Hey thanks for the recommend! I think I am going to look over the pics you put up and maybe do some fabricating 
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@Kushking902 Have you ever read this?
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I just did. I never heard that stuff before. Lack of humidity is a possibility but I always run the same temp and humidity in my room and never had issues. But then again I wasn’t here when it started so maybe there was a swing that got missed.
The rh they recommend in that article seams extremely high for my liking though, I would have guaranteed bud rot with those numbers. Worth a shot to bump it up a bit tho
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Happy New Year man, the weather here is great, I was out in a Tshirt most of the day yesterday long may it continue lol.
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I was too. We all went for a walk up to the lake with the dogs yesterday. It’s was BEAUTIFUL. It looks like the sun is trying to come out again here. My outdoor thermometer is in a shaded spot and is reading 10. Pretty decent for January 1. It’s a promising start to 2023 
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Yeah I took the doggos for a walk in the woods, then spent about about 2 hours just sitting and throwing balls for them, we had 12C hear for a bit. Darn ticks are back out with this warm weather again ffs. We had about 3 weeks of no ticks then pulled 5 off the dogs after being in the woods 
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Hopefully if they came back to life we get a cold snap and kill a good portion of them off. Then maybe in the spring their numbers are a little lower
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Unfortunately that article is complete rubbish.
Really? What are you thinking is not correct
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“Unfortunately, powdery mildew really is a mystery to science and many growers”
It’s a mystery to him, perhaps?
" Fortunately, a couple years ago I started researching VPD, which stands for “Vapor Pressure Deficit” and I started to think that lack of humidity, could be a bigger problem than I thought."
VPD has nothing to do with powdery mildew.
“Since I have been operating my plants in a proper vapor pressure deficit range, which translates into around 60% to 80% humidity for mother plants, depending on the room temperature, I have completely eliminated powdery mildew from my three mother rooms, two flower rooms, and a greenhouse.”
He once again incorrectly links humidity and mildew, with no proof
"So what up really come to realize is that in order to grow a very healthy plant, you have to maintain that cuticle layer of wax on the leaf in order for the plan to be able to defend itself. "
Besides the spelling mistake, which is nothing really, the article says low humidity will strip the waxy layer off your plant, with no proof. Also insinuating that layer has something to do with the mildew, which it does not. That’s basically the entire article. It makes no sense, and offers no proof.
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This I think explains some of the mechanics behind what happens to our plants when we use VPD. Anyone who grows for a little bit will realize proper VPD is vital to plant health, growth, and resistance to pathogens. I use ozone as an extra layer of protection to control pathogens; keeping the plants in the proper VPD gives them an environment to stay healthy. So many facets to this system but all of them have to work properly to maximize resistance and growth.
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Yah, it’s a common misconception that a “healthy” plant can resist mildew. The reality is, once the mildew hatches, it penetrates the stomata and feasts on the cells within using haustorium. After which, it starts constructing a mycelium network, that penetrates more stomata. I actually generated documentation and proof of mildew eradication using a high speed microscope camera to record the action. Mildew is really easy to eradicate and prevent, as long as you know how it lives. There are two basic forms of mildew: Annual plant mildew and perennial plant mildew.
I could write a book about it.
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Good information! Could you elaborate more on the annual and perennial mildew? Also what are your recommends for dealing with this? @JoeCrowe Mind you have only been growing for about 2+ years and just doing small grows; so anything you can add to this conversation would help a lot of us new growers! I hope you don’t mind me jumping on this thread and asking for more info on this @Kushking902?
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Ask away, I don’t mind
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ok sure! Here’s the thing right? Some plants go dormant in the winter and some die off. So the mildew comes in two forms. One where it has an overwintering part that stays on the dormant stalk and the other just overwinters on downed plant material.
Here’s one like you would find on cannabis.
There’s a photo of one that would be on roses, or asters or even comfrey, which go dormant in the winter.
So in your grow it’s easy to kill off. You mix 1 tablespoon of 90%+ elemental sulfur with 1 liter of water and spray that on the plant. Do it again 2 weeks later.
If the mildew has taken over your greenhouse, you can spray every dropped bit of plant material on the floor to kill it off. Two doses will ensure it’s death. If perennial plants are involved, you have to spray the dormant stalk of the plant as well. The mildew will winter over there in those pods, as illustrated above. Spray any dropped plant material as well.
The secret to mildew is it comes in on infected plant material, and spreads from there. If you bring an infected clone in, it can start a cycle where you clone the infected clone and grow it outside, spreading the infestation to outdoors. Early detection and eradication is key to stopping the spread, or else it will take much more effort to kill off.
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Really like the write up and the data! Thanks for the info @JoeCrowe; this really explains a lot and how this process works. Have this in the tool box now!! Like how the infestations were marked and measured; the size of the infestation or growth is about the size of a trichome 
. Are these colonies or what? Did you do all this work? Amazing!
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Yep I took those photos and did all the original research. You can spot the mildew colonies in the dark with an ultra violet flashlight. By the time the colony is visible to the human eye, it’s been there over 40 days already.
There’s an ultra violet image, so you can see how the network spreads in a nearly-invisible fashion.
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Yes and it has the same pattern you see all over the place! Very good; Thanks again for the info!
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So I got some new beans, I know there’s a lot of bad things said about copycat but I wanted to try his gear anyways and see if the rumors were true or if it was another one of those situations where the guy is just hated on. I won’t be running them for a while I just wanted hands on for when I was ready. I got some interesting sounding extras with them.
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I also pollenated some jacks lemon cake x space runtz and some jacks lemon cake x purple punch with some jacks lemon cake x chemdawg pollen I had laying around.
I like to mix and match sometimes to see what shows up lol. I usually throw some pollen around after a bud run to keep the gardens busy until I figure out what’s next. I have a few other things coming up soon so I kept them small. I just wanted a handful of beans from each to see if anything I like pops up.
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