Greetings! I'm a first time grower, almost 4 weeks into 12-12 light cycle on a 4 month old Super Silver Haze mother plant. She's getting a 1/3 dose of Hygrozyme and Botanicare Flower Power 2-2-5 Bloom food twice a week, which is every watering. The temperature stays between 72-81F, and humidity is 25-45%. The plant is in a reflective cabinet that's left open while lit to allow air circulation from the cracked open bedroom window, then sealed when the lights go out. She is lit by four T5 CFLs (2 blue 2 red) and a Sunshine Systems GlowPanel LED panel.
She shares the grow space with several clones at various stages of their veg cycle. The two big ones with fat leaves are a local breeder's creation, Black Betty. The ones with the narrow leaves are Skunky Haze (or Hazy Skunk, I can't ever remember which way it goes -- yay dyslexia!), and there are a couple of young SSH clones taken from the mother plant before starting 12-12. Most of them were cut 5 weeks ago. They are being lit by the higher-powered GlowPanel45 LED panel.
I have a couple of questions. First, how does Hazel (the flowering SSH) look? Since she served a long life as a mother plant before inducing flowering, she has tons of tops, and is very bushy. I plan on staking her tomorrow to help support the taller stalks.
Second, I included a shot of my grow room to show how the veg plants are located in relation to Hazel. This morning, I found signs of spider mites on one of the Skunky Haze plants, and on closer inspection, found some on the larger Black Betty too; the other plants don't have any signs of infection yet, but I have no illusions that they're free of the Borg invasion. I've treated all of the veg plants by spraying with a solution of 7.5ml neem oil - 7.5ml pure dishwashing soap - 1 liter water, and plan on re-treating every 3 days until signs of mites are gone. Due to the layout of my living space, I don't have the option of moving Hazel out of the room with the veggers. Since I'm a mere 3-5 weeks from harvest, should I treat Hazel with neem, or with something else? Does anyone have any other advice, either to protect Hazel's harvest or to protect the other plants? I'm willing to lose the veggers if need be, but Black Betty was created by a local connoiseur, is astonishingly good quality smoke -- way beyond anything I've ever tried before -- and will be impossible to replace.
Thank you for your advice!
She shares the grow space with several clones at various stages of their veg cycle. The two big ones with fat leaves are a local breeder's creation, Black Betty. The ones with the narrow leaves are Skunky Haze (or Hazy Skunk, I can't ever remember which way it goes -- yay dyslexia!), and there are a couple of young SSH clones taken from the mother plant before starting 12-12. Most of them were cut 5 weeks ago. They are being lit by the higher-powered GlowPanel45 LED panel.
I have a couple of questions. First, how does Hazel (the flowering SSH) look? Since she served a long life as a mother plant before inducing flowering, she has tons of tops, and is very bushy. I plan on staking her tomorrow to help support the taller stalks.
Second, I included a shot of my grow room to show how the veg plants are located in relation to Hazel. This morning, I found signs of spider mites on one of the Skunky Haze plants, and on closer inspection, found some on the larger Black Betty too; the other plants don't have any signs of infection yet, but I have no illusions that they're free of the Borg invasion. I've treated all of the veg plants by spraying with a solution of 7.5ml neem oil - 7.5ml pure dishwashing soap - 1 liter water, and plan on re-treating every 3 days until signs of mites are gone. Due to the layout of my living space, I don't have the option of moving Hazel out of the room with the veggers. Since I'm a mere 3-5 weeks from harvest, should I treat Hazel with neem, or with something else? Does anyone have any other advice, either to protect Hazel's harvest or to protect the other plants? I'm willing to lose the veggers if need be, but Black Betty was created by a local connoiseur, is astonishingly good quality smoke -- way beyond anything I've ever tried before -- and will be impossible to replace.
Thank you for your advice!
