Well, I'm finally putting a little work in with the grow. I'd been lazy for a month or so and did essentially the bare minimum to keep my plants alive. I caught a case of powdery mildew in my grow during this time.
It is bad but not severe. I am now treating with 3% hydrogen peroxide applied to the leaves using my sprayer.
Some sources suggest diluting the hydrogen peroxide down to a tenth or so of this level is how to do this. Other growers do not dilute past 3%. Either way, I sprayed 3%.
My plants look better today, and were not damaged by the concentrated h2o2. They are not completely free of PM, but noticeably better.
The store clerk at the hydroponics store in my area suggested to stay away from anything with oils in it as soon as trichomes are present. The oils in these IPM sprays have a "surprisingly noticeable effect on the taste of your hash," he said. For this reason, he suggested I go with the hydrogen peroxide.
On a sad note, the Blueberry Bang Bang left pheno from the last grow did not wash at all. I got 2.3 grams from 1075 grams fresh frozen. That was a major womp. The other two plants I washed did over 2%, the right pheno of BBB doing 2% to 73-119u rosin and the left pheno of Grand Master Sexy doing about 2.3% to 73-119u rosin.
I plan to save the BBB left pheno from the current grow for flower, as it was almost a complete waste to wash. It was that bad.
If anything else washes that badly I will have to review my washing procedure and environment. I have much higher hopes for the Hive phenos I grew and the Grand Master Sexy right pheno had good trichomes as well. All three average over 1200 grams fresh frozen.
What I mean by good trichomes is that they are big, round heads on easily breakable stalks. It is easy to see under the loupe if the plant is lacking in proper trichome heads.
That Blueberry Bang Bang pheno had very unfavorable trichomes. There were not very many trichomes on the plant and the ones that were there were not looking like they would produce hash very well. I was not surprised that this pheno did not wash, although 2.3 grams is heart breaking either way.
Blueberry terps just are not ideal for washing in most cases.
Here are pics of the current grow.
I only have one rainbow guava and one melted strawberries left. I took plenty of clones and am saving these just in case.
Here is a picture of the Blueberry Bang Bang left pheno that did 0.21% to 73-159u live rosin.
