Can someone confirm if this is Mildew/Mold?

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I have a feeling/hope that this is not mold but would really like to confirm with some experts.

To set some context , I have been seeing the tops of my plants develop slower than the bottom and I thought maybe spraying them with some nutrients to feed the tops would help. So, I sprayed them yesterday and today, and upon checking this evening I find lots of leaves with these small spots. I've kept my humidity under 60% the whole flowering cycle with heat between 74-84F. The humidity went up briefly over 60 when I sprayed the tops but not long enough that mold should have developed, or ar least I thought.

I'm thinking/ praying that these are just some trichomes that I sprayed off of the tops of the buds and dripped down onto the leaves. Further, there are also leaves with sections of this that are very glittery, and I read that mold is not glittery, which makes me think it's the trichomes.

Still, could anyone with more experience please take a quick look and give me your thoughts? This is only my second grow 20240819_174353.jpg
 

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Phytoplankton

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It does have the look of PM, the only other other thing it might be is residue from the foliar feeding. If it’s residue, it won’t get worse or spread, if it’s PM it will spread!
 
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I’ll second the bud wash……I’ve done it before and it isn’t a big deal. You’ll feel strange dipping sticky buds into a bucket of water, but it won’t hurt a thing and will kill off the bad stuff. Plus you’ll undoubtedly find a few odd and ends that somehow got onto your buds….dirt, bugs etc.
 
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Dboybudz

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thumper60 said:
Thats pm 3% peroxide will hold it off till harvest which looks pretty close. If you still see pm at harvest you can wash it in 1 cup 3% peroxide to 1 gal of water before hanging with no harm to the buds.
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Hey bud,is that peroxide strait in a spray bottle no water added. I have outdoor ones that dime size spots,not many early flower.I've been using arber once a week good for now but I read post from you on outdoors before. Thanks
 
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I have a feeling/hope that this is not mold but would really like to confirm with some experts.

To set some context , I have been seeing the tops of my plants develop slower than the bottom and I thought maybe spraying them with some nutrients to feed the tops would help. So, I sprayed them yesterday and today, and upon checking this evening I find lots of leaves with these small spots. I've kept my humidity under 60% the whole flowering cycle with heat between 74-84F. The humidity went up briefly over 60 when I sprayed the tops but not long enough that mold should have developed, or ar least I thought.

I'm thinking/ praying that these are just some trichomes that I sprayed off of the tops of the buds and dripped down onto the leaves. Further, there are also leaves with sections of this that are very glittery, and I read that mold is not glittery, which makes me think it's the trichomes.

Still, could anyone with more experience please take a quick look and give me your thoughts? This is only my second grow View attachment 5418325
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Here's what you do now. Mix up some milk and water 60 water to 40 milk. Spray that on your plants heavy when the plants will get at least 5 hours of sun after the spray. Repeat as needed. You'll see the pm wash off. It's not a cure, but you will get to harvest that way. The milk knocks it back greatly and is non toxic. When your plants finish they should be bud washed.

Then next year on your new plants, you want to mix 1 tablespoon of soluable sulfur to a gallon of water and spray those plants twice with it while they veg. The last spray should be right before buds start forming.
 
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thumper60 said:
Thats pm 3% peroxide will hold it off till harvest which looks pretty close. If you still see pm at harvest you can wash it in 1 cup 3% peroxide to 1 gal of water before hanging with no harm to the buds.
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Hey man, I've seen this recommended a lot online, I'm definitely going to wash them after I chop.

Can i ask you one more question?

I was going to cut them down next Wednesday, can I spray peroxide on them every day or 2 until then to try and slow the spread as much as possible? I'm removing leaves I see with the PM, but spraying the plants in flower is what helped get me here in the first place. I've seen mixed advice on spraying the peroxide, have you done it with no issue?
 
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thumper60

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Hey man, I've seen this recommended a lot online, I'm definitely going to wash them after I chop.

Can i ask you one more question?

I was going to cut them down next Wednesday, can I spray peroxide on them every day or 2 until then to try and slow the spread as much as possible? I'm removing leaves I see with the PM, but spraying the plants in flower is what helped get me here in the first place. I've seen mixed advice on spraying the peroxide, have you done it with no issue?
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Have done it with no problems every 2 days just make sure to dim the lights before spraying.
 
Dboybudz

Dboybudz

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thumper60 said:
Yes 3% no water added works good on bud rot also keeps it from spreading
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Hey if I could pick your brain,this plant is from clone put outside,is about 6 ft has some faint zigzag color on leaves. He's been feeding fox farms salt's. There's this cola I'm guessing coming straight out in middle and always looks droopy leaves on it,even watered. It's has pistols but still a lot of green. He wanted to cut it out,I said I would ask first. Never seen it before,it's rainbow zest,so sativa late finishing just looks weird. Thanks for your help.image.jpg
 
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thumper60

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Dboybudz said:
Hey if I could pick your brain,this plant is from clone put outside,is about 6 ft has some faint zigzag color on leaves. He's been feeding fox farms salt's. There's this cola I'm guessing coming straight out in middle and always looks droopy leaves on it,even watered. It's has pistols but still a lot of green. He wanted to cut it out,I said I would ask first. Never seen it before,it's rainbow zest,so sativa late finishing just looks weird. Thanks for your help.View attachment 5418912
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Does look a bit droopy I would inspect that stem for bore holes there will be a pile of sawdust at the entry spot if none are found I would leave it alone.
 
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