Purple Kush-Bubba Kush-Pure Kush-Jack The Ripper-Super Silver Haze-Santa Cruz Kush

so do i need to cure different as i have this powdery mildew problem? i was thinking of maybe doing a water cure instead of with jars. seems to me the powdery mildew will take over in a damp jar. any suggestions? gonna chuck some bkxmbs pollen today...pistils are already dying on most plants.....most have lost vigor also- cant support themselves. i will be pollinating one nug of most all plants.
i may be moving the next grow away from the two closets this was i can get rid of the powdery mildew problem.

I would hang-dry em until they're crisp and then jar. If they need to be reconstituted a bit just toss a fresh fan leaf in the jar and seal it back up for a day or two.

u dont think this will create a good environment for powdery mildew to thrive? or does it need living plant matter?

aeviaanah said:

yes i am getting ready to! lol.!!
my purple kush is taking the hardest hit, it has damn near killed the plant, still got good lookin buds on it tho. small patches can be found on almost everyplant. i have 6 fans blowing around air, i have an exhaust fan pulling from hood to outdoors. i have been using baking soda and a water mixture with a few drops of dish soap....this has helped keep it under control. i am so late in the game i really dont know what to do. tops are still fine. any extra advice? i am week 5 of 12 12 on monday

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air movement can actually spread the PM so it really leaves the indoor grower in a pickle since constant air movement is so key.

I had to pull my 6 master kush's at week 6 because they were taking the hardest hit from the PM and I didnt want them to continue to spread the spores so I just pulled them. I had been using the baking soda mix and it definitely works but only keeps it at bay for a day or so before needing to reapply. I dont have any experience with the serenade so hopefully that works a little better but I would keep my intake and exhaust fan on but turn off my oscillating fans when lights are off because that's when it grows and spreads with more ease. Ive heard both theories that it does need live plant to continue growing but Ive also heard that it doesnt so I stuck on the safe side and went with the latter and let my buds get pretty damn dry before jarring them. and by that point the PM shouldnt have enough hold to continue growing. after about a week of drying, I jarred my master kush and didnt have any more issues. fucking hate PM!! lol

right on..so after u harvested mk early the powdery mildew didnt show up anywhere else?

im at week 6 next monday and all pistils have died off....will buds continue to ripen and fatten up?

aeviaanah said:

right on..so after u harvested mk early the powdery mildew didnt show up anywhere else?

im at week 6 next monday and all pistils have died off....will buds continue to ripen and fatten up?

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nope.
and yea the buds should still grow, but Im not too sure of the affect from pistils dying off. I could see it hurting yield but could also see the arguement that it doesnt. definitely worth it to treat them tho and take the dead pistils over mildewy bud, imo.
good luck on the PM war. you'll be overprepared for the next batch

lots of strains

I would think as the plant matter dries out the mildew would subside. Doesn't mildew need moisture to survive?

this is why i was wanting to do a water cure, i would be able to cure and wash the bud at the same time.

Yeah I get what you're saying, but i don't know, somehow bud + water = bad news in my head. I've read about it before, but I think I'd probably want to see someone else do it first. So I guess you could be my someone else if you do it. lol

how is everything going?

sup sicc and dc...buds are doing good i am around week 6.5 of 12/12. looking good bud not full potential as i have lost lots of large fan leaves along the way. the bred plants are doing the best as the powdery mildew did not get a chance to get to em. i am really digging the jtrx mbs and bk x mbs. i took a bk x mbs and used his pollen to pollinate everything in the room. seeds are already forming on some plants. my plan as of now is to see how things are looking around week 8 and start the flush....i will then harvest tops around week 9.5 and let lower bud sites ripen for another week or two. dp and wb x redwood kush are growing great also still under cfls ...just put a timer on there so they can get some rest now from 24/0 to 18/6. out door bk, pk, and pure kush are doing real good. leaves are pointing upwards and they are soakin in the sun. i also have a sour diesel outside now which i will clone here shortly. just have been treating for the mild spider mites she had.

water cure works good i did some of my outdoor plants...maybe ill split it up and do a comparison. ill let you know.

damn that PM

At least it didnt get all the plants, sounds like the others are doing well.
Are you able to get any pics up? i would love to see some porn

How'd you do the water cure bro? And what did it do to the bud, like appearance-wise?

