Little help for Beam? Critical Jack & Dark Devil Auto Cross In Doc Bud's Kit see the bottom of page 6.
Doc Bud's High Brix Q&A With Pictures
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Yup! Thanks for the heads up Ween.
medmanmike
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Couldn't figure out how to Edit a posting with the upgrade??
Anyway, wanted to follow up with my bug issue. I've attached a couple of pics that I managed to take. Here's a couple of other observations:
1. scratching in the dirt/pot does not turn up any of these white/translucent bugs that look like mites. They seem to be only on, in and around the seed
2. I dug up the seeds that hadn't germinated. The shells were either split along the seam or they were cracked as if they had been hit with a hammer or a nut cracker was used.
3. I could see the white bugs through the cracks.
4. I found one additional worm in one seed
5. I opened a few seeds and they were either completely empty - no seed germ, or there was a mass of indistinguishable material covered with the white bugs.
6. There are three different strains from two seed stores with the same issues, so it must be the dirt harboring the critters as opposed to the seeds themselves.
7. I took a couple of cups of soil from the bin and looked it over closely with a mag. glass. I did not see any critters moving about.
Want to replant, but I'm worried that whatever these critters are they're attacking and eating the seed. Here's a couple of pics. Would really appreciate some feedback.
Man I would like to give you some helpful advice but I have no clue what you are dealing with. The best advice I could gibe would be to start the next batch of seeds in plus and then transplant into soil after they come up and see if that helps solve the issue. It is not a fix so much as a work around but it may help.
medmanmike
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The more I research, I'm thinking they're root aphids. Has anyone had RAs before? Look similar?
Cain't help, sorry.
Yes. .i have had RA before!
They are bad...bad...bad!At work on my phone...no good for posting. More in this when i get home tonight!
Hi all, hoping for some feedback. I topped my Maui Wowies and the stems are hollow! Check it out. Any reason why?
Hi lady! Sorry no advice except that it happens. One of mine is the same way, I actually saw that in your journal before you posted the topping. I fairly lightly squeezed mine and it crushed, still growing fine and getting thicker. I've never seen topping quite like that before. Will it still split into 2 new tops?
Hi LadyG....no worries ..this is how they grow in 'rapid vegetative state'.....as she matures ...the 'hollows' fill in and eventually become solid. If you were to cut your girl in half ...or down by the soil ..it would be solid ..or nearly. Its only hollow cuz she is growing very fast ok!Next time you harvest ...u will notice the stalk is solid...cuz its done growing.
Cheers eh!
Cheers eh!
Hi all, hoping for some feedback. I topped my Maui Wowies and the stems are hollow! Check it out. Any reason why?
The area that's hollow is where the "pith" would normally be. The pith is the soft, spongy center in the middle of plant stalks where carbon is stored. When the pith starts to disappear, it's called "Pith Autolysis" and it does NOT indicate any real problems with the plant.
What it does indicate is that the plant needed more carbon, so it started to feed on its own carbon reserves.
Some plants are genetically prone to have a hollow pith and other reasons can include plants that are grown in low light conditions, low CO2 conditions, and fast-growing/leggy plants can also be more prone (as @Duggan pointed out!).
So, for example, if the tent is packed with plants, there may not be enough CO2 for all of them because they're all sucking it all out of the air. So, because there's not enough CO2, there's not enough carbon, and because there's not enough carbon, the plant will start feeding on it's own carbon reserves in the pith.
Low light conditions effect the plants ability to photosynthesize, so even if there's enough CO2, they won't be able to break it down, resulting in the same feeding on it's own carbon reserves.
It does not indicate any problems, per se, just a sign that the plant was feeding on its own carbon reserves.
Thats wat i said!
Thanks for the info guys!
Good info there guys thanks!
Hi Doc and gang,
My first drench is getting really close. Currently at 23 days and it looks quite a bit more droopy today - hoping I can hold over until tomorrow.
I’m going to quote my update form 24hrs ago here (pics taken 48hrs ago)
Doc - could you confirm for me that a plain water drench is the way to go please.
My first drench is getting really close. Currently at 23 days and it looks quite a bit more droopy today - hoping I can hold over until tomorrow.
I’m going to quote my update form 24hrs ago here (pics taken 48hrs ago)
Doc - could you confirm for me that a plain water drench is the way to go please.
Update: Blue Dream Day 21
This beautiful Blue is just powering! “Plants that sprint” is a phrase Doc used somewhere recently. Yep!
