Powdery Mildew or Trichomes ?

alphapinene said:

Uncovered outdoor, pest issues late flower..Harvested 3 days ago. When looking through the loupe at 60x most trichomes have very thin, shriveled stalks which i’m assuming is just due to the elements/strain. I had no PM while growing…this just kinda looks like PM from what i’ve seen on google…i’m thinking it’s just broken stalks/lil hairs on pistils from bug movement/wind/rain, wanted to see what everyone thinks as I’d rather not smoke mildew, first pic is one in question View attachment 5433683
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Thank you!

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curious2garden said:

Pics of the entire plant please.

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alphapinene said:

I chopped em down without taking whole plant shots as they were looking sad, the botrytis was moving up the stems. i have some dried bud shots but idk if that would help,
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Pretty much kept the lower, larfier buds that weren't effected my caterpillars..all the main colas were rotted away. just scared theres something in there i’m not seeing

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alphapinene said:

I suffer from horrible OCD..so the thought of getting some weird lung infection is definitely making me anxious.. part of me just wants to trash it for peace of mind and start my indoor but also part of me is saying “keep it it looks fine”

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curious2garden said:

I circled a few of the things that make me wonder if I'm seeing rot. Take a look for some of those brown/muddy looking pistils and any mushy looking spots. Also do I see some seeds?
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curious2garden said:

I'm sorry to hear that and I understand completely. My suggestion is to process it for edibles. With a pH of 1 our stomachs are far better equipped to handle then our lungs.

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alphapinene said:

I appreciate the help! No seeds that I know of so far, and the things you circled are pistils..i had to harvest a lil early so the buds are kinda hairy..some buds have yellow leaves/brown calyx at the base of the stem but i assumed they were just old
since they were the first to come out

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