A big update today, lots of things happening all at once. First, the mouse problem is being dealt with. These old farmhouses are apparently well known for mouse infestations this time of year, and we have been advised to hit them hard (not just singular traps) and to try to drive them back outside. The high end poison that makes them very very thirsty before killing them has been advised. They generally will head outside seeking water and will start congregating around the water source before they die. This also puts the smell in one place, and preferably outside. We have box traps now at the front and back of the house and the poison only where the puppies are never allowed to go, like upstairs in the grow rooms. So we will see what happens, and I have the veg cam trained on one of the poison blocks.
The new seed seeds are performing better than expected, and we have all 6 showing tails. This morning I planted them, using
@Jon 's proven method.
A shallow divot was made in some well soaked soil and a small hole was made, about half an inch long.
Using a tweezers, the seeds were carefully dropped in that hole, root down in the wet soil, and then covered with some fine sifted dry soil so that the divot now looked like a smooth spot of dry soil. This makes so much sense, that I will be shocked not to see plants in the next day or two. The six solo cups were carefully taken downstairs to sit up high, protected and kept humid by sitting on my lights above my 40 gallon saltwater aquarium. Any mouse that can get up there, deserves to eat these seedlings.
In the bloom room, it is days 15 and 17 of bloom, and it is feeding day plus one. They were last watered 3 days ago, but were dry enough to take their normal amount of water. I will be pushing a 3 day watering cycle now till the end, letting them go an extra day every 4th watering, just to flush the lower roots with some oxygen now and then. The plants are looking healthier all the time, further convincing me that we have at least for now, stopped the thrips. I will spray them again soon just to be sure, but I am feeling a lot better about these plants every day. The feeding today should green them up considerably and continue to fatten up these fast growing buds.
I will note that again, the deep and far red lights seem to have caused a very minimal stretch on these plants as I think at this point stretch is over. Still, because of the bugs I can garner no conclusions yet about the red light therapy, but it does appear anecdotally to be affecting the plants. We will keep experimenting with this until I am sure.
Lastly, some bud shots
Amnesia F2
Bushmans
Get em Em!
