Hey Jin, haven't been around here in a while but the tahoe round 2 turned out amazing!
I had a question - how did you sterilize your grow space? You had pm when you did the 2 tahoes the time before, and not a speck of pm this time around...how did you do that?? I've had pm in the past, and I'm starting up fresh in a new space and I wanted to make it clean from the start, what should I use?
I'm glad you asked that. Here's my take on PM now. I believe that any clone of a reasonably healthy condition can be grown PM free if you deny the environmental conditions it needs to thrive. Conversely, give PM the ideal environmental conditions, and it will thrive. It's as simple as that. My first PO cut grow had PM not because of PO's cut, but because my neoprene gasket failed, allowing water to drip out from the constant assault of the sprayers. The res water dripped and pooled under the tub, PM city. Second round I ripped out the gasket and re-sealed it with aquarium silicone. I believe it is that single act that prevented PM from appearing in my second grow. No water coming out, dry cab floor, good air movement under the screen... and that was all it took!
As far as sterilizing the cab, I'm sure that helped, but it was keeping the air dry and moving that really had the impact I was looking for. All I did was swab everything down with 91% isopropyl alcohol. I also soaked all my stones, lines, and pumps in peroxide. Let's see... what else? Oh yeah, I kept the res water sterile with 29% h202.
That's the thing with new grower Jin. First off if Clones look like shit, then don't buy them. that's pretty basic. If they have spider mite damage then why is she getting them??? I would never get a clone that looked like crap...period...end of story...They don't look exceptional in the first picture but they are very much alive. She probably did something wrong and as a new grower i see it all the time.
And 12 a clone is not bad at all up north they run as high as 25 a clone and some even higher. Sure you can get crap genetics for $10 but paying someone a premium for healthy bug and disease free cloens is well worth it imo. And why is it that she left the store without HER recommendation. I rarely leave things like that in other peoples hands. I make sure and take my card as soon as they are done with it. And i don't know how many times i tell people but IF YOU GET CLONES ASSUME THEY HAVE SPIDER MITES AND PM AND ISOLATE THEM BEFORE PUTTING THEM IN YOUR GARDEN!!!
Yes, yes, and yes. If it has roots and it's alive, you should be able to do something with it. I doubt that they had bugs crawling on them when she took them out of the place. A quick spritz of a gentle control product would have helped... if it was the clones at all to begin with.