How long do I have before this gets out of hand?

So this plant will be at 8 weeks in just a few days on the 9th.

I was planning on letting it go another week or so but today I noticed mildew. It's spotty, like one or two little patches per cola, mostly on the sugar leaves.

I pollinated the lower branches and the seeds aren't ready just yet, very close, but not yet.

How long do you think I can let it go before it gets into the bud and starts ruining things?

I'm assuming this happened because of the larger colas, or maybe it's a genetic thing. But the rest of the 12/12 plants are fine. I also don't want this shit spreading to the other plants.

I would chop now, better to have some crop, than no crop at all....

I dont see it...but if its there I would take a q-tip dipped in water/peroxide and detail it off. check buds inside near stem..murky color means bud rot is starting. Always have a good fungicide on hand . Its a shame to grow a plant that long and get rot at the end. Quarentine the plant from the others

Cut your buds off and leave the branches on to let the seeds mature.

I don't see it either, those buds are close though, if it's just powder mildew I wouldn't worry, but if its botritus or any other mold, i'd pull them yesterday

Da Mann said:

Cut your buds off and leave the branches on to let the seeds mature.

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That's actually a great idea, thank you.
Dunno why I didn't think of that duh.

Looks like powdery mildew on the left side of the close up pic. If you think its too early to harvest now I would use greencure or another home remedy that would knock them out and carefully apply it without wetting the buds. They usually reappear on the leaf a few days later. Repeat until chop. Chop now or gently clean it up, up to you or trichs.