# Oh no, it this the dreaded White Powdery Mildew? **URL:** \ **Category:** Climate\ **Created:** [October 30, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/oh-no-it-this-the-dreaded-white-powdery-mildew/57119 "2020-10-30T20:37:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lomalley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8c91f0/32.png) [@Lomalley](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Lomalley)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/oh-no-it-this-the-dreaded-white-powdery-mildew/57119/1 "2020-10-30T20:37:07Z")
Newbie here, is this the white powdery mildew I’ve read about? ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/2/4/a/24a55d6e22477e6ab1810bf929c9b0e81c3f24d8.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Ginger420](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@Ginger420](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Ginger420)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/oh-no-it-this-the-dreaded-white-powdery-mildew/57119/2 "2020-10-30T20:40:09Z")
Looks like it man! Get some lost cost therapy spray and wipe the leaves so you don’t get it on the bud or 3% peroxide should do the trick. ---
**Author:** ![Ss2442](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/ss2442/32/387758_2.png) [@Ss2442](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Ss2442)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/oh-no-it-this-the-dreaded-white-powdery-mildew/57119/3 "2020-10-30T20:42:15Z")
Yup Dealing with it in my final stages I used that concentration and it seems to have kept it away for the last 36 hrs. ---
**Author:** ![Lomalley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8c91f0/32.png) [@Lomalley](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Lomalley)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/oh-no-it-this-the-dreaded-white-powdery-mildew/57119/4 "2020-10-30T22:05:24Z")
If I use the 3% peroxide, do I dilute it then spray the effected leaves, if yes, what is the ratio? Or should I dampen a paper towel with the peroxide straight up? I’m sooo close to harvest! So far, it just looks like the one plant… 🤞🏻 Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Ss2442](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/ss2442/32/387758_2.png) [@Ss2442](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Ss2442)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 10:30pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/oh-no-it-this-the-dreaded-white-powdery-mildew/57119/5 "2020-10-30T22:30:18Z")
I used a spray diluted with water then ran a rag over everything about an hour later… I let it sit over night and did it again in the morning after the light cycle had started and been running about an hour. ---
**Author:** ![Lomalley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8c91f0/32.png) [@Lomalley](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Lomalley)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/oh-no-it-this-the-dreaded-white-powdery-mildew/57119/6 "2020-10-30T22:34:17Z")
Thanks, do you know the dilution ratio by chance? ---
**Author:** ![Ginger420](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@Ginger420](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Ginger420)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/oh-no-it-this-the-dreaded-white-powdery-mildew/57119/7 "2020-10-30T22:49:18Z")
For a bud wash some use 1 cup to 5 gallons water. So I’d use the same ratio just do some math for a small amount. So like 1.6oz of peroxide to a gal. ---
**Author:** ![Ginger420](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@Ginger420](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Ginger420)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 10:50pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/oh-no-it-this-the-dreaded-white-powdery-mildew/57119/8 "2020-10-30T22:50:22Z")
I’d also just make a bucket of the mix and use some cotton balls to wipe each leaf if you have the time and patience. ---
**Author:** ![Ginger420](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@Ginger420](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Ginger420)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/oh-no-it-this-the-dreaded-white-powdery-mildew/57119/9 "2020-10-30T22:54:10Z")
And bud wash at harvest man I regret not doing this year like I planned I lost my entire best plant in the dry room to fuzzy white mold. Got one plant left and had to harvest my biggest plant early. Its a tuff year all around good luck man. Bud washing in peroxide will clean off the mold. I will be washing my last plant for sure lol. ---
**Author:** ![Lomalley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8c91f0/32.png) [@Lomalley](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Lomalley)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 11:25pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/oh-no-it-this-the-dreaded-white-powdery-mildew/57119/10 "2020-10-30T23:25:04Z")
This is my first grow, I saw a video about dipping//rinsing the buds, and was concerned it would wash off ‘all the good stuff’ 😂 so you say, they will be ‘ok’ after dunking in a peroxide bath? ---
**Author:** ![Hareesa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/hareesa/32/412767_2.png) [@Hareesa](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Hareesa)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/oh-no-it-this-the-dreaded-white-powdery-mildew/57119/11 "2020-10-31T02:02:20Z")
Im afraid to bud wash too. But for alot of long time growers, the bud washing is a must for every harvest. ---
