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Harvesting Decisions

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Blunk386

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I have a beautiful Platinum Girlscout that I've been growing from seed. She started late, but I'm just about ready to harvest. I'm about 10-14 days away. Today was my last feeding and watering before I start my flush and final harvest prep.

I hopped on the forum today because I discovered this(see attached picture). I'm pretty sure what's on my leaves, only three of them, is the start of a mold/mildew attack. This is where my quandary starts.

I've excised the effected leaves already. And there seems to be nothing in the buds or anywhere else around the plant. I was going to try and spray with neem today, wait 3 days, flush, and then harvest once the soil dries out.

Does this seem like a good plan of attack? I really wanted to at least get the flush in before harvest. And Ideally I also want the soil dry thereafter. I'm just unsure if waiting another week puts my crop too much at risk.

Please advise, thanks for the help!!!

P.S. Can't upload photos from my phone, sorry... the mold looks like the leaf brushed up against vacuum dust or something. It's grey and a little puffy.
 

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If you can, try and change the environment to one that doesn't support mold. It sure would be nice to see pictures as we are all just guessing here.
 
I changed the file size, photos are now uploaded.

I have defoliated the largest fan leaves. Anything bigger than a Mrs. Field's cookie is off the plant. Also, my porch is a second story, we have a near constant breeze. Air flow doesn't seem to be an issue. I'm in SoCal... outside of a BRIEF drizzle on Monday we have a pretty arid climate.
 
I'm not sure I can see any mold in the pictures, but if it's mold, removing all the affected leaves was the most important step! Luckily it's just a few. I bet it was triggered by the rain. If you want to try something less smelly than neem oil, you can mix ½ teaspoon of baking soda per gallon of water and mist the leaves, which can help prevent and fight fungus but won't affect the smell/taste of your buds at all. But if you keep a very close eye on the plant and it doesn't spread I don't think you need to take it down. It's when you see bud rot that it's most important to harvest immediately!
 
With Nebula on this. You "nipped it in the bud".
I had just fed my plants when trichomes went milky...I waited 2 days..no flush..took longer to dry of course..bud still fine. Sometimes things don't work out as planned
but they are not ruined.
take care
 
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