What is this? you prob don't know

I can almost guarantee no one here can tell me what this is as I've searched high and low, but I'll try to give as much information as possible. It progresses as the plant gets older and doesn't effect every plant. Some plants get it really bad and seem mutant. It starts as a purple spot here and there and then slowly consumes the whole plant. I've seen it to some extent every year in this one area, but have had other growers in the town tell me they've had a bit of it here and there. It's purple spots and around the spots the leaves get all wrinkly, twisted and mutated looking. It seems to attract mold when the finished buds are dry and I don't smoke buds that have a lot of it. Neem oil has seemed to help a little but it doesn't completely cure it. Really infected plants are mutated from head to toe. I've used different genetics every year so it's not just a mutant strain. Affected plant always have it on growing tips. With no further adieu heres the pics: :detective1:

I could be wrong but it looks kinda like botrytis to me. What's the humidity like where the ladies are?

what are your daytime and night time temperatures. Looks like they might be exposed to the cold and they dont really like.


i could be wrong though.

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Originally Posted by the86thcreator

I can almost guarantee no one here can tell me what this is as I've searched high and low, but I'll try to give as much information as possible.:

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I have the same problem, but it only happened to one my my plants after I topped it.

I'm with drudown, looks like shes gettin a cold.

-C

Well, humidity is that of a normal NY summer, same for temperatures, so there's no nighttime chills going on as it's 70 at the coldest. The best guess I hve on the subject is either some sort of fungus that's prevalent in the area or a virus. None of the surounding vegetation seems affected and not all of my plants have the problem, it varies from year to year, sometimes most of them, sometimes only a few. It happens without any stress factors so I'm stumped???? Any other guesses?

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Originally Posted by Bwh1116

I have the same problem, but it only happened to one my my plants after I topped it.

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yeah, that's exactly it. My brother-in-law always said it was "something in the soil", but you seem to be using potting soil, so I'll rule that out not that I thought it was the soil anyway, lol. There are literally hundreds of viruses and fungus that affect cannabis, I just wish I knew exactly what it is. Helps to know I'm not the only one here that has had the problem. I'll keep spraying with neem oil, damage control. I've seen it destroy entire plants from top to bottom.

yea Id keep an eye on it if I were you.. like you said it definitely helps to know so oyu cna prevent it in the future. Find strains that are resistant to it. I dont have any idea though.. it could be humidity like someone else said.

Take a sample in and have it tested.... problem solved.

tested where? and won't they mind I'll be giving them a piece of the herb?