1st Grow Drip/Eb - Progress Evolution Log

What about using a small rockwool/coco cube as a wick in the bottom of the pot, surrounded with hydroton with the 4x4's sitting on top of them?

That idea spawned a lot of thought! Thanks O!

I have raised my temp a few degrees as per a vet's advice.

In a major development, I have lowered the left tray to the same height as the right tray and re-arranged the pots to allow for better light distribution (10 critical inches of light clearance). I will have to create an add-on for the right side of my grow room/tent to again quarantine the area. I really need to do that soon to assist with the reflective light. That film mirrored light works so well it's crazy, (mylar reflective film) especially when it is everywhere.

Tonight I will up the nuts a bit toward full flower...

If you notice you will see a, "CO2 Diaper" hanging (central post) which a buddy (454) got at a Horticulture Show here in LA a few weeks ago. You have to keep misting the diaper filled with something which releases CO2. I think this diaper is crazy, but am using it since there's no excess of CO2 in my room for sure....

Lastly, I just want to clear up that I only used the BLUE LED during the veg. stages and took away once the plants switched to flower. I am using 2 45W CLF's for supplemental lighting 12/12. I will add another 2-4 CLF's if necessary to make sure I get light where it's lacking.

I checked the leaves for mites several times since cutting away the infected leaves and have found none in about a hundred leaf checks...

I am no longer banging my head against the wall!!! Thanks all for walking me down from this one...

lebdog said:

What about using a small rockwool/coco cube as a wick in the bottom of the pot, surrounded with hydroton with the 4x4's sitting on top of them?

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That is exactly what I am doing (b'cuzz 1/2in rw with hydroton) but I just mix it 50/50 and put the rw cube on top and then fill in the sides.
I make sure to put enough mix in the pot to keep the rw cube above the flood level.
Hope it works as well for you as it has for me.

Damn Mites, but only in 2 crops which I rooted cause I don't like mites in my crops. There may have been a better option, but these crops were frail anyways and before anymore mites spread beyond their moats; the web ridden problem was removed... I haven't sprayed these crops and don't want to. The mites which were found were on the crops I believed to have removed all infected leaves from earlier.

I will never get clones from these corn-holes again. Damn them, damn me...

But what I am left with is still 16 pretty nice plants. In my haste to remove any potential infection and provide extra light; I also remove fan leaves and installed support spikes.

I hope the issue is gone for good. I have a friend with Floramite and will inquire with him with regard to this from now on. Attached is my limited failure/success to this point...

Sorry to hear about the mites lebdog.
The 16 look healthy though.

orzz said:

Sorry to hear about the mites lebdog.
The 16 look healthy though.

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Picked up 2 Hot Shots Pest Strips last night from Home Depot and ALL the living mites I can find are dead. I used my microscope to look at several mite infected leaves and the mites are dead (not moving). The eggs are still on the leaves, but the mites are dead. I will report back in about 5 days and hope the eggs either hatch and die or just die. I am so glad the Hot Shots work so fast. I am in the 5th week of Flower and didn't know what else to do.

Well I can't believe how this works out here, but the spray I used the day before the hot shots has caused every single plant leaf I sprayed to hang limp. Between mites and limp leaves I am gonna have to ask for some real help with my next grow. I have this buddy Nigel and he'll probably hook me up with some better professional advice.

I can't believe how things work out as a newbie, I am not gonna take chances with random clones ever again. Thanks to all who helped me along the way. I will have some decent buds for myself, but 5 weeks to flower isn't anything I can brag about.