I got mine locally, so can't say much regarding that, I don't do any soaking (other than water for 12 hrs, which actually had 10 out of 12 "oystered" in that time), I plant in half homemade screened compost and seedstarter mix, in toilet paper rolls.
Thanks Grease! I think I was smoking enough I forgot to put a caption on it lol! That is Lemon Diesel from Emerald Triangle. I've ran several strains by ET and always been real happy with them.
Beeeewtyyyful, man. an inspiring organic grow to say that least.
Hyroot, thanks for posting these. I'm planning my first grow, to start in July (independence day for Oregon's non-medical growers) and trying to learn as much as I can before the problems start. I'll be a small grower -- limited to four plants, indoors most of the time but outdoors maybe next year. I'm aware of temp, humidity, air flow, lighting requirements and building control for these parameters into my grow cabinets. But my question is not about me, it's asking what you normally do to prevent infestations. Do you do periodic foliar feeding? Is preventative spraying for PM, mites, etc. recommended or would pest management sprays be recommended mostly after a problem is found.
If you include neem seed meal and crab shell meal in your soil mix that will go a long way in deterring pests from your garden. I spray once a week, sometimes it's neem oil, sometimes kelp, sometimes aloe..... but the key to my pest free garden is what I put in the soil, not what I spray on the plants.
Stow nailed it. In my opinion, like 90 percent of pest management (organically) comes down to soil amendments. Before I started including neem and karanja in my mix I always battled bugs at some level, whether they be gnats or what have you.
I'd say you'll be fine. The only consideration to me would be to give them the extra 6-12 hours during the shift of darkness as opposed to giving them 18+ hours of lights on.
it'll be fine man, as long as you don't interrupt the 12 hrs off, and as long as it's only the one time.
yes, this is exactly right, you don't want to mess with the light schedule (meaning no more than 12 hrs of light), the darkness is ok, if they are flowering, hell I had a surprise landlord visit about 10 yrs ago, and I had to put them in air/light tight container for 30 hrs...
Do you have any aloe vera plants available to you? They make a great "tea" for plants that are stressed and damaged.
wow. gorgeous ladies. with that many gals Im wondering do you water them with the hose?Smell mo like outdoh update
Couple weeks ago, Slightly after transplant into final 40gallons
More recent after couple week veg, still have a extra 2 months before flower starts
Critical kush
I do, should I foliar her as much as I can with aloe and neem and silica?
Fresh aloe, puree approximately one ounce of the gel (I've been pureeing skin and all) per gallon of water. Spray immediately on the tops and bottoms of the leaves. If you're not too over watered, you might even mist the top of the topsoil a little. Aloe I have used excessively and I have not noticed any negative results. Neem and silica you will have to experiment a little to find the dosage that works for your situation.I do, should I foliar her as much as I can with aloe and neem and silica?
I cant water a lot of stuff in causeshes drinking real slow and with the gnats, im lettin her.dry a lil. If it wil even help get rid of them who knows. just sucks to come this far and she start dieing like this. breaks my heart, but she's a fighter so ill stand by her to the end
are mars panels that bad? lol
Been wondering this myself.