Mold or colored buds?

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geart jan

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I am growing a "tropicana cookies auto" from "fastbuds".

I have applied lst and topping wich resulted in a bushy plant that might have suffered from improper airflow.
Now the popcorn bud sites seem to show weird brown-red collored calyxes at some spots and others look more purply while the main colas show little to no discoloration at all.
The current temperature is 27°C and RH is 70%
Is it mold or anthocyanins?
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geart jan said:
I am growing a "tropicana cookies auto" from "fastbuds".

I have applied lst and topping wich resulted in a bushy plant that might have suffered from improper airflow.
Now the popcorn bud sites seem to show weird brown-red collored calyxes at some spots and others look more purply while the main colas show little to no discoloration at all.
The current temperature is 27°C and RH is 70%
Is it mold or anthocyanins?
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Just color of buds. No evidence of mold in the pictures. Looks good!
 
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Tracker said:
Just color of buds. No evidence of mold in the pictures. Looks good!
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That's really exciting! Never really seen red or purple cannabis in person.
Thanks!

I am still woried about my plant thats drying though, should i worry about this suspicious looking calyx?16945295406885617826560752028278.jpgthe yellow brownish one near the stem
 
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geart jan said:
That's really exciting! Never really seen red or purple cannabis in person.
Thanks!

I am still woried about my plant thats drying though, should i worry about this suspicious looking calyx?View attachment 5325849the yellow brownish one near the stem
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Looks like there's a seed in that one. Squeeze it lightly to see if you feel something hard inside. You may have had a herm flower or nanner on the plant somewhere.
 
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geart jan said:
I am growing a "tropicana cookies auto" from "fastbuds".

I have applied lst and topping wich resulted in a bushy plant that might have suffered from improper airflow.
Now the popcorn bud sites seem to show weird brown-red collored calyxes at some spots and others look more purply while the main colas show little to no discoloration at all.
The current temperature is 27°C and RH is 70%
Is it mold or anthocyanins?
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They look good. These cheap stakes are useful for sticky traps.
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ALPHA.GanjaGuy said:
check the underside of your leaves.. I may be seeing things but I feel like I can see the 'snail trail' evidence of thrips
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Thanks for the headsup
I cant seem to find any living evidence of thrips but neither can i see that snail trail you are talking about.

Could you be more specific about where or wich leaf you believe is showing symptoms?

I did however find these mini aphid like creatures:16947019771074303758630425318871.jpg
About the size of a small springtail, hard to see with the naked eye.
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geart jan said:
Thanks for the headsup
I cant seem to find any living evidence of thrips but neither can i see that snail trail you are talking about.

Could you be more specific about where or wich leaf you believe is showing symptoms?

I did however find these mini aphid like creatures:View attachment 5326446
About the size of a small springtail, hard to see with the naked eye.
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I was capable to snap a great picture, they look awesome!
Seems to be a species of spider mite wich might be a lot worse than thrips so thanks for making me check the underside of the leaves!
I cant really find this species as a spidermite though so maybe there is no need to worry as long as there are only 5 of them
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I circled the few spots that looked concerning too me but def check everywhere, better to get ahead of any infestation instead of reacting to one, up your IPM
 
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geart jan said:
Do you mean that the humidity is just too high or that the the anthocyanin accumulation is due to the high humidity?

Those buds look damn tasty, great job.
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prob mentioning that 70% rh is typically too high, in flower you usually want 65 or lower (lower usually better)..
 
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ALPHA.GanjaGuy said:
that does indeed look like one to me, yea looking at your plant it's pretty early in the infestation as far as I can tell, all the better for you though
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Good to know its caught early.
Ifeel like spraying neem oil in this stage of flower would be a bad idea whilst i cannot possibly remove them all by hand.
How would you remove them in this case?
 
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ALPHA.GanjaGuy said:
prob mentioning that 70% rh is typically too high, in flower you usually want 65 or lower (lower usually better)..
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That would be much more logical.
It sits around 63%-70% now
Weather in the netherlands is starting to cool down so i guess i can expect it to go down to 60 anytime soon.
I did however read that 70% was perfect for slowdrying when combined with the proper airflow so i was kind of happy with it actualy.

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