Possible to get rid of mold? Or like herpies?

[Extacie]

Hey everyone, I've been having a hell of a time due to my own stupidity. But you live an learn. I was wondering if it is possible to get rid of mold once it's started growing on your leaves? I accidentally effected my 9 vegging plants with some form I believe botrytis & now have a minor case of fungus gnats. So like the title says, can you? Most places I have read people say mold is like herpes. Once your plants have them, it's for life. At this point I'm willing to try whatever, organic or not.

With having fungus gnats & mold in veg, would you all:
A. Throw them out, disenfect house & restart OR
B. Keep them in veg & fight everything off then move to flower? (3 are ready to move to flower whenever)

any help is greatly appreciated & positive feedback will be given in return. Oh & by the way, ill be moving within the next 2-3 months if that makes a difference. I thought about renting both places so I could finish out those 9 without bringing mold or gnats to the new place.

 

[Dr Kynes]

what kind of mould?

is it white powdery thready wisps of fluff or black gloopy clumps of funk?

powdery mildew is a shitstorm, and youll be better off sanitizing your entire grow with bleach (dont forget undersides of tables and shelves, and inside your air ducts)

if it's just regular leaf mould and fungus gnats those are just an annoyance easily solved by watering less and putting a layer of perlite on top of your soil

 

[SnapsProvolone]

Share a picture of this "mold". If it's a white powdery looking, usually circle shaped colony then I bet it's powdery mildew. Large grows need a sulfur vaporizer. Small ones may be treated with serenade. If you don't fix the cause (usually humidity) then you won't get rid of it ever.

If the gnats are not root aphids then use gnatrol or mosquito dunks. If its aphids and your in flower you might finish and sterilize everything and treat vegging plants with Mallet 2 or Merit 75 or another imidacloprid based insecticide. Aphids can wreck stuff bad.

 

[Extacie]

These are pictures from my flowering plants;I've been trimming it off my vegging plants as soon as I see it so pictures do not show the issue very well. I will leave it alone for a bit to get a picture b/c they are nowhere near as severe. I believe it's botrytis? Not powdery mildew anyways. I have been treating with serenade & actinovate, alternating each.


i believe they are normal fungus gnats. I had them in flower & got rid of them using gnatrol/gnat nix/sticky traps. I have read a little on sulphur burners. They are pretty good to have/use for larger grows?

 

[dannyboy602]

mold doesn't like high temps and dry conditions to flourish. you can raise your temps. dry the room out. spray a fungicide and that should do it. also you can (and i just learned this) mix up a worm castings tea and spray it on your leaves for a natural organic fungicide. with gnats you just have to cover the soil surface with perlite.

 

[Extacie]

I have been trying to upload this for the last hour with my shitty 3G. Hopefully it works this time.

 

[sativa indica pits]

http://hubpages.com/hub/Hydrogen-Peroxide-for-Plants peroxide is also an organic fungicide

 

[Extacie]

It's only letting me upload one at a time, im going to try to add one more after this.

 

[Extacie]

I am assuming all of this is mold due to the conditions that happened. (Above 90% humidity for a couple days in a row)

 

[kinddiesel]

easy to control mold in veg. your prob running florescent . well shut that off run a hps or mh 24 hours a day because the light is nice and hot. and run a obsoleting fan 24 hours a day. the fans should be run 24 hours no matter what stages the plants are in . air the room out if possible. get the air moving get a dehumidifier if your over 75 % . and they sell mold sprays. neem oil prevents mold. I suggest posting pics. if its white mold I would do these steps. if its grey or black. I would cut affected areas off the plant , if it had black or grey mold my set up I throw them out get a few gallons of bleach and spay every thing very heavy with my gas mask on . kill all the mold start over, all these steps prevents mold. once you get black mold or grey your basically fucked in the ass

 

[SnapsProvolone]

These are pictures from my flowering plants;I've been trimming it off my vegging plants as soon as I see it so pictures do not show the issue very well. I will leave it alone for a bit to get a picture b/c they are nowhere near as severe. I believe it's botrytis? Not powdery mildew anyways. I have been treating with serenade & actinovate, alternating each.


i believe they are normal fungus gnats. I had them in flower & got rid of them using gnatrol/gnat nix/sticky traps. I have read a little on sulphur burners. They are pretty good to have/use for larger grows?