EDIT>>>
The pot is really drying out. Like I’ve said, my muscle strength varies so much that I cant get a handle on the weight really. It was super light 2 days ago and today it feels heavy to me - likely the aftermath of my post too hot bath collapse yesterday. So Duggan told me over on Doc’s thread to just watch out for the lower leaves starting to droop so that’s what I’ll do.
It’s completely dry soil on top, and an inch or 2 down, and totally dry when I check from the bottom too. Completely dry cant be far away. I’m expecting sometime later this week.
I really think its looking so healthy that my first drench can be the plain water drench. I expect Doc will confirm or deny that. I’ve tried to get pics of the petioles for a good lookThere are now some 7 bladed leaves - and teh new set that are pushing out seem super frilly so maybe there’s more blades coming. Still, 7 blades at this stage is a good sign that the soil is nicely charged.
On with the pics - the lowest branching is wonderful, so I tried to get heaps of shots of that!
This is a very relaxing way to grow, thank you Doc. My mind is free to think about other grow related things, like mapping out what I might grow where outside this summer, and thinking about ways of bettering the environmentals in the indoor set up, and reading about terpenes and making medicines. All the while knowing that the plant I’m growing is just growing - totally taken care of. It’s 21 days in and Ive only dribbled a tiny trickle of water down the sides of the pot to encourage root branching, and that’s it.
Thanks all for dropping by and admiring my beautiful Blue. May all your gardens be blessed
Hi Doc and gang,
My first drench is getting really close. Currently at 23 days and it looks quite a bit more droopy today - hoping I can hold over until tomorrow.
I’m going to quote my update form 24hrs ago here (pics taken 48hrs ago)
Doc - could you confirm for me that a plain water drench is the way to go please.
I believe the first drench should be Transplant
Thanks Krip - you folks are mighty quick
In the Darkscotia thread - DOc did his first drench around day 25 (for his plants) and it was a plain water drench. I got the impression from the discussion there, that plain water was the ideal, and a TP should be done if the soil seems a bit ‘flat’. DOc recommended TP drench to DS because of that. But I’ll happily do a TP if that’s the ‘best practice’.
FYI - the pre-seeddrop drench/dunk on the soil was a 1/4 strength TP (a bit over 3 weeks ago).
Thanks Krip - you folks are mighty quick
In the Darkscotia thread - DOc did his first drench around day 25 (for his plants) and it was a plain water drench. I got the impression from the discussion there, that plain water was the ideal, and a TP should be done if the soil seems a bit ‘flat’. DOc recommended TP drench to DS because of that. But I’ll happily do a TP if that’s the ‘best practice’.
FYI - the pre-seeddrop drench/dunk on the soil was a 1/4 strength TP (a bit over 3 weeks ago).
Hmmm
Then, I'll defer to Doc or some of the other more experienced Brixers since I'm on my first kit grow, now. I could have sworn I read several places to start with a TP and the new "User's Guide" shows the TP as the first drench, but perhaps I'm mistaken???
Amy, hope your day was groovin woman. just for future, a"Drench" is any time you give Transplant, GE, or the CD's . Just a drink of plain water is a drink, not a drench, K. Ya, i know,...picky . Anyhow , if you have only been giving her lil bits of Transplant, keep doin that, she 'looks maaavelous'. She is just a lil thing, so a full strength Drench is not needed. Why not just keep giving her 1/4 Trans,..then when you up pot her,...then , give her a full strength Drench with Trans. Sounds good to me, that's what i do . For instance, the four i just transplanted on Sat., still haven't gotten any GE yet. Just lil bits of Transplant and Tea. Our soil rocks!!...Oh wait,..it is the 'rocks'...
@Duggan This is droopy and needing a drench of some kind or water at least, yes? This is 5 mins ago - the ones above were 2days ago.
And I’ve not given any TP yet - just the soak before i dropped the seed.
the new instructions say to start drenches and foliars when there are 5-6 nodes, and any watering before that just plain water. Well I haven’t really needed to water fully, been letting it dry out! And there are definitley 5-6 nodes, so - it’s on! (’m a bit confused now about what DB says int eh DS journal about this though).
Not stressing about anything (before anyone assumes i am
) - just checking my thinking before I act, first time and all
Got it D - drench is when there’s something (a drench has of some kind) in the water
And I’ve not given any TP yet - just the soak before i dropped the seed.
the new instructions say to start drenches and foliars when there are 5-6 nodes, and any watering before that just plain water. Well I haven’t really needed to water fully, been letting it dry out! And there are definitley 5-6 nodes, so - it’s on! (’m a bit confused now about what DB says int eh DS journal about this though).Not stressing about anything (before anyone assumes i am
) - just checking my thinking before I act, first time and all Got it D - drench is when there’s something (a drench has of some kind) in the water