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I don't take off many, just enough to keep the plant open. Got these guys coming in out of the cold.

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I wish I had more of them - I saw aphids - but these guys are still just buzzing around outside!!!
To collect lady bugs, I will pick a dry area that has lots of leaves on the ground in spring or fall.
Put a few tomatoes cages upside down in the area, walk around in the leaves, then check to see how many crawled up the wires
I'll cut the top off a pop bottle & stick it in what's left, to make a trap & just flick the little buggers off the wire, into the trap
Then it's off to release them into my grow area. lots crash & burn in the lights, but some survive even find babies sometimes in the spring
 
To collect lady bugs, I will pick a dry area that has lots of leaves on the ground in spring or fall.
Put a few tomatoes cages upside down in the area, walk around in the leaves, then check to see how many crawled up the wires
I'll cut the top off a pop bottle & stick it in what's left, to make a trap & just flick the little buggers off the wire, into the trap
Then it's off to release them into my grow area. lots crash & burn in the lights, but some survive even find babies sometimes in the spring
I have seen Lady Bugs for sale at various seed houses (garden) and used with some success and have wondered if it is possible to use them in a indoor grow.....they would work on various cannabis pests.
 
Outdoor cannabis in Canada sure ain't for the timid ........... I guess i got to take my growlight and go home.:laugh:
Got that right Oddy, I just got home from a long trip and I expected all my plants would be dead and shriveled, but I was surprised to see them all alive even if some didn't grow much. Still they are covered in lots opaque, white trichomes so I imagine they'll be potent enough for me. One is so sticky little lace wing flies are stuck to it just like those old long fly sticky traps. Before I left on my trip I harvested the hermie after meticulously picking off male flowers for a month. Delta's right it probably not worth doing, however I tried a small bud in the volcano last night and it was a really good, clear, energetic up high. This was a volunteer plant that came up by my compost pile last April. I belive its genetics are Zamaldelica x (Zamadelica X (Durban Poison x Big Freeze). If so it's a nice fast mostly sativa plant with colas bigger than pure sativa. I have three more growing in my garden. The big one should be more even potent than the hermie. So today I'm chopping them and looking forward to their great high.

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Grandady Purps genes showed itself in this plant. I hope it's as good as it is purdy.

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so perty indeed, well done
 
so perty indeed, well done
This year I grew a cross I made last year, (Zamaldelica x Purple Satellite) and although the two plants grew into females the watering was sporadic and they didn't get very big. I suspect given proper conditions the plants would have been much taller and bushier. Nevertheless, I can't complain about the high. I microwaved a small bud to give a preview of its potential and I was quite amazed by its strength and clarity. It was like looking through a TV screen into another world. There was at the same time what felt like distance, a space between me and the screen, I could see clearly and focus on what I was looking at, but I still found my mind wandering down its own little rabitt holes and I'd have to concentrate to get back on track; It was a tad psychedelic. And it certainly was clear and somewhat warmer than Zamaldelica or Golden Tiger. I think the addition of Zamaldelica (Reunion Island X Golden Tiger (Malawi x Thai) and the Oaxacan Gold genes really kicked up the psychoactivity ratio, and the Nepalese contributed a little warmth you don't usually find in Zamaldelica and Golden Tiger. So all in all a very good cross and visually the purple colour is a nice addition too. I couldn't help myself so I pollinated a small branch with my Golden Tiger x Sinai pollen. Maybe I'll grow one of those seeds out next year.

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heya canucks,, peace and love to all across this fine land,, and all lands for that matter,, just give it a chance,, to steal a line from somewhere

congrats on all the fabulous plants grown by us northern folk,, 70's old hippies would be so proud indeed. there must be a shite load of cannabis being harvested this weekend all across canada

my mega monolith blueberry cross has finally come down,, last night,, and just in the nick of time as today we had some heavyish rain,, wheew indeed

finishing out at about 108 inches tall from ground to top,, reaching the roof of my house,,

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the last pic before the clouds came yesterday. this puppy had the time to finish proper thanks to a very extended summer,, which can end now,, it's ok with me now,, ha


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a real beauty indeed,, and my other monstrosity,, the sativa blend,, again over one hundred inches tall, with a pot in there tho,, this plant did not fully finish but finished usefully


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no real good bud pics from this one,, the buds were still covered in creamy green hairs,, so pretty

and the harvest has begun with the help of a friends 19' trimmer, and me pretty missus,, we have set up shop in the garage to get the harvest done this weekend

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and gettin er done we are,,

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last thing last night i cut down all the big branches and i have placed them all in the garage in a garbage can with a few inches of water in the bottom,, and i am thinking that will keep them all nice and fresh till i get to them all in the next couple of days,,

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it was kinda sad to go out this morning and not see my beautiful plants in the back yard,, but i will get over it i am sure

peace out friends,, what a ride it all was this year,,

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Nice job!!!! Work should move along with pretty helpers like that!!!!! :ciao: You will be snipping and clipping in your sleep!!!!
I'm doing a staggered harvest but very pleased to have sampled a bit of the chaff from the first little bunch and DAMN!!! Works Nizzzzzz!!!:yahoo:
 
Nice job!!!! Work should move along with pretty helpers like that!!!!! :ciao: You will be snipping and clipping in your sleep!!!!
I'm doing a staggered harvest but very pleased to have sampled a bit of the chaff from the first little bunch and DAMN!!! Works Nizzzzzz!!!:yahoo:

wish i had a trim helpers like that too
 
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