Is this mold or something else?

[Purfict]

Not sure if this is what mold looks like, almost looks like a cobweb. Can’t find it anywhere else in the tent.

 

[HerbalEdu]

look like spidermites webs:

How to Prevent Spider Mites In Cannabis Plants - RQS Blog

Spider mites prey on cannabis and can have a huge effect on your yields. Click here to learn how to keep your cannabis plants safe from spider mites.

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[Purfict]

look like spidermites webs:

How to Prevent Spider Mites In Cannabis Plants - RQS Blog

Spider mites prey on cannabis and can have a huge effect on your yields. Click here to learn how to keep your cannabis plants safe from spider mites.

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Not a fun thing to hear. It would make sense as that bud is directly under the tents highest oscillating fan. It’s the only bud I can find with anything like it, here’s some better pictures. I bought a microscope off amazon to look at trichomes but unfortunately it’s impossible to use. This plant is mostly amber trichomes, I was thinking of harvesting it soon. Should I just cut this bud off and throw it out?

 

[GNick55]

that stage of a mite infestation has more than likely infested everything..

 

[AZreefer]

look like spidermites webs:

How to Prevent Spider Mites In Cannabis Plants - RQS Blog

Spider mites prey on cannabis and can have a huge effect on your yields. Click here to learn how to keep your cannabis plants safe from spider mites.

www.royalqueenseeds.com

Hey thanks for the good info. Ive seen those webs on my sage bushes years before so i know they are out in my hot dry desert. Im on high alert now.

that stage of a mite infestation has more than likely infested everything..

Does that mean op is screwed or can he fight back?

 

[Eledin]

I would cut the bud/s that have those nasty webs (they always go for the bigger ones first) throw them away (Not even washing can make those smokable) and then spray the rest of the plant with 1:4 3% hydrogen peroxide water but even then youre still gonna need to wash the buds right after harvest to get all those nasty fuckers out of your buds. Its not a guarantee that you will get rid of them, only water without peroxide its suposed to kill them, with peroxide even more so but they can be very resillient. If you really wanna keep it spray it every 2 days and hopefully they wont fuck up other major buds, but no promises. Also be careful with the big buds, with the humidity they can catch fungus so keep that airflow going. I say every 2 days because I see its almost in harvest time so you wont spray them for long anyway. If it has too many to even consider cleaning them, you could still use them for ISO extraction. Or even kief with a fine mesh, no bugs will go through the mesh. 140 microns or less for the mesh. But again, those covered in webs already, throw them to the bin.

 

[Eledin]

Does that mean op is screwed or can he fight back?

When the plant is in bloom is very difficult because you can only use water and hydrogen peroxide but he can control them until harvest time. If youre worried about your bushes, you can spray them with pesticides since youre not gonna smoke them or eat them, something organic like potassic soap or if theyre very resillient a pesticide based in citric acid or something like that.

 

[AZreefer]

Oh im worried about the plants in my grow tent. The sage bushes survived and that was a few years back. They have no signs of them currently but the memory of the webs covering the bushes serves as an indicator i too may have this same problem if im not careful. Especially in flower when i turn the humidifiers off and let the dry air in. Until just now i was in a false sense of security about my indoor grow being safe from pests. Im sorry to op's situation but grateful for the post.

 

[Purfict]

There is around 10% amber on each of the plants, but the one that has the webs I was planning to harvest today. Even the lowest buds have well over 30% amber, so now that I know I have spider mites I think I might just harvest all 4 plants today. I’m okay with sacrificing potency rather than the whole tent. Do you guys think if I chop everything, do a wet trim, and then a good bud wash I’ll be ok? I’ll just throw out those buds with webbing, I wouldn’t even want to smoke that anyways. If I can examine each bud and notice no webbing and give it a good wash, will this be ok?

 

[Eledin]

There is around 10% amber on each of the plants, but the one that has the webs I was planning to harvest today. Even the lowest buds have well over 30% amber, so now that I know I have spider mites I think I might just harvest all 4 plants today. I’m okay with sacrificing potency rather than the whole tent. Do you guys think if I chop everything, do a wet trim, and then a good bud wash I’ll be ok? I’ll just throw out those buds with webbing, I wouldn’t even want to smoke that anyways. If I can examine each bud and notice no webbing and give it a good wash, will this be ok?

Ive done it in the past succesfully, discarded the ones with webs and kept the ones without webs, washed them with water and hydrogen peroxide (dont use lemon and baking soda, residues might get into the buds) and smoked them and it was okay.

 

[Eledin]

I would suggest that you use 2 or even 3 buckets though. The first one with the hydrogen peroxide and water and the other 2 to rinse them off with just water. Youre not gonna lose potency by washing them, trichomes are not only not water soluble but they are also hydrophobic. If anything reduced potency it would be the stress and damage caused by the spider mites.

 

[Eledin]

Oh and dont use chlorinated water it breaks down part of the hydrogen peroxide into oxygen and water. Also tap water can be really nasty, wouldnt use the one in my house to bud wash. I use cheap comercial osmotized water. If you wanna use tap water let it sit for 1 or 2 days so the chlorine evaporates but I would recomend osmotized.

 

[Purfict]

I would suggest that you use 2 or even 3 buckets though. The first one with the hydrogen peroxide and water and the other 2 to rinse them off with just water. Youre not gonna lose potency by washing them, trichomes are not only not water soluble but they are also hydrophobic. If anything reduced potency it would be the stress and damage caused by the spider mites.

Sorry I should have worded that better, that’s what I meant with chopping early so the mites don’t cause them more stress. I was planning on harvesting at least some today, so might as well chop them all to save damage. I’ll give them a good inspection and wash, hopefully I don’t find that there is much more webbing than what I found. I looked good for 30 minutes bending the branches, just glad I was able to catch it at least before it got worse. Next grow I’ll have to take more preventative measures.

 

[HerbalEdu]

you can clean affected bud with a bud wash:

Bud Washing: How to Clean Your Weed - RQS Blog

Sticky cannabis buds become a magnet for dust, dirt, insects, and contaminants during the flowering phase. The simple act of bud washing can help remove them.

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[Purfict]

you can clean affected bud with a bud wash:

Bud Washing: How to Clean Your Weed - RQS Blog

Sticky cannabis buds become a magnet for dust, dirt, insects, and contaminants during the flowering phase. The simple act of bud washing can help remove them.

www.royalqueenseeds.com

What I did was cut each branch individually and inspected them all. I just threw out those that had webbing, luckily it was only around half a dozen on the same plant so they must have been enjoying the environment directly under the oscillating fan that was blowing above the plants. I have gave everything a bud wash with peroxide and then hung them to dry last night.