Outdoor Auto Photo Battle 2018 Active now until November!!

[RollerofDoobs]

DE only affects small hard shelled insects like mites and aphids, etc. The microscopic granules are razor sharp causing slices in the insect shell as they crawl over it, causing them to lose their body fluids.

It has no affect on bees etc.

Hey man! Just wanted to chime in a bit about Diatomaceous Earth and it's effect on bees. It actually is still being very actively studied by a few different research institutions (Mostly funded by apple orchards). But so far it does seem some species of bee's can be negatively impacted by DE. Some species of bee that have longer, silkier strands of hair covering their bodies are not affect as much because the hair prevents most of it from entering their exoskeleton.

Diatomaceous Earth is, like you said, a microscopic glass like material formed from diatom shells. It will affect anything with an exoskeleton which is everything in the insect kingdom. There have been studies suggesting bees naturally learn to avoid places that have been treated with DE, but all this research is still in it's infancy and not conclusive yet.

As it stands DE has not been proven safe to all bee populations. Hopefully we will get more thorough research on this soon because WE NEED OUR BEES lol.

But DE is still better for our ecosystem than 99% of pest treatments out there Just wanted to keep people in the know.

Happy growing buds! :smoking:

A few articles to read about DE and Bees (none of these are actual studies from a research institution so be critical)
https://www.planetnatural.com/diatomaceous-earth-bees/
http://www.absorbentproductsltd.com/diatomaceous-earth-and-bees.html
https://www.wormfarmingrevealed.com/diatomaceous-earth-and-bees.html

Actual reputable article from a research institution that states some Bee species learned to avoid areas where Diatomaceous Earth has been applied.
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.494.926&rep=rep1&type=pdf

 

[Quentin3176]

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This is my underground Sugar Black Rose :
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just starting to turn into a bush

Beautiful mate

 

[NothinYet]

I've picked my entries. 3 total right? Ok, 2 autos, 1 Blue Dragon and one Haze CBD. For my photo period I've got a raggedy Ducksfoot. She spent 4 month in a 1 QUART pot lol! Now outdoors in the treeline. I think she'll do ok. I just mounded some blacksoil and horse manure compost. I may give her Megacrop soon.
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Raised bed [HASHTAG]#2[/HASHTAG]

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CBD Haze

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Blue Dragon

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Ducksfoot

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You get 6 total if you want. You can have 3 autos and 3 photos. 2 different sides to this contest.

 

[G.Leave]

've picked my entries. 3 total right? Ok, 2 autos, 1 Blue Dragon and one Haze CBD. For my photo period I've got a raggedy Ducksfoot. She spent 4 month in a 1 QUART pot lol! Now outdoors in the treeline. I think she'll do ok. I just mounded some blacksoil and horse manure compost. I may give her Megacrop soon.

Hey bud.....you are allowed 3 auto entries and 3 photo entries!! Ive put you down for the 3 so far. Beauty plants man!!

No problem I'm thinking of changing my autos to something else I was able to bring em back but yield wise it's going to be sad .

Thats fine man....when you mentioned the autos you were growing i put them on the list. I removed them(as they weren't official entries)

@912GreenSkell can I still enter as long as i finish on time . Won't have the soil until the 26th to start my auto . As for the photoperiod I can give you my choice and pics from birth if need be .
I think I will go with my master kaze . 40 days under 12 /12 . Loving the sun . Looks to be about another 40 days to finish looks sativa dominant

Here are a few pics of some other plants i got going .
White widow clone

early haze

Ortega

dreamtime

. Cheese clone with an unknown seedling under the sun from Birth

. That's about it

'Carpe diem et fumum veriditas'

Thats fine bud...26th start will still work out fine for auto voting. Added master kaze to list.

 

[G.Leave]

UPdated front page and here!!

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[Mark87]

I like that serious weed growth around your "weed"

Word me too bro the grass gets about 6 ft high n hides most the ladies after I do lst n topping I'll give Yas a pic of the whole place so u guys can see ....they get 11-13 hrs of straight daylight hope it don't get to hot this summer tho for there is no shade at my new location so may be an issue we will see

 

[midIN]

Hey man! Just wanted to chime in a bit about Diatomaceous Earth and it's effect on bees. It actually is still being very actively studied by a few different research institutions (Mostly funded by apple orchards). But so far it does seem some species of bee's can be negatively impacted by DE. Some species of bee that have longer, silkier strands of hair covering their bodies are not affect as much because the hair prevents most of it from entering their exoskeleton.

Diatomaceous Earth is, like you said, a microscopic glass like material formed from diatom shells. It will affect anything with an exoskeleton which is everything in the insect kingdom. There have been studies suggesting bees naturally learn to avoid places that have been treated with DE, but all this research is still in it's infancy and not conclusive yet.

As it stands DE has not been proven safe to all bee populations. Hopefully we will get more thorough research on this soon because WE NEED OUR BEES lol.

But DE is still better for our ecosystem than 99% of pest treatments out there Just wanted to keep people in the know.

Happy growing buds! :smoking:

A few articles to read about DE and Bees (none of these are actual studies from a research institution so be critical)
https://www.planetnatural.com/diatomaceous-earth-bees/
http://www.absorbentproductsltd.com/diatomaceous-earth-and-bees.html
https://www.wormfarmingrevealed.com/diatomaceous-earth-and-bees.html

Actual reputable article from a research institution that states some Bee species learned to avoid areas where Diatomaceous Earth has been applied.
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.494.926&rep=rep1&type=pdf

Also humans can consume it,its great for the garden veggies,and also a good saver in the livestock barns, probably use 150 lbs a year of it lot of it has crushed egg shells in it.

 

[trailanimal]

This is my underground Sugar Black Rose :
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just starting to turn into a bush

whata beauty!

 

[trailanimal]

Hey man! Just wanted to chime in a bit about Diatomaceous Earth and it's effect on bees. It actually is still being very actively studied by a few different research institutions (Mostly funded by apple orchards). But so far it does seem some species of bee's can be negatively impacted by DE. Some species of bee that have longer, silkier strands of hair covering their bodies are not affect as much because the hair prevents most of it from entering their exoskeleton.

Diatomaceous Earth is, like you said, a microscopic glass like material formed from diatom shells. It will affect anything with an exoskeleton which is everything in the insect kingdom. There have been studies suggesting bees naturally learn to avoid places that have been treated with DE, but all this research is still in it's infancy and not conclusive yet.

As it stands DE has not been proven safe to all bee populations. Hopefully we will get more thorough research on this soon because WE NEED OUR BEES lol.

But DE is still better for our ecosystem than 99% of pest treatments out there Just wanted to keep people in the know.

Happy growing buds! :smoking:

A few articles to read about DE and Bees (none of these are actual studies from a research institution so be critical)
https://www.planetnatural.com/diatomaceous-earth-bees/
http://www.absorbentproductsltd.com/diatomaceous-earth-and-bees.html
https://www.wormfarmingrevealed.com/diatomaceous-earth-and-bees.html

Actual reputable article from a research institution that states some Bee species learned to avoid areas where Diatomaceous Earth has been applied.
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.494.926&rep=rep1&type=pdf

thanks for the heads up!

 

[stedimed]

This is my underground Sugar Black Rose :
View attachment 919437

just starting to turn into a bush

Who doesn't like a nice bush? OOps...sorry....NOT