Well at least you got the pm under control......What Sour Diesel cut did you get???

d.c. beard said:

How'd you do the water cure bro? And what did it do to the bud, like appearance-wise?

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for water cure you just fill a jar around 70 percent...fill with water and put lid on...every day just pour out the water and refill with fresh water....you will notice ppm of water in and out will change greatly...ppm out will slowly be lowered. after a week of this bud should be ready. makes the bud darker but it tastes better and is smoother when inhaled. bag appeal doesnt look as good but is as potent.
[QUOTE="SICC";4260515]damn that PM

At least it didnt get all the plants, sounds like the others are doing well.
Are you able to get any pics up? i would love to see some porn [/QUOTE]
yea i got PM under control....pics will come this weekend aight?!

jcdws, not sure what sour deisel cut i got. a friend just gave me a clone. havent looked much into this strain...this a good one?

There's a couple different cuts........one you can get in seed form from reserva privada seed co.....and the other is clone only.......powerful smoke.....she is a weird smelling plant I'll tell ya that........

Here are a few new ones taken today. Week 7 of 12 12 starts monday. The plan is still to flush at week 8 and harvest at week 9. I will only harvest top nugs and let bottoms finish with a mild nutrient solution for remaining weeks.


super silver haze x medical bag seed - after breeding with bag seed more trichomb production is noticed. when rubbed she smells like lemony pine, similar to super silver haze. nugs are tighter than mother


here is super silver haze that was scrogged...she was hit hard by pm but has pulled through and put lots of energy to the big buds in the middle. growing real fluffy, minimal trich production, and real airy...this may be due to stress of pm attacks and pm treatment.


jack the ripper x medical bag seed....i think i may have also made this strain better...she has larger calyxs, more pistils, and is denser. brighter in color than her mother due to so many silver pistils. this image does not due justice to her bright white appearance. smells like pine cones. i will definitely continue breeding her offspring. she smells more indica-ish than her mother who seems to be more on sativa side. i have brought out bigger fan leaves also.


Not sure if she is better than her mother as her mother is a hard contestant to beat. A couple differences between the two - dark leaves....both bk x mbs have really got dark leaves which is desired by me. she smells better than her mother and has similar trich production. appears to be denser. bubba kush mother was also hit hard by pm, affecting the comparison.


pure kush who lives on the deep red end of the flower room...i believe this has helped with trichomb production as she has the most out of all. real dense buds and great smell all contribute to good reasons to keeping this strain around. i have a clone of her in the backyard. when rubbed she has a real heavy indica smell...that of a purple kush or purple indica. this plant was also hit hard by pm but has pulled through....potential was lost on this plant as lots of large fan leaves were attacked.


here is a look focused on right side of grow room...looking at just the large colas- the two up top on the far right are super silver haze...and next to that in back center is sshxmbs. the cola on far right is jtrxmbs....looking up close bottom right corner we have another jtrxmbs (topped) and a bkxmbs which is a little hard to see in bottom right corner.


here is another group shot, just under vented hps- jack the ripper in back and bubba kush in front...purple kush and santa cruz kush arent shown but they are far right...they were really attacked hard by pm...which has been treated since and they are just hanging in there with small dense nugs. they were bred and i do have clones of both to give them another shot. right in the middle front you can see the bkxmbs untopped and how dense she is. again- far left is ssh in the back is sshx mbs, in front of those are jtr x mbs, and in front of that is bk x mbs. big height difference! hope you enjoy.

Nice update, im loving the bud porn

Nice, nothing wrong with improving the stain! Looks like you thinned things out a bit, that should help with your humidity.