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Weekly Update: Day 43 for the first 3 three and day 25 for the grow dot girls. They are all still stretching except the CBD Critical XXL (not an xxl pheno i guess). It has stayed pretty small in general. The Northern Lights is still growing and just starting to put pistils out on all its bud sites. I am also seeing this interesting mutation where each bud site is putting out 2 more bud sites. So three bud sites on one, Ive never seen this before. I tried to get a decent picture, but it always seems hard getting specific parts of the plant. The Northern Lights also seems more finicky than the rest. It has been the plant most of the pests have been attracted to.
Lets talk about IPM, I didnt have much of a game plan starting out. Thats probably not the best way to go about growing and I dont suggest it. But in my previous post I talked about using the Bee Safe spray. That seemed to eliminate the white flys that had been all over the plants. Now I have started a essential oil/castile soap regimen. I sprayed all the plants last Saturday and again on Tuesday with a mixture of 24oz distilled water/1 tsp Dr Bronners soap/20 drops of rosemary oil. I will continue this regimen every Tuesday and Saturday, but I will be switching the essential oil everyweek. I have rosemary, lavender, eucalyptus, peppermint and neem if bugs get out of hand.
I water by hefting the pots. I have been experimenting with these plants. I dont pH the water, I dont leave it out for 24 hours to let the chlorine evaporate. I did buy a cheap $25 garden hose filter that is supposed to remove some chlorine. Hopefully that is helping. All I do is let the cold water out before I start filling the sprayer BAS uses. Nice 3.5gal metal sprayer. What I have been adding to the water is Stout MSA silica for every watering, Recharge every Saturday, and fish fertilizer every 3 weeks. I will probably stop using the fish fert soon.
I top dressed the CBD Critical last Saturday as well, same as the Northern Lights. I will top dress the Top Gun this Saturday.
The grow dot girls all seem to be growing out of their N toxicity. That dark green sheen on the leaves is disappearing and they are all growing pretty well and stretching. They have all popped pistils as well. Hopefully they will keep stretching and produce some decent buds.
Side Note: The plants have been moved into the hoop house, but the hoop house gets limited sun. Like 5 hours a day. There is a large tree on the south side that blocks the sun in the morning. So they arent getting the amount of sun I would like, but with everything going on in this house it is what it is.
To the Pictures (I will also be using thumbnails from now on to shorten the length of the posts):
Small CBD Critical
Northern Lights (I tried to get a pic of the interesting Mutation)
Top Gun
ZaMango
Black Strap
CBD 1:1
Lets talk about IPM, I didnt have much of a game plan starting out. Thats probably not the best way to go about growing and I dont suggest it. But in my previous post I talked about using the Bee Safe spray. That seemed to eliminate the white flys that had been all over the plants. Now I have started a essential oil/castile soap regimen. I sprayed all the plants last Saturday and again on Tuesday with a mixture of 24oz distilled water/1 tsp Dr Bronners soap/20 drops of rosemary oil. I will continue this regimen every Tuesday and Saturday, but I will be switching the essential oil everyweek. I have rosemary, lavender, eucalyptus, peppermint and neem if bugs get out of hand.
I water by hefting the pots. I have been experimenting with these plants. I dont pH the water, I dont leave it out for 24 hours to let the chlorine evaporate. I did buy a cheap $25 garden hose filter that is supposed to remove some chlorine. Hopefully that is helping. All I do is let the cold water out before I start filling the sprayer BAS uses. Nice 3.5gal metal sprayer. What I have been adding to the water is Stout MSA silica for every watering, Recharge every Saturday, and fish fertilizer every 3 weeks. I will probably stop using the fish fert soon.
I top dressed the CBD Critical last Saturday as well, same as the Northern Lights. I will top dress the Top Gun this Saturday.
The grow dot girls all seem to be growing out of their N toxicity. That dark green sheen on the leaves is disappearing and they are all growing pretty well and stretching. They have all popped pistils as well. Hopefully they will keep stretching and produce some decent buds.
Side Note: The plants have been moved into the hoop house, but the hoop house gets limited sun. Like 5 hours a day. There is a large tree on the south side that blocks the sun in the morning. So they arent getting the amount of sun I would like, but with everything going on in this house it is what it is.
To the Pictures (I will also be using thumbnails from now on to shorten the length of the posts):
Small CBD Critical
Northern Lights (I tried to get a pic of the interesting Mutation)
Top Gun
ZaMango
Black Strap
CBD 1:1
I checked the trichomes and I think I will give her another week or two. Get some more ambers.
