all! It's been a little bit since I've been here (very busy weekend) and I've got a few things to go over, but let me just do the Tuesday update on the seeded Candida harvest from Sunday and Monday.
Sunday was flip day 64 and the plant looked like this:
It was barely drinking, so I took a few seed pods off from various spots, and they all looked like this:
Good enough for me, so I went about taking off the buds individually from the stems:
Here's what I ended up with:
For the record here are the roots:
I put the flowers in a box with a fan on them for the rest of the day, and closed it up with the dehuey on overnight.
Then I spent almost
all day Monday breaking apart each flower on a seed hunt. This literally took 6-8 hours of searching, re-searching, sifting, sorting, and cleaning out the vegetation. In the end, here is what I ended up with:
I threw out the pale ones, along with the mashed up flowers:
Which leaves me with these:
I have them out drying for a couple of weeks, and then I'll test germinate a couple to make sure they're viable. Remember, these are not for sale, only to be handed out as gifts for those in need.
Finally, one main lesson I will take away from this is to flip the STS plant a week to 10 days before the one that will be pollinated so I don't miss any of the early pistils. My sense is that the pale seeds would have turned into more viable ones if I had gotten them pollinated earlier.
for hanging around for the Candida seed-making process!
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Glad to help BudMan!
LOL! Testing is currently underway...
Most folks use the peppermint oil version (it's nicer to brush your teeth with and also masks ant trails). And I use 4 Tbs/gallon (same mix as the video) when I'm using it for pests.
Thanks for the recommendation 013! I haven't given any bacterial methods a try, but if the cheap methods all fail I might have to head down that road.
@seaofgreen18 recommended
Bacillus subtilis strain QST 713 (brand name Cease) which is supposed to work for PM and botrytis when alternated with potassium bicarbonate.
Nice find, thanks!