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bulldog74
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So, I am a legal medi grower and recently moved to a different state to begin a career in the cannabis business. I moved here from Florida 6 months ago with a partner with some outdoor grows under his belt and maybe a cfl closet grow or two. He is the money partner. I myself was out of work and needed a reason to get out of Florida. I have several years of growing experience, several years of outdoor guerilla grows ( The miracle grow days) and about 5 years of indoor growing including many closet , bedroom and a couple os smaller commercial grows. Done some breeding (pollen chucking) and alot of seed hoarding, worked in soil, hempY BUCKETS, ebb and flow, flood aND DRAIN, MOSTLY SOIL and hempys but I have alot of experimenting under my belt. Anyways, I have a library of books, spent a few years on the forums (HG420) and although I havent really grown for about 4 or 5 years I feel as though I have forgotten more then most growers around here know. Im not trying to toot my own horn, in no way am I the man but maybe im just meeting alot of unknowlegeable growers. Ive seen about half a dozen grow ops since I have been here and none of them looked to be serious, more like hobby growers and any weed that I have seen is crap ....Im sorry I am rambling and getting off the topic.....Long story short we are doing very well in the 5 months we have been here, I handel all of the watering and nutes and my partner handels all the construction. I came into the deal with knowledge and enough equipment to get us started and he had about 15 grand for us to set up with. The money is starting to roll in and we are able to provide some free oe discounted medicine to our patients.......Tonight I almost hit the roof on my partner, as I said he has done some good old boy outdoor grows and maybe even grown some good pot (I dont know because i met him a week before we moved here and went into business together) but not really much experience. He has picked up alot in the last 6 months no doubt, I wish that when I started I had someone to show me first hand and who had gone through mistakes and losses and whatever but none the less he is kind of a rookie......So anyway we harvested 3 chocalopes today and got about half a pound. Well this chocalope strain has really been a bitch for me. I have been having issue after issue with her such as calmag defs, mites, and PM but I have kept her around because she produces the most dense heavy hard nugs I have ever seen and she puts out the weight (Got 12 oz off a 5 gallon hempy the other day)....... So anyway, I know that when you mention the words POWDERY MILDEW alot of people really freak out and treat it like its Herpiesgonacifleaids, but this strain is very suceptable to thePM. Now when I say that it gets PM I am not saying that it is an out of hand absolute infestation. I am saying that it gets "spots" of it. I usualy will cut these spots out if there is any and toss the buds that have it....Again its not covered in PM it is just in spots on some of the buds and I toss those buds out. Because it is so dense it will sometimes reoccur in the curing process too but again i cut those spots out. Sometimes before harvest I will spot spray any signs of it with hydrogen peroxidem and baking soda and I showed this teqnique to my partner. You can see that my partner does not like it when I am throwing away buds because he goes through the trash and collects the buds to smoke. So tonight I went downstairs to see my partner spraying down a half a pound worth of buds with hydrogen peroxide...Not spot sprAYING BUT COMPLETELY DRENCHING ALL OF THE buds, like he might as well have been dubking them in a bucket. I asked him what was he doing and he said " I am tired of losing pot to powdery mildew". I said "bro there is no reason to spray everything down". He said well why not you spray it before you chop it down, it doesnt leave any residue I just want to ensure that we dont lose anymore bud to the trash. So I begged him to not do it anymore and I said listen let me go on my forum and ask some other people if this is okay. Here is where I need everyones help.
I need him to stop doing this but I dont wwant to cause a major argument. I want him to stop doing this--How bad is it to drench your harvested bud with hydrogen peroxide? I dont have all the answers but I figure if I tell him that I researched it online and asked other growers that maybe that might help. How bad is it to spray down our pot? am I over reacting? Please help me win my argument.
I need him to stop doing this but I dont wwant to cause a major argument. I want him to stop doing this--How bad is it to drench your harvested bud with hydrogen peroxide? I dont have all the answers but I figure if I tell him that I researched it online and asked other growers that maybe that might help. How bad is it to spray down our pot? am I over reacting? Please help me win my argument.