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One day and they’re all back up. Runt on the left and #1 on the right Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Day 3 Week 11 Update I just had a good laugh about myself.. age is kicking in hehehe I made the Tent post but forgot to do the update for yesterday.. just deleted the pictures from the camera. They got 1 liter of 1/3/3 (Fish-Mix,Bloom, Top Max) and 3ml per 10 liter Amino Boost.. ergo 0.3ml in that liter per plant Tarryn Sisa

Good day growmies. Thought I'd end this diary with a few compiled pics of this grow from the time I neglected the seedlings until harvest. I'm also well into my next grow already and will be doing the diary for that one in the coming weeks, I ll be doing video documentary on it, aswel as the traditional diary so editing videos got me busy for now. Anyway here are the pics. Stay blessed and keep growing Veg: Flower: Nugs:

Good evening fellow growers ! Girls behaved good this week and only received water with a little Probiotics. Temps and humidity stays in the prevererd brackets . Before and after trim pics , tried to stage them with the black fabric [emoji38][emoji1787] Sent from my Hisense Infinity H50 using Tapatalk

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Some progress as the next node grows out and the supercrop heals Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Some PornBud.

24 hours later. This morning I re-tied down the previously trained branches on #2 & #3. I shit you not!! These plants are improving in front of my eyes. Pics from yesterday and today together to show improvement. Man. I'm happy.

Stay hard

Good evening growmies! My lady is now starting to make budsites and stretch quite nicely. I cleaned up a bit more underneath and am eager to see how the flowers develop. I have a beautiful sluricane in late flower and if any of these genes come through, it is going to be a sweet flower and very frosty! I can't wait!

Looking a little shocked. Transplanted them this morning. Silica folia and a humic drench. Nice to look at, these pots are rad. Shock, maybe planted a little deep as well.

Hey all, So I recently noticed I have a bit of a problem... Yipp, found some root aphids on my cutting. A bit of research and it seems I am in for a bit of hell trying to get rid of them. Starting this post to see if there is perhaps something I have missed or to possibly help someone else in future who ends up with these pests. Firstly, root aphids are not easy to notice as they attach to the roots and generally we do not see the roots of our plants very often as they're covered by the medium we grow in. So noticing you have a problem can often be the first problem - the quicker you can start taking action the better. Root aphids seem to take multiple shape, one of their forms include wings and inside your tent they can appear to look like fungus gnats flying around. So if you think you have fungus gnats but they just aren't dieing like you're used to, it may be root aphids! Common symptoms show as deficiencies in your plants, yellowing leaves and purple stems. By the time you notice this, you already have an infestation. So now on to how to get rid of them - well, I am busy trying to figure this out for myself. Also part of the reason I created this thread, perhaps I can get some advice from you fellow growers. Natural remedies such as removing by hand, spraying with water are pretty much out of the question. Since they live in the medium (coco / soil), foliar sprays are rather useless unless they are systemic sprays and most of the time those can be problematic. Not all are safe to spray on cannabis. So a bit of research points to the following: Soil drench of Pyrethrum / pyrethrins / pyrethroids (Like Pyrol, Xterminator and many other products) - this can be hard on the plants and burn them. This is a contact killer generally and will not wipe out the entire lot of root aphids but should reduce the population heavily... if you are willing to risk your plants. Soil drench of Azadirachtin (Bio-Neem) - A good weapon to have and use it seems, will help stop them from growing and shedding and some may not eat either. So can help reduce the colony and kill off majority of them over a few days and help stop them from shedding and growing and from eating. Will not kill all of them. Beauveria bassiana (Bio-Insek) - Seems to be a very good option. This is a fungus, you receive this product as spores (either in powder form or in a pre-mixed liquid). Typically it is used as a foliar spray but will need to be used as a soil drench in this application to try get it into the medium and onto the root aphids where they will hopefully get infected and infect the others and possibly kill the entire colony over a period of time. Works well when used in combination with Bio-Neem. Metarhizium (Bio-Insek) - This is also a fungus, one which lives in soil and targets certain types of insects (this specific one targets aphids). It will kill the insects on contact, however trying to source some locally is a bit of an issue - I have reached out to Real IPM to see if they can assist. Used in combination with Beauveria bassiana, will hopefully kill all of them within a few weeks. Both Beauveria Bassiana and Metarhizium need to be able to target the root aphids, you get different strains of each. Acephate (Orthene) - Systemic and debatable as to how safe it is to use on cannabis. Often used on edible crops and tobacco though. When used on tobacco, does not appear to be as effective against the darker root aphids. Not sure it is worth using if you want to go systemic. Imidacloprid - Systemic and has a very very long half life in water without light (1 to 3 years). General consensus is that it is not safe to use on cannabis crops, although once again a bit of debate around this. Some seem to suggest it would be safe to use on mother plants and consume (eat & smoke) the bud from cuttings taken from the mother plant, after Imidacloprid has been given to the mother. Really not something I am comfortable risking. Seems to be a sure way of getting rid of the root aphids one time and majority of other pests you may have. Update 18 August 2021: Some more info I found on Imidacloprid seem to suggest that it will be out of cannabis within 60 days, however this is not based on any specific research which I could find. From the info I can find, the dose also has an effect on how long it will remain active in the plants for and the duration will vary depending on your crop. No specific information on cannabis though, it is used on tobacco which is also smoked but once again it is a different crop. It is also used on animals - cats, dogs, livestock however as a spot on / pour on / shampoo. Ingestion is only toxic at very high doses for humans and most animals. So going to be trying some Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium and neem as my initial attempt at getting rid of these root aphids failed unfortunately. It makes life a bit easier that I have a rooted cutting with the aphids on, so I can try on there and monitor and see if it works and how well it works. A control of sorts. I am not sure where I got it from, everyone I received cuttings from has checked and does not have root aphids. The plugs were new and from GTH but the packaging was damaged so it is a possibility but cannot confirm it. Could have just been from the garden and they walked in, who knows... If anyone has tried and tested methods or something I have missed, I am all ears!

