That Ozone treated water makes a pretty good disinfectant not a cure all to bleach but just another alternative to have in the grow to keep up.Im a big fan of bleach wipedowns when i do a touch every surface deep clean starting with blowing the tops of all lighting then a wipe down going all the way to the floor.Fans are taken apart and blown out and all blades wiped down.Dirty fans will spread mold spores like a sand blaster
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I always stay out of that room for at least an hour after i run mine .I run it with the vent going to cycle it through my ductwork going out and up outside my garage.Ozone generators need to be handled with care no exceptions.
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Ozone is a a strong oxidizer that fucks up certain materials:
it can degrade or damage plasticizers, plastics, silicone, and other materials.
It breaks downs certain materials, making them brittle or causing cracks over time…
healthy plants, a lot of air circulation, avoid big temperature and humidity swings, often the mold starts at the preflowers calyxes as they are older (so sometimes I remove them),
silica or silicon fertilizer helps by strengthening the cells (I use a lot of Diabase/basalt rock dust), sometimes early on when I can see the buds are getting huge I spread them apart so they arent as dense and some air can actually reach the inside, humidity as said ofc also plays a huge roll
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I have a small indoor grow, a 2x2 tent, so my struggle isn’t anything like some of an outdoor grower or large indoor setup. That said, I attribute my having never had mold/budrot/powdery mildew to a combination of high microbial activity and diversity in the soil, healthy plants with plenty of access to calcium and soluble/available silica, sensible water management, and sensible environmental control. The logic is that you prevent condensation from forming on the leaves with environmental control, but in the case that it does, germinating mold can’t infiltrate the plant due to a sheath of microbes protecting the surface, and if they penetrate that, they run into structurally sound cell walls bolstered by calcium and silica. And if somehow mold makes it through all that, the plant has a healthy and functional immune system to fight off infection. Can’t prove that’s what’s actually happening, but it’s what I’ve pieced together from growers much better than me.
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This is a real game changer for mold prevention! Especially for those who tend to leave the plant a few more days ( amber trics lover)
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Think you might consider buying a new carb filter… these things get saturated above 70%
One day had the same problem, remember coming home to my apartment blok and man the whole block smelled like sweet Marry Jane lol 
my neighbors weren’t as pleased. Never used a machine to controle the humidity cause the takes space but since then I alway stayed below 69%. Lats stage of flowering I’ll try to drop humanity to 30-40% but not sure if I will be able to control this inside my LED grow room as this is my first LED run.
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For now i have turned the dehuy to 40%, however it does raise the temps quite a bit…
I added some extra fans, and will increase the air circulation…
I appreciate all the tips and suggestions…
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Sometimes shit just happens. I’ve run less than perfect with no problems. I’ve run perfect and had problems.
What I like to do is buy myself a little insurance and train for 8ish medium tops rather than one or two big tops. That way if one bud goes it’s not the end of the world. Acceptable losses instead of massive failure.
If you’ve got single cola plants and have the same problem it’s a much bigger loss.
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