I dust with DE around my grow area and kitchen but that’s just to keep ants and roaches out. I didn’t get any plant pests last year besides the caterpillars outside but I sure am getting the crash course right now.
My next batch of clones (chem pie wedding pie leaner) already has roots and it’s only been a week. All 4 cuts rooted super fast with no issues. Assuming the buds are good this one’s definitely another keeper. It’s also starting to look like one of the bodega clones may survive. No roots yet but the cutting never rotted and the leaves are starting to grow. Not quite sure what causes that. I think it was the heat wave that rotted the stems on the last batch though. I’m still using the same water in the cloner.
The thrips seem to be gone from the veg tent but I’m going to spray once more before I transplant and flip that (stardawg leaner) chem pie. I did see some possible spider mite activity on some lower leaves in the flower tent. No visible mites or webs but the leaf damage looks like spider mites. I’ll keep an eye on it for a couple days, but I might be trying the systemic spinosad sooner rather than later. No point in posting a pic of that yet. I can’t get enough detail
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Outdoor plants seem really happy. I’ve had some grasshoppers munching the fan leaves but I’m not worried about them. Last year the caterpillars didn’t get really bad until late September.
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