Aright I have 4 white widow plants under 600w HPS. They are in a 4x4 grow tent, conditions are 68-74F, 25-40% RH. I'm at day 69, planning on harvesting this weekend. A couple days ago I noticed a gray/purple spot on one of the buds so I removed the entire branch and inspected it. Under closer inspection of that branch, a few of the calyxes and small sugar leaves had turned a dark purple at the tip. They were not wet or mushy, and it appeared to only be on the outside of the bud, the inner bud and stem appeared healthy.
A couple days later I noticed a similar purple on a lot of the colas in the garden. Again, it seems to only be on the outside of the buds, I just pulled a bud apart and the inside and stem looked fine. The buds are pretty hard and don't feel mushy at all. If it is PM or bud rot is there anything I can do? How will it effect the bud being so close to harvest should I just chop now instead of waiting a couple days?
I had a heat disaster at week 4 of flower and a lot of the leaves got burned up and never fully recovered, so many of the dying leaves you see in these pics were caused by that. At the same time that makes it hard to identify any new dying leaves that could be caused by mold... In the first picture notice the purple/brown spot in the middle of the bud (as well as the tip). In the second picture notice the darker calyxes and leaf edges. The only thing that is giving me hope is that I do not SEE any mold/fuzz, even with a 30x scope, and the the inside of the buds seems to be ok. But it sure looks like mold to me from a distance.
I am absolutely terrified that my crop is going to be ruined by bud rot or PM! Does this look like something like that or simply a K def turning the leaves purple? This is my worse nightmare, any help is greatly appreciated.
A couple days later I noticed a similar purple on a lot of the colas in the garden. Again, it seems to only be on the outside of the buds, I just pulled a bud apart and the inside and stem looked fine. The buds are pretty hard and don't feel mushy at all. If it is PM or bud rot is there anything I can do? How will it effect the bud being so close to harvest should I just chop now instead of waiting a couple days?
I had a heat disaster at week 4 of flower and a lot of the leaves got burned up and never fully recovered, so many of the dying leaves you see in these pics were caused by that. At the same time that makes it hard to identify any new dying leaves that could be caused by mold... In the first picture notice the purple/brown spot in the middle of the bud (as well as the tip). In the second picture notice the darker calyxes and leaf edges. The only thing that is giving me hope is that I do not SEE any mold/fuzz, even with a 30x scope, and the the inside of the buds seems to be ok. But it sure looks like mold to me from a distance.
I am absolutely terrified that my crop is going to be ruined by bud rot or PM! Does this look like something like that or simply a K def turning the leaves purple? This is my worse nightmare, any help is greatly appreciated.