. I started a PM thread that was basically inconclusive, but there’s lots of info and suggestions:
Good luck and hopefully you can kill it, I HATE powdery mildew.
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Thanks for this info and your help beacher.
So I checked my tent again and the mildew has spread big time. It’s very obvious with even a passing glance. I’ve been manually removing affected leaves/buds but it’s not enough:
The really bad news is that it’s spread to the other WW. It’s strange, it’s developed on the outside of the plant and not the dense internal canopy.
A few little spots I might be able to correct but this is out of control. The plants are too big to realistically spray.
I’m going to kill them to protect the NL. This means that I’ll only harvest a 1/4 pound instead of a pound.
I’m still half asleep so I’ll make this final decision in a few hours but it seems to me to be the wise option.
Fuck.
Thanks for the input guys.
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A thought:
Is the point of using the bicarbonate to alter the pH to the point it is inhospitable to the mildew?
If this is the case then why not just use pH up to reach this point? When my lady makes pretzels she uses an alkali bath at 9.5 for browning.
I think it’s too late for my current plants but thought it might be worth mentioning. @beacher is this idea somewhere in your thread?
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Ya it looks like it’s coming in quickly now. It spreads very fast. Spraying big plants can be tedious, but it is possible. I prop the pot up on something to angle the plant to get the bottom of the leaves, then prop the other side for the bottoms again then blast the tops and sides. I could understand just hacking them to protect the others though.
And yes, as far as I can tell that’s the idea with the potassium bicarbonate. Why that vs any other alkaline substance I can’t really say, but I do know that people say baking soda doesn’t work nearly as well even though the effect should be similar. Also commercial fruit growers use potassium bicarb so there must be something about it that makes it more effective.
I’ve also read that calcium and silicate (in feed water) can help the plant to be more resistant but I didn’t notice much of a difference with them.
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Dang that PM. I feel for ya @Foreigner
I’ve battled the dreaded PM.
Every grow since, has me paranoid it will surface and ruin my day…week…month.
Watched beacher go thru hell.
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