Washing dried buds?

spiritmedicine

spiritmedicine

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Hey so I had a powdery mildew issue on my last batch, and I trimmed up and dried about half of it before I learned about washing the buds with H2O2 and lukewarm spray (a la Jorge Cervantes). I trimmed them pretty close to try to make sure there was little to no PM left (was mostly on leaves, not buds), but I'm concerned there might be some there that I can't see. It's all pretty crystally and otherwise a really nice batch.

Can I go back and wash the buds that have already dried, and re-dry them???

Seems like a weird thing to do, but if they dry up ok again, might be worth a shot? Anybody done this before?
 
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bryan oconner

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suggest you looking into making oil. then you don't have to worry wax . washing them off and the mold will still be there right ? and it has a chance to come back . as long as the mold is not grey or black if so its garbage .
 
spiritmedicine

spiritmedicine

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It's white powdery mildew, but also have a different type that is mostly on the leaves as far as I can tell, that is stalked with white balls on the end that stand up from the leaves. Any idea what this is?
 
lio lacidem

lio lacidem

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bryan oconner said:
suggest you looking into making oil. then you don't have to worry wax . washing them off and the mold will still be there right ? and it has a chance to come back . as long as the mold is not grey or black if so its garbage .
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I would not suggest using moldy bud to make oil! You can most definately transfer spores to your oil. Horrible suggestion that could damage your lungs
 
spiritmedicine

spiritmedicine

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This one was particularly bad and was discarded. Lots of them you can't see anything on. Some of it actually looks grey on this one. And again, only really visible on the leaves, which are trimmed off. Buds don't actually have anything visible on them. Sorry for the crap photos, using my Galaxy S4.20161031_150526.jpg 20161031_150442.jpg

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spiritmedicine

spiritmedicine

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So I'm trying this out. Soaking for 5 min or so in dilute H2O2 solution, spraying with lukewarm kitchen sink sprayer, then quick initial dry to get rid of excess water. Here's a bud before and after, I'll light it up later and let you know how it goes. :) Maybe it'll taste like crap, or maybe it's lost some potency, but seems like the mold is gone. It was mostly on the outer leaves anyways.
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vostok

vostok

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Cervantas is correct, dipping the bud in a 10% bleach and warm water then allow to dry works easy

you can do it now

Pm is no biggy and is harmless unlike bud rot and other fungi

next grow use cold pressed neem oil to keep this witch away

good luck
 
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