The sulfur vaporizer is the easiest to employ, most cost effective means to stop PM dead In it's tracks in room sized or larger grows. Run only at dark.

 

[Extacie]

easy to control mold in veg. your prob running florescent . well shut that off run a hps or mh 24 hours a day because the light is nice and hot. and run a obsoleting fan 24 hours a day. the fans should be run 24 hours no matter what stages the plants are in . air the room out if possible. get the air moving get a dehumidifier if your over 75 % . and they sell mold sprays. neem oil prevents mold. I suggest posting pics. if its white mold I would do these steps. if its grey or black. I would cut affected areas off the plant , if it had black or grey mold my set up I throw them out get a few gallons of bleach and spay every thing very heavy with my gas mask on . kill all the mold start over, all these steps prevents mold. once you get black mold or grey your basically fucked in the ass

Yes I am running fluorescents. Ok so I want to make sure I understand. Quit using the fluorescent & run under hps (all I currently have but need to order MH anyways) for 24 hours a day? Def makes sense, I'm def going to do that soon.

Did the pictures show up? It's not white mold. So you would throw them out in my case?

 

[Organic Toker]

Hey Extacie,

If you are thinking of an organic fungicide, you can do try any of the below.

1. Botanical extract- Papaya leaves can be grinded to a pulp, mixed with water and soap and sprayed. COntrols to some extent.
2. Bio Control- Any fungicidal organism- Trichoderma harzianum and Pseudomonas Spp can be given as spray on leaves twice a month. I am not aware if there is a product available in your place, your market with the above said organism.

If you are thinking of chemical ways.

1. Copper sulfate solution can be prepared and given as spray. If my knowledge is correct it is allowed in a very mild dose under organic guidelines.
2. Lime can be applied as spray to alter the pH and thus kill the fungus.


Whatever I say is from my personal experience (not in chemical) and please do correct me if am wrong. I should make this my signature I guess



Cheers,

Toker.

 

[marcu5]

yanno, i had to deal w/powdery mildew a lot in my earlier attempts at growing. i tried treating them w/every wash and home remedy in the book. the fact is, it'll just keep returning until you change your grow environment. it's all about healthy wind circulation. so what's your room setup like?

 

[Extacie]

That makes sense. I have no exhaust fan unfortunately, which really isn't an option until I move unfortunately. In flower I have 5 fans blowing 24/7. In veg I currently have two fans blowing 24/7. In veg they are in a closet, so probably not as good of circulation as needed. I would love to open up the doors, but hate to do that until I get rid of my fungus gnat issue. I don't want them to make their way back to my flower room.

Currently have D.E powder sprinkled on top of soil & in front of door. Hopefully this helps (fingers crossed)

 

[Dr Kynes]

yo bro, you dont have PM, you got standard Leaf Mould.

the easy solution is to water less, leave no standing water about, and put a de-humidifying agent in there:
http://www.soap.com/p/damp-rid-hi-capacity-moisture-absorber-66665?site=CA&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=cpc_S&utm_term=AWM-007&utm_campaign=GoogleAW&CAWELAID=1323193401&utm_content=pla&adtype=pla&cagpspn=pla&noappbanner=true

for your fungus problem, hang a UV black light in there. UV kills mould spores and will reduce your problem dramatically.

a sticky trap will catch many many gnats, and a 1/2 inch thick layer of perlite on top of your soil will end the problem.

oce the mould issue, humidity issue and gnat issue are sorted, put some ventilation in there, so your plants can get their CO2

 

[Dendrophilly]

I neemed what i thought was some powerder white mildew on one of my plants, [all before flower], the problem disappeared and the plant finished

Also had a few buds which were affected by necrosis, buds were removed/segment of necrosis discarded, dried/cured/smoked no problems, affected plants all finished with no problems

[All outdoor]

 

[Extacie]

Hey Extacie,


If you are thinking of an organic fungicide, you can do try any of the below.