I spray the flower tent all 2 weeks with Serenade at the moment, just to clean up the mess from the Banana Hammocks and Exodus Cheese. PM magnets.. but both turned out rather nice as a smoke. The Banana Hammock was a real surprise, the Exodus Cheese you can't open the jar and not have a stinky room after I like cheese.. so I keep that one for sure. Is all the pest prevention I do right now. And I am off the Bio Heaven for now.. only the potency tests can make me go back to that expensive product. I have my fingers crossed I never have to buy a bottle again. What means I changed the fertilizer on the competition plants a little bit..

Who you running from dude?

So not much going on this week, still waiting to see if they recover from my stuff up but I they do not look good. Lesson learned. Moving on. I did however transplant into final pots now and will water later today with ph water and explogro solution. Have a great day Peeps.

I run about 200km a month. The shoes take a pounding and need to be replaced every 600-700km depending on brand. So with frequent new shoes the colours range quite wildly.

Hi everyone seems I’ve got a overwatering problem hope she’s going to be ok Hope for the best Good luck for the week

So these girls are just looking happier every day. Opened them up a touch today. Must say #2 I held back is looking like nothing was ever wrong #1 and the runt now almost have the flower box to themselves. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

July 3 - July 11: The first week after flip. July 12: Day 9 of 12/12 Very carefully up-potted #1 and #2 into the darker grey 10L->15L darker #3 repotted 10L->20L lighter I usually finish in +20L but initially thought that with them being relatively small I could get away with 10L... I noticed 1# and #2 (closest to the heater) drying faster than usual and I think I over corrected by giving those 2 a bit more water. Sad (wilting/drooping) looking leaves... wary that it could be the heater, it could be me overwatering, but if its root-space related then it's #3 will soon follow them. So repotted to be safe and also lowered the temp of the heater from 26C to 22C - hoping that's less of a shock to the plants right next to the heater when it comes on but will also still prevent the tent from getting too cold. Growing in peak winter is new to me [emoji23] tweak the system and learn as we go... They pretty much pulled out the 10L pots like plugs July 14 - day 11 of 12/12 Still looking a lil sad at this point. July 17 - 2 weeks of 12/12 #2 and #1 looking happier and #3 looking happiest Removed some excess fan leaves. Over the next week I will remove some leaves covering buds but after 3 weeks of 12/12 I'm going to try avoid any surgery until the big cut. #3 in all her glory

Howzit fellow growers Any suggestions on high CBG strains? CBD is one thing but CBG seems to be more potent for particular treatments. Any input would be lekka

So I transplanted her into a 40l fabric pot, which is inside a plastic pot for now. She is recovering at the moment. Getting calmag once a week with her hortimix nutes. Sent from my SM-A715F using Tapatalk

Look at you now, running full send again

I believe you might have felt discouraged if you bought a nice new light thinking that is the problem, but then plants dont react and still look the same. you would've still had to get air sirculating and get the roots healthy and all that so I think this is a big step forward for your grow space.

