What do I do?? Help Wanted

I recently discovered some of the leaves on my plants had powdery mildew, so I then found out about milk spray and tried it. My plants are doing well and it seems as if the powdery mildew is gone, however, the milk spray dried on my leaves and now they have dried milk on them. What can I do to get rid of the dried milk sitting on my leaves? It’s obvious they need to be “washed” but I’ve even tried spraying ontop of it with my regular spray mix of water + nutrients(& ofc pH’d)but the dried milk is still there. I’ve tried searching google for answers and no luck. If anybody can help with this issue I’d appreciate it. Thanks

Why do you need it removed?

You need to fix the RH and air flow in your grow before worrying how to keep a leaf clean

All milk does is change ph on the leaves and is easily manipulated with plain water ph'd

The usual ratio is 1 part milk to 9 parts water. I think Potassium Bicarbonate works better-I like to mix it with neem and a little dish soap-but be careful because it can burn the plants if you mix it too strong.

Wizzlebiz said:

Why do you need it removed?

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Just cause the dried milk looked almost like mildew itself in some spots and I can’t fully distinguish what’s mildew and what’s dried milk.

Cinnamon water works great for powdery mildew as a foliar spray and even as a rooting powder...Cinnamon is just awesome

Kyzersozay said:

Cinnamon water works great for powdery mildew as a foliar spray and even as a rooting powder...Cinnamon is just awesome

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Cinnamon is pretty cool stuff.

Looks like mildew to me.

Rurumo said:

The usual ratio is 1 part milk to 9 parts water. I think Potassium Bicarbonate works better-I like to mix it with neem and a little dish soap-but be careful because it can burn the plants if you mix it too strong.

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Thank you Rurumo, I will look into it.

Kyzersozay said:

Cinnamon water works great for powdery mildew as a foliar spray and even as a rooting powder...Cinnamon is just awesome

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Right on, I will give it a try.

NoobieGreenz said:

Looks like mildew to me.

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It’s not, just dried milk.

Herb & Suds said:

You need to fix the RH and air flow in your grow before worrying how to keep a leaf clean

All milk does is change ph on the leaves and is easily manipulated with plain water ph'd

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Right on. I have been doing good with airflow, temp has been good aswell. Only thing is I had my humidifier in the tent not knowing that wasn’t a good idea. How should I go about fixing the RH?

Wow don’t they make a leaf wash just for cleaning leaves? Lol

Sup growing fam, just wanna update everybody on my plants from previous issues on this thread. (if anybody cares lol)

I’m running a 4x4, TSW2000 LED, two fans (top and bottom canopy) and ventilation fan ofc and a humidifier when needed. Now I did say that having my humidifier in the tent was a bad idea but I corrected it by facing it in the opposite direction. The three gg4 girls are doing much better since I incorporated a different (better) foliar spray of 100% Pure Neem Oil and mild liquid dish soap. Worked perfectly, highly recommend if anybody runs into the same problem. I recently put them into flower as of now they are on day 11. By the way, this is indeed my first time growing. From what I’ve seen, they’re looking good in my opinion ‍