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I have done this with outdoor bud, I used three buckets one with 1 cup lemon juice and 1 cup baking soda in first bucket then rain water in the other two for rinse. I did it because of dust and bugs. I had alot of bugs,dust, dirt and who knows what in water. I strained and looked at debris with cheap microscope I use to look at trichomes and did not see many but I pulled this a little early because I like the buzz better I have grown this strain several times before and noticed no difference in quality or taste. That being said if you let your bud go longer into flower you would probably see more trichome loss but the trichomes lost will not be the best in my opinion.
Midwest...how did that cold water rinse work out? I’ve been fighting with a late flower spider mite infestation. It is only my second plant and I didn’t recognize it until the little bastards were pretty entrenched. I wiped the leaves with a 30% isopropyl alcohol solution followed by drenching with r/o water and drying quickly with fans. During the next two weeks I sprayed thoroughly per instructions azamax twice. Buds actually shrunk due to the mite damage. I was going to dip the colas in cold water before hanging them . What do you think? I wonder if the guy is even going to see the message?
