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Freedom Of Seeds Tabletop Grow In Carmen's Kitchen
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Highya Carmen,
Very nice looking autos you have. Great structure for making big buds! I'm sure they'll like being closer to the light source. Hope the temp gets back to normal and the snow melts quickly. We just got our woodstove going again. Been chilly at night (low 40's). That time of year! Have a great and Happy Smokin'
Very nice looking autos you have. Great structure for making big buds! I'm sure they'll like being closer to the light source. Hope the temp gets back to normal and the snow melts quickly. We just got our woodstove going again. Been chilly at night (low 40's). That time of year! Have a great and Happy Smokin'
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I sort of think that too. I'd love to knowThey look so thick leafed! I bet brix is through the roof!
Thank you Bode. I am following the same DLI recommendations from the last grow, which interestingly means less intense light than I'd previously thought.
We have another extreme weather warning for the weekend coming. We are meant to be having a community painting day at the beach on Saturday. I wonder if it will be postponed.
Happy smoking!
and I'm wondering if you have thoughts on anything getting plucked now that the bigger ones are in flower?We're gonna need a page count!
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- #326
Thank you Shed! There's nothing to take off yet. Is that what you mean? The leaves are still sparse and the flower is only just budding. I took off the first node leaves and branches on both plants.
Funny man
I was looking at the pic of the CM with those little flowers halfway down the lowest node and was wondering if they were in your sights to take later. I have no idea what they'll amount to in the end but you would remember more from last time than I do.
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- #328
I also looked at them. Would you take them off now? I was thinking I would wait to see how the plant grows but if you think it is advantageous to remove them early then I may do so. What would you do it they were your plants?I was looking at the pic of the CM with those little flowers halfway down the lowest node and was wondering if they were in your sights to take later. I have no idea what they'll amount to in the end but you would remember more from last time than I do.
If they were mine I'd only leave the ends on that lowest node, but if your last group had good production down there I'd go back and take a look at those pics at the same stage as a guide rather than me.
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- #330
I think you are probably right and I may as well do it sooner rather than later, to give the ends a better chance. The plants were in a different stage of growth at this age in my last grow. These ones still have some stretching and filling in to do.If they were mine I'd only leave the ends on that lowest node, but if your last group had good production down there I'd go back and take a look at those pics at the same stage as a guide rather than me.
I wouldn't compare by age, only by stage of growth. And if they have stretching and filling in to do that sounds like it's on the side of waiting rather than plucking!
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- #332
Ok, I'll wait a bit but I did look at those bits and think they might need to go. Thanks Shed.
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- #333
Do you remember this horrible situation?
I just found four. One on the small Somango auto 2, and 3 on the Cream Mandarin. I nuked them with salts of fatty acids. I didn't know what else to do. I hope the little fuckers have not laid eggs on my plants. If you recall, the eggs take 3 weeks to incubate. They are called false cinch bugs.
I just found four. One on the small Somango auto 2, and 3 on the Cream Mandarin. I nuked them with salts of fatty acids. I didn't know what else to do. I hope the little fuckers have not laid eggs on my plants. If you recall, the eggs take 3 weeks to incubate. They are called false cinch bugs.
If you still have those nets can you fashion them into screens for the windows and keep the slider shut?
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- #335
The windows stay closed permanently. I have the slider closed now for cold weather, so hopefully nothing further gets in. It should deter a migrating swarm. It may become necessary to cover the plants individually, but the bugs got in through the netting in small numbers last time. My best hope is that no more come in my home. I'll have to check on the outdoor plant tomorrow. Ugh. Why don't I see these things outside ever?! grrrr.
If you still have those nets can you fashion them into screens for the windows and keep the slider shut?
What do they do to the plants Carmen?
Granny420
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Oh my, Carmen! Big hugs sistah!Do you remember this horrible situation?
I just found four. One on the small Somango auto 2, and 3 on the Cream Mandarin. I nuked them with salts of fatty acids. I didn't know what else to do. I hope the little fuckers have not laid eggs on my plants. If you recall, the eggs take 3 weeks to incubate. They are called false cinch bugs.
Trying to send good vibes your way. Grasshoppers do that here in the fall. That bug looks like a grasshopper bred with a cicada! I am no help in knowing how to handle them. Hoping someone else is, or that you figure it out cuz you are one mighty smart lady! Those bugs don’t stand much of a chance against your wit!
budnoob3
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Garlic spray and sprinkling unbleached flour are best organic options I’ve used. DE is also good when combined with garlic spray.
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- #339
GDB they are usually seed plant dwellers and tend to grasses. They suck the juices out of seeds and leaves causing wilt and die back.
Thanks Granny. Not sure what to do other than cover the plants if their numbers increase. I have @Bode to thank for that idea!Oh my, Carmen! Big hugs sistah!
Thanks. Would you spray DE on a flowering plant? In forty odd years of gardening I have never had a garlic / chili spray that was effective against pests I am sorry to say!
For a Chinch Bug swarm I will temporarily remove the plants to use Doom (pyrethroid) and nuke the surrounding area, salts of fatty acids to nuke the plant dwellers and as you see, the tulle screen.
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- #340
I see no bugs this morning! None on the outside plant.