While growing my last batch, I had a bad case of mites and malnutrition I believe due to lockout. Most of the fan leaves turned yellow right away and then started to turn brown or a slightly darker color. It still grew relatively well even though the issues. After harvesting and drying...some of the leaves turned a shade of black. I thought 'mold' but when I trimmed into the inside of the bud, it was green and without dark matter. It is all superficial on the outside of the buds. Looking closer at the leaves, those darker sections are actually gold under the micro.
My questions are is this mold or something toxic? Under he micro, it looks like gold masses intertwined between the trichs. Do older leaves that break down do this type of transformation or is this bad?

These buds went deep into flowering.

Let me know your thoughts...
erocki Reviewed by erocki on . Mold or not? While growing my last batch, I had a bad case of mites and malnutrition I believe due to lockout. Most of the fan leaves turned yellow right away and then started to turn brown or a slightly darker color. It still grew relatively well even though the issues. After harvesting and drying...some of the leaves turned a shade of black. I thought 'mold' but when I trimmed into the inside of the bud, it was green and without dark matter. It is all superficial on the outside of the buds. Looking Rating: 5