1. Botanical extract- Papaya leaves can be grinded to a pulp, mixed with water and soap and sprayed. COntrols to some extent.
2. Bio Control- Any fungicidal organism- Trichoderma harzianum and Pseudomonas Spp can be given as spray on leaves twice a month. I am not aware if there is a product available in your place, your market with the above said organism.


If you are thinking of chemical ways.


1. Copper sulfate solution can be prepared and given as spray. If my knowledge is correct it is allowed in a very mild dose under organic guidelines.
2. Lime can be applied as spray to alter the pH and thus kill the fungus.




Whatever I say is from my personal experience (not in chemical) and please do correct me if am wrong. I should make this my signature I guess






Cheers,


Toker.

thank you for you help. I have been using serenade & a fungicidal organism as of recently (not sure if that's what serenade is or not)


Lol do you answer a lot of similar questions?
i have done a good amount of research, but living in the mountains with no Internet makes that sort of difficult. Somedays it will work & others not.


i appreciate the help!

 

[Extacie]

yo bro, you dont have PM, you got standard Leaf Mould.

the easy solution is to water less, leave no standing water about, and put a de-humidifying agent in there:
http://www.soap.com/p/damp-rid-hi-capacity-moisture-absorber-66665?site=CA&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=cpc_S&utm_term=AWM-007&utm_campaign=GoogleAW&CAWELAID=1323193401&utm_content=pla&adtype=pla&cagpspn=pla&noappbanner=true

for your fungus problem, hang a UV black light in there. UV kills mould spores and will reduce your problem dramatically.

a sticky trap will catch many many gnats, and a 1/2 inch thick layer of perlite on top of your soil will end the problem.

oce the mould issue, humidity issue and gnat issue are sorted, put some ventilation in there, so your plants can get their CO2

Thank you so so so much man you have no idea how much this helps. I tried to give you +Rep again, but it wouldn't let me. I actually ordered some damp rid & a small gun safe dehumidifier a couple of days ago to test them out by quicedence. That worked out well! Now just gotta wait for them to show up ha.

i had no idea with the blacklight. Should I run it the same as my light schedule, or 24/7? How many blacklights, I guess the more the better? I knew it was good for identifying mold, but it didn't know it killed it.

As far as the gnats, will pinkish wine work as well? I've heard red does & was gifted some pinkish red wine recently.

I really would like to add ventilation, but unfortunately I don't think it's an option for me at the moment with my place being for sale unless I can come up with a discreet way. One thing I am considering doing is getting a 2-duct air conditioner & running a sealed room with co2 & adding one additional light. Only this is, I'm having a hard time finding a two-duct air conditioner with an analog control instead of digital. I suppose digital would work but analog would be ideal. Only analog one i found was $1,000.00. Yikes!

 

[Extacie]

I neemed what i thought was some powerder white mildew on one of my plants, [all before flower], the problem disappeared and the plant finished

Also had a few buds which were affected by necrosis, buds were removed/segment of necrosis discarded, dried/cured/smoked no problems, affected plants all finished with no problems

[All outdoor]

Hell ya that's encouraging to hear! I actually am waiting on some neem oil in the mail to try. Hopefully It helps. So far serenade & lowering humidity seems to be working best. It seems like once humidity gets past 40-50% it just explodes! It's sort of frustrating because three of them are ready to be moved to the flower room, but I am assuming it would be best to wait until I have the mold/gnat issue under control first? Don't want them hermaphoditing like my last two diesels :/