Ok here we go. I’ve done enough reading to know that I should create a sock and ask because hot damn this can be live ticket.
BUT! I need to know the answer to a question that all my googling and searching here has not answered. And! I know for a fact there’s a lot of folks with a lot of BIG feelings about this.
I have to ask anyway though because if I don’t I will have some bummed out friends. So here is the question.
If a plant in flower is found to be infected with powdery mildew, and I treat said mildew now. Then, use some form of bud wash to remove spores and dead fungi at harvest, assuming the issue is resolved and no further infection shows till harvest. Is it possible the buds will be relatively safe to smoke? Should I just make edibles? Is the only option to throw it away?
I really don’t care about how to kill it (that info is available from anyone with an opinion). I need to know if it’s worth processing flower from this plant or if I should just cut it down and burn my house down with it.
That was where I was leaning as well, but the plant in question has been the only universally like flowers I’ve had to share and I’d really like to have a nice final harvest of it before I go seed only.
I’m hoping someone has sure fire direction for making it smokable. Otherwise it’ll be edibles only. They’ll just have to settle for one of the other plants I have.
Here’s my two cents brother ,IDK what your using to treat the mildew .but towards the last month or so I’ll spray a peroxide mixture w pinch baking soda a small pinch it’s just for the ph change and your flower will be fine come harvest …I’m on east coast humidity here is ridiculous outside ,and I’ve def sprayed this inside to deal with it …if it’s early in flowering pre flower or such you may be able to use a oil base organic spray ,I stay away from neem period during bloom made that mistake once and learned at a horrible cost lol…
@Rgaaana thanks for the video! My plan for treatment was a gallon of 35% peroxide I will use distilled water and make a solution in the 7 to 10% range and spray the plant with this solution. I’m hoping to kill the colonies quickly and fully but I will follow up treatment with the same a couple times.
@Kidete that’s a solid idea. The plant in question is outdoors and planted in the earth so flushing may require some doing. I am hoping the peroxide will provide a clean kill without any harsh chemical residue.
I’ll start sulfuring everything during veg as part of ipm because this is getting out of hand.
I appreciate your input! I just posted but I’ve a similar plan. East coast but we’ve been dry for a while now. I thought it was just water scale and much of it was, but I took the UV light outside last night and there’s definitely plenty of glowing spots. I either treat and win or I chop and win with something else.
I’ve washed buds that had powdery mildew and smoking them still lit my allergies up a bit. No worse than ragweed or the likes. From what I gather it’s safe but will trigger histamines in us compromised folk. I probably didn’t wash/treat them right or something though. A sulfur regimen in veg helped me eliminate the threat indoors.
Legal weed is acceptable to have an amount of spores per said amount. I have made a wash with 250 ppm hypochlorous acid and soaked infected plant for 30 min. After it dries it will tell you if there is still active mold. I had no issues hashing the plant and pressing rosin from that.
It’s now my go to when PM considers fucking with me.
Sulfur = PM DEATH
H0Cl = PM Shield Wall
I always wash my outdoors anyways.
Bucket 1 = H202 (1 gal 3% + 3 gal water)
Bucket 2 = 1 cup lemon juice + 1 cup baking soda + 4 gallons water
Bucket 3 = 5 gallons water
Bucket 4 = 5 Gallons water.
I have used Purecrop1 with success on powdery mildew. On plants that were well into flower. It’s pricey but saved my harvest.
This year outdoors I’ve done multiple sprays of sulphur during veg and haven’t seen PM yet. It’s still early.
Outdoors, once fall kicks in, it really helps to cover plants from heavy morning dew and rainfall. I also cut back the plants water intake.
