I saw and read that post. His dismissive attitude made me red. Clearly Danko has never seen this infection before, but chooses to pass it off as a grower ignoring the nutritional needs of their plants. In a national publication that's inexcusable.
This is a phytoplasma infection. I've been dealing with it ever since I started growing with bag seed. I thought I had stumbled on an amazing gene or three, until I noticed it moving from plant to plant. No change in nutrients had any effect. It completely stunted one plant that produced almost no trichomes. 2% H2O sprayed on effected growing tips worked 20% of the time. Cutting it out of effected branches/plants works when it's limited in scope on a plant. I have one plant that I gave up on due to 85% of the growing tips and buds showed this infection. Lately I have had response with foliar applications of LABs and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens. The change in this plant (grape dragon from 7 East Genetics) is encouraging. I hope anyone else who runs into this infection tries this approach.
Because you've never seen a pathogen before do not try to convince someone that they are at fault. It is a sign of intelligence to wish to explore something new. It is a weak mind that passes off ignorance as superiority.
