powdery mildew on leaves 3rd wk flower

KingKush22

Active Member
whats up every one , i'm starting to experience powdery mildew again, last time i ruined the flavor and smell of my herb by spraying it with organicide ruining my meds , this time its in a earlier stage only starting on some of the leaves but i know first hand how quickly this can spread . please help i don't have any more funds to buy a sulfur burner as i'm going broke i due have have a dehumidifier and try to keep it around 45-55 percent any suggestions ?
 

pueo

Member
bumping this, I have the same issue, 3rd week into flower, it looks like dust, but forms in patches.
 

the75bag

Active Member
zero tolerance green bottle 20 bucks and open a window or anything to get down that humidity its going to get worse as your buds get bigger
 

imburne

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Its going to get WAY worse if you do not take care of it. I am having the same problem now but finally stopped being lazy last night and did something about it. Since you are in flower, I would not suggest spraying neem on them as it will make the plant taste crappy. Skim milk 10% and the rest clean water. Shake it up nicely and go to town on the leaves with the infections first. Mold has spores and likes to stick on crap. If you can.. I would totally clean the room its in with rubbing alcohol/water in a spray bottle and wipe everything down. Of course clean up after using the water/skim milk trick. Do not use regular milk either! A hour or so later you will see your leaves beautiful and shiny. The mold on the leaf will turn into a crust which destroys it.

Enjoy.
 

imburne

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oh a few other points.. When you spray, turn off all the fans and make sure the lights are on. This really makes it stick perfect! Takes 5 minutes to spray and I would suggest a minimum of 5 minutes before turning back on the circulation. Also remember this is a good bandaid for the mold, but not a resolve for the future! I am in 4 weeks flowering by the way
 

figtree

Active Member
3 parts water to 1 part fat free milk. biological control of PM. milk has antifungal properties in it.

Soak the leaves both sides, get all the stems too. clean your grow area with 50/50 hydrogen peroxide. pay close attention as your grow progresses and re-spray at first sign of PM. you can see it when it first starts if you look with the ligh coming from behind you as you hold the plant in front of you.

i guarantee you it will control it, the trick is to get your exhaust and humidity under control to prevent it in the first place. nightly inspections and repeated spraying also is needed, but i inspect nightly anyway so no biggie.

good luck! keep us posted.
fig
 

figtree

Active Member
Dont spray or water inside your grow area, i pull mine out to prevent any overspray that can supply mildew with a place to grow. just an afterthought.

BTW, i just harvested and my starts had PM.... no issues with my buds at all using milk. plants loved it.
 

wallimaster

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:bigjoint:this is the stoppage of all mildew growth, mix up a bottle of bakeing soda and water.. saturate the plant at lights off. this will dry to a fine powder and stop all mildew growth now and help more from being formed from within.. what the bakeing soda does is change the ph on the surface of the leafs to retard the mildew..
i personally done this at first signs 2 weeks in and all new growth looks great and most of the soda has fallin off.
and there is now nothing but a 100 percent healthy plant good luck:bigjoint:
 

KingKush22

Active Member
thanks again i had no problems doing soil , but i did half soil and half hydro , hydro produced more and better taste working with an ebb and flow system , then i switched my whole grow to ebb and flow hydro and had bad powder mildew but now with everyone help no more issues thanks again and happy grows in the future ...
 

KingKush22

Active Member
thanks all the help so helpful no more issues , never had this problem in soil but when i switched to ebb and flow on my whole garden had this problem but now fixed , thinking about doing a top feed system but don't know since everything is doing well , i will keep you posted knowledge is power but i personally think soil is the easiest way but my hydro produced more with better tasting herb surprising to me as i was always told soil taste better ... happy grows and may god bless your crop ...
 

KingKush22

Active Member
3 parts water to 1 part fat free milk. biological control of PM. milk has antifungal properties in it.

Soak the leaves both sides, get all the stems too. clean your grow area with 50/50 hydrogen peroxide. pay close attention as your grow progresses and re-spray at first sign of PM. you can see it when it first starts if you look with the ligh coming from behind you as you hold the plant in front of you.

i guarantee you it will control it, the trick is to get your exhaust and humidity under control to prevent it in the first place. nightly inspections and repeated spraying also is needed, but i inspect nightly anyway so no biggie.

good luck! keep us posted.
fig
thanks so much everything is doing well , knowledge is power can't thank you enough ... peace
 

KingKush22

Active Member
Dont spray or water inside your grow area, i pull mine out to prevent any overspray that can supply mildew with a place to grow. just an afterthought.

BTW, i just harvested and my starts had PM.... no issues with my buds at all using milk. plants loved it.
thank you so much everything is doing great can't thank you enough . knowledge is power and will keep you posted :mrgreen:
 

oregon024

Active Member
You have to have good air circulationI use a air circulation fan from walmart.Keeps that shit away real good
 

spesh123

Well-Known Member
i have all these white dusty like stuff on my leaves and am currenty in flowering about 4 weeks in. does this sound like powdery mildew im not to sure myself????? if yes what is the best way to get rid of this without harming my buds AT ALL. experiance only.

Thanks for ya help.
 

spesh123

Well-Known Member
have all these white dusty like stuff on my leaves and am currenty in flowering about 4 weeks in. does this sound like powdery mildew im not to sure myself????? if yes what is the best way to get rid of this without harming my buds AT ALL. experiance only.

Thanks for ya help.
 
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