I pulled my plants out this morning only to find that the SnS was infested with bugs. I have to look into it a bit to ID them for sure, but I think it is aphids. I saw some mature black bugs with clear wings here and there, and allot of what looked like eggs, or another type of bug. The infestation was too bad to be treated properly this late into flower.
I cut off the leaves that were infested the worst and threw them in the sink and ran hot water over them. I saved a leaf in a sealed bag so that I can look at it with a loop to see what is going on. I can't spray anything this late into flower. At just under 8 weeks of flower she isn't quite done...
I couldn't risk this spreading to all the other plants, or the total loss of the buds so I cut her down. She had another 10 days to go, but the bud will still be good smoke, and her seeds are fully matured and ready for my picking. As an added bonus, I found 3 little green worms in the buds as I manicured them. I really hate finding worms in buds. But I inspected everything meticulously and I should wind up with a clean 1/2 ounce off of her, plus 50 or so seeds.
After dealing with the Sage n Sour, I of course checked all of the remaining plants for anything and everything. I pulled a few leaves off of a couple of the other plants because I found eggs on their undersides. This problem may or may not spread to other plants.
Everything but the Purps should be ready for harvest between the 14th and the 21st of this month - I hope they last that long. During my inspection of the Purps, I found 2 spots of powdery mildew. I plucked the leaves off, and am just going to watch all the plants closely until harvest.
The Purps is on lockdown due to mildew. She needs to last another 2-3 weeks to finish:
White Russian - these should be done in another 7-10 days:
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The OG and Bubba Kushes - the Bubba will be done soon as well, but the OG has to survive another 2 weeks if possible. They won't yield all that much, The seeds were my main goal with these clones.
So between the Mildew and the bugs, I am getting pounded this season. I have never had this many problems in a single grow in 4+ years. It would figure that the first time I do complete journal I get hit hard. But we keep on truckin' and our plants are almost to the finish line.
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