Middle Cutdown Day 1

Dealing with another powdery mildew infestation. The mildew has gotten deep into the Bubba buds. I'm experimenting with soaking the branches with a mixture of about 5 gallons of water and 12 ounces of hydrogen peroxide, followed by a thorough rinse. I've come across some comments on YouTube and cannabis forums that rinsing with warm water helps preserve the THC heads, and that I should probably be using 8 ounces of hydrogen peroxide per 2 gallons, which means I have to double my dosage to effectively clean the mildew off. However, one Bubba tree took me nearly two hours to clean, and I'm pretty sure many of the other infected Bubba's will take even longer.

So far, it seems like the Bubba will have the most mildew out of the entire room, so I won't have to be as thorough with the other strains, but I'll still have to be thorough regardless. The mildew isn't visible after cleaning, but there will be problems if the buds are broken at the point of sale. The entire cutdown will probably take me two whole days, not including clean up and replants.

The Master isn't looking as bad in terms of mildew, but there are other problems. I experimented with turning off the house AC because of the cold weather, and the results weren't too bad during the first couple of days, but problems with growing cannabis usually take time to manifest after at least a few days. The temperature increased to about 81 degrees on the thermometer, but was probably higher in the canopy. Bottom leaves turned yellow and the soil dried a lot more, and bud growth seemed to stall slightly. I turned the AC back on today and there was about a 4 degree difference in temperature, but I'll have to watch closely to see if the drop in temperature justifies the growth.

The house itself was almost robbed last night when someone took a metal chair and tried to break into one of the windows downstairs. They would've gotten in if there wasn't a PVC pipe blocking the window rail, but I'll still have to repair it tomorrow before I do anything else.