Hey guys here is my charlottes angel. if there is anybody in the eastern cape Grahamstown looking for clones dm me plz iv got 5 clones to give away

Thanks everyone for that. Although the fan was about what I wanted to spend on a light. But to a much better outcome. With the break in weather the last couple of days my flower box actually went down to 45% hum. Never seen that before Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Try this product as it's amazing for fungus Nats and won't hurt your medium at all , that's where i would start

Would Diotomatious earth not work?

i have a few wetting agents in my cupboard. efekto G49 - beautiful spreader if dosed correctly - will burn everything to shit if over dosed Liquid Fulvic acids - this is my favorite spreader and i can cowboy it if i wanna some organic one i got from a mate - apparently you can go bos with it... but it either had a reaction with the sulphur spray or i went too strong with the wetter... bad Richard! bad! naughty naughty! smacks hands! i have also tried dish soap, which works fine, or new born baby shampoo LOL i think the soap option to break surface tension of the water is mostly avoided to avoid a reaction or negative effect on the intended spray. for example, i would not spray a tea or any live spray, be it bacteria or fungi and use the soap as a spreader, the off the shelf wetting agents are there because they have been tested to not react with most products you spray with

Wetting agent, what are you using? Added, I hope your plants are okay, and wish you the best for them.

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I had a really close call with a foliar I did for PM provention, went in a bit heavy with the wetting agent I'm not used to.... And fucken crispy fried some plants pretty bad.... Every plant that wasn't in mid to late flower got the same spray, and my whole veg tent got a bit hurt. The Tortoni came out 98% unscathed... But if it got as burnt as the platinum punch I have in veg, it would have been game over and comp over for me... I would not recover before harvest. Just thought I'd mention it to let you guys know how close to the edge I rode

In Christopher Walkens voice... You gotz, to water, them in... If you do, and it's time for them to be fed, you will not skip a heartbeat.

Same dude, same. It also really helps to water when transplanting to prevent air pockets in the soil at the root level. Them air pockets can be a doozy. @Adansonia digitata, I like your blue takkies bru

Awesome man. I once made the mistake to not water after I transplanted and didn't do the plants any good. Usually a good watering after the transplant helps alot with the shock. But otherwise they look great. They'll explode the next few weeks. Will be watching this closely.

It's been a week since I transferred the plants into the PnP bags. I kept the lights on 24 hours since Monday temps in my cabinet dropped down to 9°. I have started also adding molasses. Things seem to be back on track and plants are improving on a daily basis.

Some happening middle of the week, decided to push these branches apart to open up budsite for the middle 2 arms on the small plant, better late than never. And then image of the living mulch, just a combination of different covercrop as-well as green and brown mulchies. No pest pressure and/or anaerobic situations for now.

Diatomaceous earth is just going to stop them from coming to the surface, also when wet it's kak. I actually tried some of that Margaret Roberts stuff for fungus gnats but doesn't make a difference, thought I did have fungus gnats initially. I believe Cinnamon kills fungus and I'm planning on using fungus to help kill these root aphids, so not going to risk it. Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

Now that is Dank ass sexy right there...

These genetics are strong. Praise be totemic Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Boat Crew 2!!!

Hydrogen Peroxide only kills the larvae and you gotta leave it and let the medium sit in it for a while. Not an ideal solution and quite risky getting the concentration just right to kill them and not damage the plants, will kill anything else in the medium too. Nematodes are also a possibility, works well in combination with Beavaria Bassania to help spread it apparently. Finding the right nematodes locally is probably not easy and not a solution to eradicate them either. Oh, Eco Insect Control by Effekto is what I tried initially but so far does not seem to be killing them on contact but did a drench of it and will continue to monitor. Works well with Beauveria bassiana though so hopefully a combination of the 3 (bio-neem too) will help me get rid of them. Otherwise, then I need to look towards Plan B...

i would like to enquire more about what you sprayed them with and the dosages you used

Currently going for an average of $10 a seed for High CBG low thc . CBG will overtake CBD in anxiety treatment in the next few years

@Nibiru I'm hope you are well brother... Was looking forward to seeing you drop some of that fire soon, and the family here too Would be amazing if you posted the grows on a diary or something of that kind, and not meant to rush you now. Stay well brother

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These babies also got a transplant today into 1L. Smaller of the twins and the one morphed phylotaxy removed.

CBG is going to be the next big thing , in my opinion it's better than cbd in certain areas and is extreamly under utilized. I was lucky enought to be given 150 cherry haze cbg seeds from am overseas contact , 14% cbg . Unfortunately I have not seen any locally available atm. I am planning to fraction off the cbg in a SPD setup and start processing cbg oils for anxiety disorders Are you wanting for personal or commercial use?

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LOL whose next? we still got mainlining and monster cropping on the cards?

Looking a decent amount healthier this week. Cold week up ahead, but overall happier looking plants. The one that I re-topped is doing well and probably the best (back centre). But front right is also looking nice and bushy and healthy.