BC Big Bud - 26th day in Flower - Some question on trimming and things

[renegade66]

Whats the scoop on trimming should i take off some of the larger fan leaves or leave them.

My biggest danger at this point is white powdery mildew since the conditions are good for it now tend to get more rain now and night temps will dip to as low as 6 degrees C in the next week with daytime temps between 23 - 25 C.

The plants got once dose of neem oil and water about week 4 of veg stage but nothing since, overall the plants have no WPM to speak of but i can see maybe the wisps of it on the lowest fan leaves in the back between plant and block wall.

Strain is BC Big Bud
Bed is clay base with 8 inches of triple mix, landscape fabric topped with 3 inches of black cedar mulch.
Drip irrigation feeding straight water 3 minutes twice per day.
Giving 6 gallons of mixed Miracle Grow - Ultra Bloom 15-30-15 once every 7 days via drip system.

Looking for general suggestions on mitigating WPM at this stage.

Would it be beneificial to tarp with a 6 mil clear plastic canopy to keep them from getting direct rain i have some vapor barrier rolls sitting here?

 

[Chinook3]

Looks very nice!
Use some green cure, and BT for pm and catapillars. Use this about twice a week, up and into harvest week. at harvest Spray lightly with shower nozzle on hose prior to harvest, let dry and then trim fan leaves and cut. Don't be in a hurry, the best is yet to come.

Chinook3

 

[renegade66]

Looks very nice!
Use some green cure, and BT for pm and catapillars. Use this about twice a week, up and into harvest week. at harvest Spray lightly with shower nozzle on hose prior to harvest, let dry and then trim fan leaves and cut. Don't be in a hurry, the best is yet to come.

Chinook3

I do have BT but didn't need any this year, I am not sure what Green cure is do you know what is in it. I do have pure cold pressed neem oil if that will hold back WPM i could give em a spray they have another 4 weeks of bloom i would say but I am not sure on neem oil in flower stage.

Last year i had WPM issues towards the end but my strains of TC and KK wanted to get too far into October I was using baking soda and water spray to hold it back and did a complete clean in Peroxide and water before hanging to dry.

 

[Chinook3]

Greencure is a fungicide. It does contain a common chemical but I am not sure which it is perhaps someone else can chime in. Its catapillars here and they open the plant to mold. Pm is a big one this time of year when things cool off.
Good luck
Fanman

 

[renegade66]

Well, i did do i very small amount of trimming and i have used some purecrop1 on them since my last post but more importantly in surrounded them with some framing and greenhouse plastic so they have not gotten wet from rain or dew in some time. I have fans running as well to keep the air moving. Here are some updated pictures at based on old pictures i found would be aproximately day 45 of bloom.

 

[Aceman103]

Whats the scoop on trimming should i take off some of the larger fan leaves or leave them.

My biggest danger at this point is white powdery mildew since the conditions are good for it now tend to get more rain now and night temps will dip to as low as 6 degrees C in the next week with daytime temps between 23 - 25 C.

The plants got once dose of neem oil and water about week 4 of veg stage but nothing since, overall the plants have no WPM to speak of but i can see maybe the wisps of it on the lowest fan leaves in the back between plant and block wall.

Strain is BC Big Bud
Bed is clay base with 8 inches of triple mix, landscape fabric topped with 3 inches of black cedar mulch.
Drip irrigation feeding straight water 3 minutes twice per day.
Giving 6 gallons of mixed Miracle Grow - Ultra Bloom 15-30-15 once every 7 days via drip system.

Looking for general suggestions on mitigating WPM at this stage.

Would it be beneificial to tarp with a 6 mil clear plastic canopy to keep them from getting direct rain i have some vapor barrier rolls sitting here?

Its not a good idea to put plants against a wall i had all kinds of problems until i decided to bend them away from the wall (lst) and doing that literall stopped the pm in its tracks and definitely helped tremendously on my yield. Just a suggestion.