I had Leaf Hoppers early on, think back in the end of June. The multi colored ones as well as the plane brownish n Greenish ones. Fought them off with LCPT.
Had a pretty wet spring and humidity was above the norm it seems. Michigan.
I have the plants on a slight slope in the garden. The one that got it back in June and now is the plant nearest the bottom of the slope, it kind of flattens out right there, not standing water but its the last area to dry out when it has been dry out for a few days. I simple cut off the affected area, removed one or two new sprigs of new growth that had it. Noticed it only on newer growth. Seemed simple enough, snip n gone. Well, it reappeared the other day, August 17th. Snipped it once again.
The plant got it twice is the last plant to receive sun in the morning and it is slightly shaded throughout the morning. After the long read of this entire thread, its looking more and more like a Leaf Hopper relation, they bite the plant and if they are carrying it, poof, the plant gets The Purple.
Not knowing anything about this, except what I've been reading here, I am not sure what to do. I am just passing this along to maybe help with diagnosis. Is this going to spread into my Buds as they develop and make it un smokable. Should the plant be removed, I sure hate to do that, its a fucking Beauty...