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R2d2420
R2d2420started grow question 3 years ago
Got like a white powder on my leaves on one plant veg stage. Thinking it's some kind of mold but it's only on one plant out of 10 in 4x4 tent . Getting more & more of it but staying in that one plant..I moved her around so she'd get more wind. 2 weeks before she goes outside
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Leaves. White powder
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sir_isO
sir_isOanswered grow question 3 years ago
That is definitely powdery mildew. For the some homemade stuff to try get rid of it, anything from 10-50% milk mixed with water, foliar spray. But yeah, you'd typically want to be on the lower end of that. There's also stuff like citric, tartaric acid, epsom salts. Some of that you can throw with the milk stuff, just not too much, like a teaspoon per 5l. As a potential added bonus, some of that is also functionally nutrient feed (tartaric acid is potassium, epsom salts magnesium and sulphur). You'd typically want to add a little bit of plant oil to that too, maybe like half a teaspoon for 5l. Other than that, you get plant oils, sulphur, potassium bicarbonate, MKP can be useful, even just something like lemon juice, etc. I recently moved a random small plant that was almost purely white from mildew, grow entirely in shade and practically poured water+ milk + tartaric acid + epsom salts + sunflower oil sort of mix over the whole plant, and kinda massaged leaves...literally just to test if it works. It worked brilliantly, one application and all the mildew was gone and hasn't returned (though the plant isn't in total shade anymore). But of course that is not something I can recommend or would advise you do. Well, unless the plant is quite small/young/not flowering and easy to manage in that way.
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sir_isO
sir_isOanswered grow question 3 years ago
Powdery mildew results from mostly, some combination of these factors... Weak plants (often nutrient deficiencies), low light, consistently high humidity. Excessive dryness also raise the chances of mildew, counterintuitively, most likely simply because the plant struggles more. Also, plants that have very thin leaves, without a nice waxy coating (though that is in and of itself typically a sign of a weak plant with deficiency). I've grown an enormous amount of plants through very varied outdoor conditions...through 6 month drought periods, excessive humidity with continuous rain/.storms, etc so I've seen all kinds of crap result in mildew.
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JUNGLE_B4RNS
JUNGLE_B4RNSanswered grow question 3 years ago
Powdery Mildew, Relative Humidity might be too high
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DoctorGreenThumb
DoctorGreenThumbanswered grow question 3 years ago
You want to take care of it. It will come back worse in flower outdoors. You can do as BraveheartGenetics says. You can also add some baking soda into that mix and shake well. In the end not is all lost. You can always do a bud wash @ harvest. Best of luck!
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Spiderman
Spidermananswered grow question 3 years ago
Does look like a mold, pop here outside now and vent the tent, possible wash that bit of the tent down with something neutralising.
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BraveheartGenetics
BraveheartGeneticsanswered grow question 3 years ago
Hi mate, sorry to hear about your troubles. You have powdery mildew and usually happens when you environment has been too humid. The best way to tackle this is to mix 1 part milk to 9 parts water. spray the plants daily till she improves. You will need to spray all plants as spored would have travelled in the wind. I hope this helps, good luck and happy growing
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