I sprayed them with organic fungicide to kill the powdery mildew and it worked. Pretty much all leaves are free of it now. There is still some lurking in on the lower sugar leaves in the denser foliage. It also turned all white hairs brown. I was afraid I killed them, but new white hairs are appearing slowly. I may have stunted the flowering growth of the ones not done yet. But I had to kill the mildew or lose the whole harvest so we'll see.
#5 is done. Checking daily for amber trichomes - i began to see one or two one day, then a few more the next day. Now they are about 5-10% amber. They are actually quite hard to see the color of them in my jewelers loupe; taking pictures and zooming in really helped see the amber ones. I still don't recognize most of the trichomes as "white and milky". Some still look clearish to me and my untrained first timer eyes. Most of the fan leaves have faded to yellow and started falling off.
I am pulling #5 on 12/30 and will give it up to 48 hours of uninterrupted dark time before it is harvested. I will probably try to hang the plant whole with the leaves still on to get a longer dry time. We'll see how it goes. Most of the top buds are about the size of a fist, maybe a soda can.
#5 has also turned more of the bud tips purple. There is a bit of light green underdeveloped buds below the top colas. I'm not going to bother trying to let them mature as I have more plants going that could use the extra room.
#4's buds are continuing to thicken, but not as many as #5. Although it does have a thicker stalk.
#6 buds are a bit skinnier but it's going and thickening up. She is a couple weeks of progress behind, and now all the white hairs turned brown from the spray.
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@JabzXtreme, and your sure its not bud rot ? if the plant is in flower to long the bud can start to rot. 6 months ago I lost half my harvest ( 6 ounce) to mold in the curing jars so I know the pain. as for avoiding bud rot from age keep an eye on the trichomes
@The_Bearded_Grower, I guess. I have a lot of air flow with 3 fans on high. The humidity was only about 55% usually, except it would go up after watering. I have a little dehu in the tent but I guess it sucks. I only empty it like once a week.
What kinda fungicide you using? Looking for options to have on hand. These are looking killer! I’ve noticed a lot of these WW autos get some dark color late in flower, pretty cool! I had an ILGM amnesia haze autoflower that looked very similar with the purple tips of buds developing. Good luck with harvest!
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@Ezzjaybruh, thanks for your comment! I'm using organic Grower's Ally Fungicide Concentrated. Used 3 tablespoons with a gallon of water in a Vivosun Sprayer, and it was enough to cover all 4 plants making them dripping wet. Next day no mildew on leaves and did not come back. Some of the deep lower foliage sugar leaves mildew still stayed, but I tried not to oversoak the buds so that's my fault for not hitting those areas enough. I'm very surprised how well it worked with only 1 application. It did turn all white hairs brown though, but buds are still growing and producing new white hairs the next day.