Totemic

420, I think all lady bugs are predators, but the most active is the normal red and black one's. I've seen a lot of white and black one's too, but they are a smaller species.

Now is a good time to get in under them and do some cleaning up. Removing those little branches that don't get any sun etc. Get a bit more air flowing and a bit more penetration. Also helps a lot with a hermie issue. Often those lower branches are the culprits.

Lady bugs are out of season now. With a bad infestation I would recommend Pyrol. Neem works well as a preventative measure for future outbreaks.

looking good there. My fingers are just starting to cramp on your behalf already.

hope you get it sorted. keep us updated hey.

About 20-25cm hey. The cab was also in my garage, where my ambient room temp averaged 18C. I found that with the light on, I got a 9-10 degree rise in temp.

You could try adding more extraction, and/or adding an active intake. What is the temperature in the room itself?

Man, these last 2 days have been heaven sent here in CT. It's kak hot for us, but for plants under the Sun, it's a turbo boost!

It's really too late for me to do anything with them. Their growth already shows that they will flower the moment they are mature enough. Basically growing in 12/12, well almost.

I use the nutriplex range now, and I have also noticed low ppm readings. I have however resisted pushing the ppm, and have stuck to the provided schedule, and it's working great. At full strength Veg feeding I get 650ppm, and I'm not expecting it to go over 1200ppm in flower. I also go more by what the plant is telling me, and even with these low ppm readings, the plants are growing and responding real well. Much better than pushing normal AB + MPK nutes at high ppm's.

Yeah, and worse is those poor people. Those people live off the land there, and that spraying is killing their food too. It's rubbish that that poison only kills cannabis.

Been a while since I posted up an update. Unfortunately the MSxJ turned out male, but below are how the new lot are doing. Already in its spot.

The lucerne pellets you can get at any pet shop. The Talborne I got from Builders warehouse nursery section.

I only keep my supersoil in storage. I mix my promix up as I need it, and use the aged supersoil as one of the ingredients of the promix. (The super soil is the Living soil) Promix does not need to age. Hope it helps.

Hi AJ, I use both when i want to grow out a plant, and not really have to feed it anything throughout the grow. By adding the supersoil to the bottom, and the promix to the top, allows the younger plants to establish their root systems, and grow into the supersoil to get the nutes. Planting a seed/seedling into supersoil directly will kill it. You can also only use the promix if you are going to suppliment with organic feeding. You can add perlite to the supersoil if you'd like more air. Agricultural lime is dolomite lime.

Yeah, scrogging is great when you have a lot of time to veg for what feels like forever. Scrog is also your best use of the available light. I suppose you can start LSTing any time after the first 3 weeks of age, although I wait until the 6-8th node has formed at least. Personal choice though. I just find that the less you mess around with a seedling for it's first 5-6 weeks, the healthier the plant over all. It needs this time to focus on establishing a good root system, and not put so much focus topside. Once flowering starts, the root system you have is what you got. By day 21 of flowering the plant is almost solely focused on flowering, and very little happens below.

By LSTing her, I change her growing pattern. I like bushier plants spreading their energy to a few bud sites. Just this one LST turns a single cola plant in to an 8-10 cola plant, and at least 3 times more yield, but usually more. I prefer LST over topping or Fimming. Both of these slow the plant down. Something I don't have time for given the calendar for outdoors.

Quick update. I LST'd this girl straight after my previous update, and 3 days later she has started taking shape. She has also pushed out her first pistil.

Too early to tell. Those are branches developing. The other growth is a stipule. I see no floral development yet.

Welcome to the forum.

Also, if you want a fast car, you buy a fast car. If you want a sativa high, grow out a sativa and know the extra flowering time wont disappoint you. Harvesting a hybrid or pure indica early does not give you a sativa high. It gives you crappy indica bud that was harvested too early.

The more sativa the more full amber is what I aim for. Indica is milky to amber. Clear gets one paranoid and uncomfortable. After harvest there are changes that occur with oxidation over time. Curing bud develops more potency. But clear trichomes do not turn milky during drying or curing.

The sun does grow better plants. I've grown out dank indoor bud. Still doesn't come close to the outdoor I grow. Even the winter sun performs better than a 400w HPS. Only issue is really the cold temperature. Vegging indoors and then moving outside works well. Yield is less but quality good. Point I'm making to all who doubt our sun. Its the best light out there. And it grows better weed than indoors.

Yes! Couldn't have said it better.

My observation with pre-flowering has always been, that from about 4 weeks from seed the plant reaches sexual maturity, and starts developing the primordial flowering region. ( Where both male and female flowers develop from, right at the node. ) Plants are usually at their 4-5th node here. By node 6-8 development will have moved far enough along for you to discern male/female. All cannabis plants I have grown have done this, even under 24hr light. Once you shorten the light cycle, you induce flowering, where already developed primordia start blooming.