Mold at the base of clones?
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no signs at all for pm on the leaves
I’ve never seen anything like this, been searching all of the forums can’t find anything that looks like this
Aussieaceae
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I haven't had them on cannabis before, but they look like scales. A pest.
If it's hard remove some and you should be able to see some move around. But i think i can see them tbh.
Usually a good way of removal, is using something like insecticidal soap and scrubbing it / them off lightly, with a tooth brush.
Aussieaceae
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Spraying neem or similar is usually ineffective, because it doesn't get to the baby ones.
Aussieaceae
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If you can afford to and they're not on any other plants, might be easier to just sort some replacement clones.
GL.
GL.
Today just checked up on it roots are growing out of it!!
MICHI-CAN
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Looks like scale mites. Roots because of the stem thinking it is buried due to lack of light. 3% H2O2 spray. Loosens things up. An hour or two later....Q-tips and weak Iso. Wipe everything off you can without seeing green on your swab or soaking stems. Avoid leaves. Spinosad if indoors.
Aussieaceae
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What f@ck is going on!?!
So not scales?
Not soft but hard and has roots growing out of it?
When did they start appearing, and are they on your mother plants too!?
Agreed that it definitely looks like scales.
not in the mother plantWhat f@ck is going on!?!
So not scales?
Not soft but hard and has roots growing out of it?
When did they start appearing, and are they on your mother plants too!?
Agreed that it definitely looks like scales.
Not on any of my other strains that I cloned
Only on this strain
I’ll give the h202 spray a try and remove it
Rurumo
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Oh gosh, that's bad. To have it that early, it's going to be a problem for the entire grow. If it's an option, I would dump those and sanitize the entire room, especially anything those clones have touched or are near. When you start over, just know that whatever sanitizing you did, you are still starting with clones that were probably exposed to those spores. I highly recommend spraying the clones with Southern Ag Biological Fungicide, right from the beginning, AND, drench your rooting media in it before you even take the clones. Don't let them stay as wet...see how it grew up out of the cubes? Those cubes look like they were kept sopping wet. I would switch to rapid rooters or root riot cubes, just because they are easy to keep moist and not wet. Make a plan for a preemptive spraying program right from the beginning, use southern ag bio fungicide one week, then maybe a neem/silica spray the next, and alternate through the veg cycle. One last thing, biological fungicides are incredible at prevention, but terrible for treatment, so if you are determined to save these, which I don't recommend, you could try sulfur and or potassium bicarbonate (alternate them, don't use at the same time, give plenty of time between them.) Spray your mother with Southern Ag Bio Fungicide every two weeks (Serenade is an alternative, but I find it doesn't work quite as well.)
Rurumo
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Oops, almost forgot one thing. I always add liquid kelp when I spray the biological fungicide. Liquid kelp preparations can help suppress powdery mildew as well. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6788409/