Cleaning a plant in flower?

[TheMetal1]

Yeah... this dipshit I know :stoned: went to transplant on day 28 of flower and got soil/perlite ALL over the buds on one lady.

Any suggestions other than picking it all out? Tried using a new paint brush... but it's just tooooooo sticky :stoned: I'm not sure if spraying water would do it, but mold sucks so if that's the option... looks like dirty birdy for me :hippy:

How easy is it to have mold take over? Conditions are:
Day = 75-77f
Night = 60-65f (getting cooler fast though, could reach 55f)
RH = min. 30%/max. 60%

Thanks :rasta:

TheMetal1 Reviewed by TheMetal1 on 09-18-2008. Cleaning a plant in flower? Yeah... this dipshit I know :stoned: went to transplant on day 28 of flower and got soil/perlite ALL over the buds on one lady. Any suggestions other than picking it all out? Tried using a new paint brush... but it's just tooooooo sticky :stoned: I'm not sure if spraying water would do it, but mold sucks so if that's the option... looks like dirty birdy for me :hippy: How easy is it to have mold take over? Conditions are: Day = 75-77f Night = 60-65f (getting cooler fast though, could Rating: 5

[Rusty Trichome]

Bummer. Doubtful that perlite is good to smoke.

Maybe wait till it is harvested and dried?
Maybe a hair drier and a small paint brush? (not the sponge type)
Maybe a light spray with ph'd water as you are gently brushing chunks away? (trichomes are not water soluable, so they should be fine...)

Perhaps a can of Red Bull, and a pair of tweaker-tongs? (tweezers)

[TheMetal1]

Perhaps a can of Red Bull, and a pair of tweaker-tongs? (tweezers)

Hahahaha that gave me my first laugh of the morning. Thanks :jointsmile:

Yeah... I think I'm kinda ass out here. I tried blowing air at it... fingers... paint brush... all of which mostly just jammed it deeper into the buds. Haha. I'm thinking of maybe using a vacuum.... DELICATELY. Not sure if that will pull some glands off though. Probably going to try some water in a spray bottle too. It's not so bad that it's going to be noticeable. I'm sure it's not the worst thing that's ever happened to a plant. Also, even if I am not able to get the perlite out... it should be easy enough to separate when breaking up the buds. Perlite is volcanic material too, so I wonder if it would be that bad to have little bits in there whereas it is pretty heat tolerant. Ahh well... I'll find a way :rasta:

Thanks again Rusty... I'm going to have to put you on retainer :hippy:
- p.s. The lady in "Another yellow fever scare," looks GRRRRRREAT!! I'm thinking low pH which led to Nitrogen lockout. Either way... looks like she's going to make it the distance.

- p.s.s. I'm the dipshit that I know :stoned:

[FlyGuyOU]

honestly i dont think perilite would be harmful, its just expanded lava rock, so i really doubt it would be affected by any flame put to your final product...

if it happened to me i would try not to mess with it too much until harvest time, then as you're trimming leaves and whatnot you can try and pick out the chunks. that or wait until it dries

[FlyGuyOU]

- p.s.s. I'm the dipshit that I know :stoned:

haha bump

[daihashi]

how dirty is it?

have you tried to vacuum it? Believe it or not it actually works.. make sure you use a hose attachment and try to be as gentle as possible.

I would not spray the buds with water, I think that would just make the situation worse. but then again Weed get's rained on out in the wild and it seems to do ok. shrug...

try the vacuum or dustbuster technique.

[TheMetal1]

Thanks FlyGuy and Dai :rasta:

Yeah... I tried the vacuum with an attachment. Just tooooo daggum sticky. Not going to bother with water. I'm not too concerned with it being "dirty." It's really like a few grains of soil/perlite on the bottoms of bud sites.

Quick question: Do calyxes open up and show a small green pod/growth before forming new pistils? These babies are swelling up everyday but I just noticed some calyxes opening up. Just looked again... think I got a fucking herm. Stupid Beaster bag beans.

[daihashi]

Thanks FlyGuy and Dai :rasta:

Yeah... I tried the vacuum with an attachment. Just tooooo daggum sticky. Not going to bother with water. I'm not too concerned with it being "dirty." It's really like a few grains of soil/perlite on the bottoms of bud sites.

Quick question: Do calyxes open up and show a small green pod/growth before forming new pistils? These babies are swelling up everyday but I just noticed some calyxes opening up. Just looked again... think I got a fucking herm. Stupid Beaster bag beans.

sometimes the pistils are too fine/small to see.. so yes, sometimes you will see calyxes form before you see the new pistils.

If that pod extends and drops (like a nutsack.. lol) over the next few days then yes you have a hermie. Just watch and wait for now :thumbsup:

[TheMetal1]

If that pod extends and drops (like a nutsack.. lol) over the next few days then yes you have a hermie. Just watch and wait for now :thumbsup:

Nice... thanks for that wording. It made it click to me. It's not like I'm going to get up to get a drink and come back to pollinated plants. I was seriously going to hack it up to save the others. Any general time frame from when they start forming... to when they are dangling nugget pouches?

I'll see if my phone can focus in on some of them. They seriously just showed up overnight. Possible pic in a minute.

Edit: hahaha yeah... I'm :stoned: You already wrote to be on the lookout in the next few days.

[daihashi]

Nice... thanks for that wording. It made it click to me. It's not like I'm going to get up to get a drink and come back to pollinated plants. I was seriously going to hack it up to save the others. Any general time frame from when they start forming... to when they are dangling nugget pouches?

I'll see if my phone can focus in on some of them. They seriously just showed up overnight. Possible pic in a minute.

Edit: hahaha yeah... I'm :stoned: You already wrote to be on the lookout in the next few days.

To be more precise, monitor it very closely over the next 1-3 days and if you want to be even safer I would suggest to you that you remove it from your grow environment all together, put it under an array of CFL lighting (I like to use 6 23 watt bulbs on a power strip) and isolate it from all the other plants.

This makes it much safer for you to just let it do it's own thing. If it funks up and a pollen sack breaks then no harm no foul.. as opposed to if you left it in your grow room then that bad boy would have busted a nut all over your ladies :hippy: