Mold on my mother plant

[acarl1078lewis]

Hi all,

I have a lemon skunk clone that I am keeping as a mother plant for future crops. I have her growing in a 2.5x3x3 inch rockwool with a hydroponic drip feed system. I have trimmed her down to a bonsai style where she is short (8 inches) and wide with lots of branches for clones. Yesterday when I peeked in on her I noticed that the cut ends of branches that I had pruned 4-5 days ago are all covered with a light layer of grey mold. The plant itself still looks great but I know that this mold can't be good. Any advice on how to remove this mold and prevent it from returning? This is my 1st mother attempt and obviously I have some things to learn!

The plant is in a 55 gallon rubbermaid (this leaves room for a few moms when I get some more, plus room to start clones) with holes cut for ventilation, a single 40 watt flouro inside keeping her lit. No fan yet (I am working on buying one soon). Maybe that's the problem? Anyway, any help is always greatly appreciated.

[v3d4]

the mold will come off with some soapy water, and a fan should keep it from coming back
if the mold looks really evil, you can make a solution of 1 part skim milk to 9 parts water with couple drops of soap to clean it off, but most important is to reduce the humidity

[slunt]

Mold is mostly due to poor air flow,cool temps and high humidity.40 w flouro gives very little heat.