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Urhighness88

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So last year I had a pretty big.issue with PM and I can see I might have the same issue this year I have PM all over my back yard lucky it hasn't seemed to hit my girls yet it only seems to be effecting these clover looking weeds within a week of these weeds sprouting they start producing PM on them idk wtf it is or how.to kill it without effecting my other plants and veggies. I tried this Bayer fungicide didn't really work very well and I also tried apple cider vinegar and organicide doesn't seem to really do much to this shit I just don't wanna lose as much as I did last year.
 

GroErr

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I noticed some PM slight on my outdoor girls yesterday, lower leaves is where it usually starts, sure enough some nearby bushes have it like out of control. I dealt with it this spring indoor as well by pulling air in to cool from outside, was filtered but not enough I guess :(

The best I've found for controlling it and keeping it at bay is the following solution. It stops the PM by raising the PH on the surface of the leaves/stalks/budding areas to a level where it can't grow. idk that it removes/kills it but it definitely stops it from growing on your plants. Try it, apply weekly until harvest. Doesn't hurt the plants at all.

2L of water, 1/2 tspn baking soda, 1/8 tspn dish soap, 1/4 tspn vegetable or olive oil. Mix well, pre-mix it a couple of days before you're going to spray it as it mixes/dissolves better. If you're using imperial measurements, double up the ingredients to 1 US Gallon.

If you're in an area which has PM outdoor and you're growing indoor, do whatever you can to avoid brining in air from outside or put a good filter system up. It's a bugger and I've found that my neighbourhood has PM all over the outdoor plants %$^! imo it does not develop indoor, it's brought in from outside, then you have to clean the shit out of everything to kill it before growing again. It's worked for me indoor, haven't seen it after I cleaned up the room with bleach between runs and eliminated bringing air in from outside. Good luck.
 

GroErr

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That's great if they don't have it yet, but they will if you don't spray them, it's a great preventative. I've been paranoid and spraying my indoor veg plants since I had it in there in the spring and haven't seen it again. That is until I noticed it on my outdoor plants, there's a bush about 40ft away that's covered in it, it got the chop yesterday, haven't identified it but I've seen that same bush close to my house (outdoor plants are at my cottage) and noticed it had PM all over it. I'm going to slowly cull them all from my neighbourhood - lol
 

Urhighness88

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That's great if they don't have it yet, but they will if you don't spray them, it's a great preventative. I've been paranoid and spraying my indoor veg plants since I had it in there in the spring and haven't seen it again. That is until I noticed it on my outdoor plants, there's a bush about 40ft away that's covered in it, it got the chop yesterday, haven't identified it but I've seen that same bush close to my house (outdoor plants are at my cottage) and noticed it had PM all over it. I'm going to slowly cull them all from my neighbourhood - lol
How do you go a out pulling without spreading the spore
 

GroErr

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Didn't worry about it, the wind carries them so getting them cut down was my primary concern. At least they won't be raining spores on my plants going forward :) I just chopped it and threw it in the fire pit, will burn it. Won't do a lot if it's on that bush it's everywhere, it seems to me there are species that are vulnerable to it so getting rid of it will help some. There are plants all around here at the cottage and only certain types have the PM. Similar to what I saw when I got it indoor, the strain I noticed it on and started spreading was a Platinum Bubba Kush. Sandwiched in between 2 of these was 1 Jack The Ripper. The JTR didn't really get any on it and after spraying it it never did get any. I eventually culled the Bubba Kush from my clones/seedlings, not worth it.
 
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