First post here, also just coming off my first grow (Blue Dream, indoor, tent, had good guidance from experienced growers). Yet, I made the crucial mistake of having my humidifier inside the tent which is a cool misting model. I started seeing what looked like PM towards the late flowering stage.
The humidifier was necessary because I'm harvesting in a dry climate this time of year, thought i was being smart. Nope. Ended up with what I thought was PM in the final stretch but after seeing the buds continue to grow (and wiping away the fine dust it would disappear until i used the humidifier again) I was conflicted on what to do.
I ended up harvesting about 1 week early in fear that mold was going to take hold and ruin the crop. I wanted to try the Cervantes method of washing them. After doing this, I've still been very paranoid as a first time grower that I basically have nasty shit in it and shouldn't smoke it. Can someone verify if they've had this on their crop before and if it was okay for them to smoke? I want things to be okay but I'm not sure. However, I'm almost positive the white dust was not PM and instead this misting shit.