White powder residue ????

I have white powdery residue on the leaves of my plants ...i have hear it affects the taste of the bud....what steps do I need to take to get rid of this problem?

Lovemysourd said:

I have white powdery residue on the leaves of my plants ...i have hear it affects the taste of the bud....what steps do I need to take to get rid of this problem?

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If it's powder mold it will do more than affect taste. An organic remedy that a lot of growers swear by is to use a 1/10 ratio of milk to water. Spray real good, let set for 30 min. then rinse.. The enzymes in the milk are supposed to stop the mold spores from reproducing.

nick88 said:

If it's powder mold it will do more than affect taste. An organic remedy that a lot of growers swear by is to use a 1/10 ratio of milk to water. Spray real good, let set for 30 min. then rinse.. The enzymes in the milk are supposed to stop the mold spores from reproducing.

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hey another thing to try is neem oil it wrks great alot grower use it it keep mold and insect away can do a soil drench and let it work its way threw the roots or foilar never heard of milk water scary would not want it to have my bud taste or smell like spoiled milk neem is organic but keep lookin dnt just settle there alot of info on this site i went from 1oz to 4 oz top quailty bud so read read read is wat i can tell u and u will get the answer u looking 4 stay growing and stay medicated.

[video=youtube;S7jE7qzfgQs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7jE7qzfgQs[/video]

badmojo420 said:

[video=youtube;S7jE7qzfgQs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7jE7qzfgQs[/video]

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one of my favorite videos

thanks for the help everyone the video really helped cause i have a grapefruit skunk plant thats about ready for harvest and has the mold bad...I hope soaking them helps ...its worth a try....
I also heard that the mold is airborne... and if that is the case do I need to completely clean my grow room so get the mold to go away without having to constantly treat them with the neem oil or water and milk solution?>

Lovemysourd said:

thanks for the help everyone the video really helped cause i have a grapefruit skunk plant thats about ready for harvest and has the mold bad...I hope soaking them helps ...its worth a try....
I also heard that the mold is airborne... and if that is the case do I need to completely clean my grow room so get the mold to go away without having to constantly treat them with the neem oil or water and milk solution?>

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Yep, from top to bottom, along with any fans or filters you may have.

Lovemysourd said:

thanks for the help everyone the video really helped cause i have a grapefruit skunk plant thats about ready for harvest and has the mold bad...I hope soaking them helps ...its worth a try....
I also heard that the mold is airborne... and if that is the case do I need to completely clean my grow room so get the mold to go away without having to constantly treat them with the neem oil or water and milk solution?>

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Im not sure of the validity of that... but as a precaution it would be wise to clean your grow area with a mild bleach solution.

Soaking them will help. Just look at all the mildew coming off the plants when he cuts to the little clip of them skimming the scum off! GROSS!!!!!!! Just follow as Jorge says and you cant go wrong, that man is a god among horticulturists lol.

best of luck to you.. Grapefruit is one of my favorite strains! Get some before and after pics if you can.. Id like to see how they turn out after the bath.

I will make sure I get some pics cause I never heard of that before and I know someone that have got this mold before and chopped everything down cause of it

Ive heard plenty of horror stories where people have tossed entire harvests because of powdery mildew too. Never actually seen anyone toss them though... Oh, except for the guy that tossed me an entire cola while i was squatting under a bridge lol

The makers of Mighty Wash (the most badass mite killer known to man short of nasty poisons) make a product called PM Wash, NPK industries is the manufacturer . never used it myself but if it works anything like mighty wash does on mites it will surely take care of that PM.

Use pm wash its frequency water

oiler831 said:

powder moooooolllllllldddd, chapped. Use 100% neem oil, if it is really bad, dump the whole plant or you can you a spray bottle, its safe and effective!!

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not necessary, trrashing the plant that is, unless your still in veg and theres no coming back for it. If you are about to harvest and you trash your plant your an idiot because all you need to do is give you buds a bath in H2O2 solution. problem solved.