New Grower Kneehigh’s early miss (first grow)

[Kneehigh85]

Good morning as promised here’s a couple pics of the ladies!

britney 13 days old

shirley 23 days old

bridget 9 days old


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[Kneehigh85]

Vegging: during the vegetative cycle of your plants life it’s important to have the right temps and RH. THIS CAN MAKE OR BREAK YOUR CANNA PLANTS! Each strain is and can be a bit picky but I’ve found that early miss loves temps no higher than 80 with an RH OF 50%-70%. I’ve been fortunate enough to maintain her temps between 65-80 mostly 77/78 degrees Fahrenheit with an rh of 50-65% since the fall weather is here in the Midwest the rooms have been cooling down and keeping my temps regulated. I’m still learning a lot about canna and will continue to learn as the years come. Here’s a pic of my hygrometer showing the ideal temp and RH for your grow. Once the girls flower I’ll reduce my RH down between 40-50%. Then towards the end before harvest I’ll reduce it down to 30-40%, 35% would be ideal for late flowering.

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[jingo]

Nematodes will control, that is keep the populations low as they share in your Harvest, but if you really want to have the entire Harvest to yourself you're going to need something like mosquito bits.




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[jingo]

If you go the nematode route then you need to employ a couple other strategies. One is to cover the surface of your grow medium with either sand or clay Pebbles. I prefer clay Pebbles cuz you can take them off and reuse and whereas you can't do it with sand. If you do clay Pebbles you need to wash the heck out of them because they're very very alkaline. Anyway what the sand or the clay Pebbles will do is create a barrier so the Flyers can't get down in there to lay larvae in your medium.

The other thing is to let your plants go very dry before your next watering. Ideally you would do this in conjunction with putting Pebbles or something on top as a barrier and going with your nematodes or your mosquito bits. The idea would be to try and kill off as many as the buggers down in your medium as possible because they like things very wet.

You can safely take a cannabis plant to full Wilt before your water, just don't hit them with a bunch of nutrients when they're wilting just give them the water.

Then of course you can pick up some yellow sticky traps to hang in the tent and catch any fliers that'll help you monitor when you've got your problem solved. If you don't see any flyers for at least a week then I think you'll be okay.



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[Kneehigh85]

If you go the nematode route then you need to employ a couple other strategies. One is to cover the surface of your grow medium with either sand or clay Pebbles. I prefer clay Pebbles cuz you can take them off and reuse and whereas you can't do it with sand. If you do clay Pebbles you need to wash the heck out of them because they're very very alkaline. Anyway what the sand or the clay Pebbles will do is create a barrier so the Flyers can't get down in there to lay larvae in your medium.

The other thing is to let your plants go very dry before your next watering. Ideally you would do this in conjunction with putting Pebbles or something on top as a barrier and going with your nematodes or your mosquito bits. The idea would be to try and kill off as many as the buggers down in your medium as possible because they like things very wet.

You can safely take a cannabis plant to full Wilt before your water, just don't hit them with a bunch of nutrients when they're wilting just give them the water.

Then of course you can pick up some yellow sticky traps to hang in the tent and catch any fliers that'll help you monitor when you've got your problem solved. If you don't see any flyers for at least a week then I think you'll be okay.



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Thanks bro! Imma go the sand route just because I’m very busy through the week except at nights and then I just wanna relax lol but definitely I’ll be going the sand route once I get it I’ll wash it through 2-3x’s then apply it to to top of my medium.


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[Kneehigh85]

@jingo do I sprinkle the bits on my soil? I’m ordering a pack that comes with both bits and dunks


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[jingo]

@jingo do I sprinkle the bits on my soil? I’m ordering a pack that comes with both bits and dunks


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I would put some in some water to soak for a little while and water it in and let the bits stay on top of the soil as they fall on and then you can put fresh bits on every few days after that. They actually are starting to label the bits for use on fungus gnats they even recommend mixing it right in your potting soil before you start a grow.

In my area one of the main ways to get fungus gnats is to Simply buy them in a hydro shop. Any place that stores their soil outside even for a little while you run the risk of getting thrips and fungus gnats and all kinds of crap in them.




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[Kneehigh85]

Well here’s the plan..., i got the ladybugs and I’ve also got the nematodes in today too but I have to keep them refrigerated, the bits I ordered will be here Friday along with the cal/mag I ordered. Imma do the bits first because I can refrigerate the nematodes up to a month, and the ladybugs can be refrigerated for up to two weeks before using them. I’m going to do the bits first as a fast kill, then because I’ve also got house plants around the house that can infect my plants as well I’m going to release the soldiers to reek havoc all over my house... why because fuck spider mites and aphids and mites period! I’m not risking anything lol so they’ll take care of the entire house including my ladies, then on the next feeding after I do the cal mag I’ll do the nematodes because both gals have had their first dose. So then now it’s water and MammothP, because nematodes and nutes don’t mix and MammothP is not a nute so I can water the gals lightly with that then release the nematodes to reek their havoc, giving my girls time to just relax and let nature take care of them.

 

[jingo]

One year I had root aphids infect all my sink drains. They never made it to my plants but I had to treat my sink drains every night for one summer.




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[Kneehigh85]

Finally got some decent lighting on the gals!

decided to go with the king plus 1000w until I can afford some cobs. Gotta start somewhere start basic.


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