While I was inspecting my buds, I found these white fibers on my buds. I was quite alarmed by this at first, but after going down the list of things it could be. I settled on it being bird feathers. Well I was wrong, as a few days later. I spotted another bud with fibers on it. But this time a dandelion seed was there. I pulled it off and it left behind the fibers just like I saw before.
I am really glad it appears to have been that. As other things I was worried about was some kind of weird bud fungus, caterpillar spines or spider mites or fibers left behind from my netting. All really bad things.
But in the end I think it was just dandelion seeds floating by the buds, some getting closer than others. Eventually one stuck to the buds and that is how it got like that.
At least that is the hope, sure seems like it. As dandelions grow wild around here, I have seen them floating on the air currents so its very possible.
This is one of the dandelion plants, those white puff balls are to blame I think.