**Author:** ![kdawg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/kdawg/32/388050_2.png) [@kdawg](https://ilgmforum.com/u/kdawg)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/oh-no-it-this-the-dreaded-white-powdery-mildew/57119/12 "2020-10-31T02:48:51Z")
Resin isn’t water soluble no worries. ---
**Author:** ![Ginger420](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@Ginger420](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Ginger420)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 3:56am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/oh-no-it-this-the-dreaded-white-powdery-mildew/57119/13 "2020-10-31T03:56:35Z")
Lmao I was super skeptical if I wash my bud its gonna be stripped of all the trichs. So I tried on a bud that got snipped when I was taking off rot. I didn’t notice a huge difference it might of seemed like a little less crystals. but like people say its smoother better tasting hit and cleans off bugs dust dander bird crap plus kills the leftover mold and spores I wish I would’ve washed mine this year lost alot of amazing bud I was heartbroken. ---
**Author:** ![Hareesa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/hareesa/32/412767_2.png) [@Hareesa](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Hareesa)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 12:30pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/oh-no-it-this-the-dreaded-white-powdery-mildew/57119/14 "2020-10-31T12:30:22Z")
@Ginger420 Did the mold fester during the dry, as they were hanging ? If so, what was your temp and humidity? Or was it during the cure or did you notice a bit before harvest. I just want to know for future sake. ---
**Author:** ![fast-grow](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/fast-grow/32/392039_2.png) [@fast-grow](https://ilgmforum.com/u/fast-grow)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 12:51pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/oh-no-it-this-the-dreaded-white-powdery-mildew/57119/15 "2020-10-31T12:51:15Z")
Don’t be afraid to bud wash. It will remove the nasty stuff and improve final cure a lot. My gold leaf that I did wash smells like vanilla sugar cookies after 2 weeks in curing jars and the one I harvested earlier and didn’t wash had more of the grassy hay smell during cure. ---
**Author:** ![Hareesa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/hareesa/32/412767_2.png) [@Hareesa](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Hareesa)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 1:08pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/oh-no-it-this-the-dreaded-white-powdery-mildew/57119/16 "2020-10-31T13:08:25Z")
@fast-grow did the grassy hay smell stay even after cure in the first batch ? ---
**Author:** ![fast-grow](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/fast-grow/32/392039_2.png) [@fast-grow](https://ilgmforum.com/u/fast-grow)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/oh-no-it-this-the-dreaded-white-powdery-mildew/57119/17 "2020-10-31T14:33:18Z")
Right now it is still curing but the smell has decreased some. Doesn’t smell bad but not the sugary sweet smell that the washed plant has. If I can recall, I think there was only 2 weeks between harvests. My strawberry kush that I washed also smells sweet and candy like. ---
**Author:** ![Lomalley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8c91f0/32.png) [@Lomalley](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Lomalley)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/oh-no-it-this-the-dreaded-white-powdery-mildew/57119/18 "2020-10-31T15:06:22Z")
This by far seems to be the most popular you tube video about bud washing, go with it? Or any other suggestions/tips to add? (Not sure if this is how you add a video, I just tried coping & pasting 🤞🏻) [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/c/b/2/cb22ecac07c89fb21618bf8ff181e258965ec225.jpeg "Jorge Cervantes: Washing Away Powdery Mildew") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7jE7qzfgQs) ---
**Author:** ![fast-grow](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/fast-grow/32/392039_2.png) [@fast-grow](https://ilgmforum.com/u/fast-grow)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/oh-no-it-this-the-dreaded-white-powdery-mildew/57119/19 "2020-10-31T16:46:44Z")
This is how I did it, Works great. ---
**Author:** ![Ginger420](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@Ginger420](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Ginger420)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/oh-no-it-this-the-dreaded-white-powdery-mildew/57119/20 "2020-10-31T17:59:13Z")
It happened while they were hanging to dry I chopped and inspected the whole plant pulled any rot I found looked amazing and smelt better let it dry for 10 days started to trim the main cola and the inside of it was just white fuzz then I realized the entire plant was that way picked what I could but just popcorn and larf very sad I didn’t have my thermometer up I usually have no issues my first plant I pulled early and its was hanging all around it and no mold whatsoever idk if something got on that plant maybe it was just to sticky and wet all I feel I could have done different was bud wash and It would’ve killed the mold before it started [Next page](https://ilgmforum.com/t/oh-no-it-this-the-dreaded-white-powdery-mildew/57119.md?page=2)