Flower Day 42 Since flip, 34 since hairs popped up.
Ok so I have been battling to make sure I don't have a serious Gnat issue. I went into full panic and overdrive when I had a few show up in my clone tent. I put what I had to use first, which was spraying with Neem Oil and then throwing a layer of DE (diatomaceous earth) on top of the soil. When I went to the grow store to get the last few things I needed there, I talked to the owner who recommended something called Gnat Nix so I bought a bag of it. Hopefully it works like he says it will. There were far more expensive things he could have recommended me buy so I don't think he would be fooling me. Anyways, since I have done all this proactive warfare, I haven't seen any additional gnats flying around or any additional gnats on my insect traps. That seems like a good start.
As for the main grow, I had to address an issue that I knew was coming. Originally I intended to put the SCROG net I made back 2 months ago. But I needed to finish my watering system before putting that on because with my back, and the limited room in the grow room, it wasn't going to be possible to water without something in place. I knew I was going to have to put the SCROG net in place when I moved the Blueberry plant (the One in the middle) and about half of the colas on ATF #2 (back left plant in the pictures) flopped forward. UH OH. A bigger hiccup than I intended to have to deal with.
So Ms Stank helped me put the net into the tent (what a pain in the arse to do with a full tent) and then feed the colas up through the net. It didn't go nearly as smooth as I would have liked and I still have some work to do with some of the bigger buds on ATF #2. All the rest of the plants did really well and were much stronger in structure. I think I might need to string a few of the heavier buds up to get things how I want.
Lesson learned, put the SCROG in while the girls are in veg and avoid this issue next grow. Oh well, i knew it was going to be an issue, better to deal with it now than 2 weeks before harvest.
Tent with SCROG net installed.
Clones with the Gnat Nix on top and around the bottom to prevent them from getting in from below in the holes. I will be switching to smart pots soon so they will be able to have lots of oxygen to the roots. All the clones I took between days 22 and 25 of flower seem to have reverted back to vegetative state and are all showing between 2 and 3 nodes worth of new growth.
