What are these strands on the plant ?

[doober]

Noticed these straight strands on one of my indoor Gushers plants at day 45. Saw it on both the topside and underside of a few sugar leaves on the top of this plant. Have not noticed anything else unusual, no insects or any real damage on the leaves. Just see a few of the usual fungas gnats. Not sure what to make of it. In the first pic, you can see a bunch of them on the top left. I removed the leaves with the strands and put them under the scope. Any suggestions are appreciated !

 

[Dbear]

Do you vent or run a sealed room? Looks kinda like dandelion poofs that have been chopped by a fan. All the wild native plants around me are blooming like crazy there's all kinds of pollen/dander/particulate in the air.

 

[doober]

Do you vent or run a sealed room? Looks kinda like dandelion poofs that have been chopped by a fan. All the wild native plants around me are blooming like crazy there's all kinds of pollen/dander/particulate in the air.

Hey Dbear - Thanks for your thoughts. You could be right. It’s not a sealed room and things are blooming all over here in New England too, though the dandelions haven’t poofed yet in our yard.

 

[Frimpong]

Noticed these straight strands on one of my indoor Gushers plants at day 45. Saw it on both the topside and underside of a few sugar leaves on the top of this plant. Have not noticed anything else unusual, no insects or any real damage on the leaves. Just see a few of the usual fungas gnats. Not sure what to make of it. In the first pic, you can see a bunch of them on the top left. I removed the leaves with the strands and put them under the scope. Any suggestions are appreciated !

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Could be dog hair or cat. Insulation?

 

[doober]

Could be dog hair or cat. Insulation?

No pets in the house and the plant is in a fairly clean tent. But with your and Dbear's comments, I'm thinking it was something harmless that I unknowingly brought into the tent somehow, or that just found its way in there somehow. Thanks Frimpong ?

 

[Dbear]

Hey Dbear - Thanks for your thoughts. You could be right. It’s not a sealed room and things are blooming all over here in New England too, though the dandelions haven’t poofed yet in our yard.

Take a look inside your ducting/intake fan & general area where the air supply comes from, might find more traces of the fuzz, if not id say you are prolly in the clear ?

 

[RookieBuds]

Got any shaggy rugs or tapestries in the area? Still just looks like hairs, like cat hairs but that's weird if you don't have any pets

 

[doober]

Got any shaggy rugs or tapestries in the area? Still just looks like hairs, like cat hairs but that's weird if you don't have any pets

Yeah, I’m gonna chalk it up to unexplained mysteries.
My first gut reaction when I saw what looked like a web was “Fkin’ spider mites ?!?” But luckily that was not the case ?

 

[RookieBuds]

Definitely too "straight" to be webs.

Definitely more hairlike.

What does YOUR hair look like? Are you, by chance, a cat? ??‍??? lol

 

[doober]

Definitely too "straight" to be webs.

Definitely more hairlike.

What does YOUR hair look like? Are you, by chance, a cat? ??‍??? lol

Since you asked...

 

[DopeDaniel]

Yeah, you coulda brought something in with that mop.

 

[pwnytailjoe]

I'm with Dbear. I get those dandelion fuzz in my outdoor all the time. Looks exactly like that.

 

[RookieBuds]

"This" mostly came to mind ????

 

[webeblzr]

Any cattails/typha heads from winter around you? Got some on you, and transferred the *hairs*?
I've seen some really weird molds, that can appear hairy, but they were all attached to a gland head, well that is what I call them.

 

[doober]

"This" mostly came to mind ????

LMAO !

Any cattails/typha heads from winter around you? Got some on you, and transferred the *hairs*?
I've seen some really weird molds, that can appear hairy, but they were all attached to a gland head, well that is what I call them.

Natta webeblzr...I was looking for a "gland head" or central command for these strands too, but nothing there.

I also ruled out human hair made by a 3D printer, since I don't have a 3D printer : (Scientists use 3D printer to create synthetic hair)

 

[Cradle of Mirth]

Collect a dozen or so and burn them, whats it smell like? Plastic? Hair? Wood?

 

[doober]

Collect a dozen or so and burn them, whats it smell like? Plastic? Hair? Wood?

That is a great idea. But because they are so tiny and so few, I don't think I could pull it off.

 

[Cradle of Mirth]

I wonder if a static surface like rubbed balloon could attract enough loose ones to pick off, or help clean them up at all, trichs probably have a good hold on them though huh

 

[doober]

I wonder if a static surface like rubbed balloon could attract enough loose ones to pick off, or help clean them up at all, trichs probably have a good hold on them though huh

That is a good idea too Master Chief. But I got most of them off by cutting off the sugar leaves they were stuck to. There wasn’t more than 10 or 20 strands total. I took a look today at where they were on the plant, and none have returned, which is a bit of a relief.

 

[Cradle of Mirth]

Oh I got you, I'd be going crazy if it was more than that because I have to worry about mice, they will scale buds just to pick out delicious seeds... in the process leaving hair behind, outdoors usually though