Ohioboy With Fast Buds: Let's See How Fast Exactly

I was just looking back at a bunch of pics leading up to the eventual current challenges. I do notice that your soil seems to always be wet. It could be that you are over watering?? This will cause the plants to loose vigor/energy required to fight off disease and insects.

I try and err on the side of letting my plants get too dry. This is specially true if I grow in buckets without any holes (lets the roots dry out) .... here's a way to tell if you over water. When you cull or harvest - pull the plant out by the roots and smell the root ball. It should smell like loamy soil, and not like something that is decaying ... you will know the difference straight away.

That said another issue I saw was your compost tea. You should brew for 24-36 hrs TOPS.. Once you go over 36 hrs you risk anaerobic bacteria growth and/or turning the brew into well a brew with alcohol. That's a definite NO NO / no grow for plant health. If you want to brew a compost tea longer that 36 hrs that's OK just don't add in sugar.

Sugar will eventually ferment and grow the nasties in soil instead of the good bacteria. That can get outright be un-healthy for you and your family. Be careful and be sure and wash hands and anything you spill the tea on. Cleanliness next to Godliness... it's not a cliche.

With compost teas I've got to the point that I don't add sugar/BSM. There's lots of carbohydrates already in the soil/compost, all we need are the micro-organisms and they will grow with lots of oxygen and a short bit of time. The BSM is good but a little goes a long way.. and there's better sources of carbs for the mycos... fresh coconut water is one.
 
Have there been any posts about whether PH has been tested on the runoff? If so, I may have missed that.
 
bobrown14 said:
I was just looking back at a bunch of pics leading up to the eventual current challenges. I do notice that your soil seems to always be wet. It could be that you are over watering?? This will cause the plants to loose vigor/energy required to fight off disease and insects.

I try and err on the side of letting my plants get too dry. This is specially true if I grow in buckets without any holes (lets the roots dry out) .... here's a way to tell if you over water. When you cull or harvest - pull the plant out by the roots and smell the root ball. It should smell like loamy soil, and not like something that is decaying ... you will know the difference straight away.

That said another issue I saw was your compost tea. You should brew for 24-36 hrs TOPS.. Once you go over 36 hrs you risk anaerobic bacteria growth and/or turning the brew into well a brew with alcohol. That's a definite NO NO / no grow for plant health. If you want to brew a compost tea longer that 36 hrs that's OK just don't add in sugar.

Sugar will eventually ferment and grow the nasties in soil instead of the good bacteria. That can get outright be un-healthy for you and your family. Be careful and be sure and wash hands and anything you spill the tea on. Cleanliness next to Godliness... it's not a cliche.

With compost teas I've got to the point that I don't add sugar/BSM. There's lots of carbohydrates already in the soil/compost, all we need are the micro-organisms and they will grow with lots of oxygen and a short bit of time. The BSM is good but a little goes a long way.. and there's better sources of carbs for the mycos... fresh coconut water is one.
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I water them every 10-14 days canna it's just the compost is so rich I've stayed away from the forum for two reasons one I can't get in to take pics cause she's here till tomorrow and B. Because I messed up. I sprayed them and I mean sprayed them with neem oil at the correct 10:1 ratio but I did it 3 days in a row and I did it in the am so I burnt them all up bad everything under the canopy is jaundice and the canopy well the flowers all the pistils got burnt leaves curled and crispy more than half of total foliage is gone just falling off from movement. But I can't just give em up



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Deprivation said:
Thanks for the invite Ohio from the island . I have zero experience with tropical grows and you have collected many names here more suited than i to help. The tropical grows i have seen use tunnels like carports but with 10 mil poly and they are aligned with predominant winds This would help prevent mold and finishing out your grow though not sure about fungus?

That said I would sacrifice this grow to find all your issues and work up preventative measures for the next grow as I read this happend to you before.

Find a deterrent for your lace bug ( Bacillus thuringiensis mixed with vaseline smeared around the stock and let nothing else touch the ground or other vegetation???)

then find the predator to eat them.

once you know what these are you can wage war! you know the symptoms so you can attack early if not prevented.

I prefer using predators like spiders ladybugs and dragonflies to help with my gardens in general as opposed to pesticides. I can't say enough for Neem oil and Diatomaceous Earth an oz of prevention they say. ladybugs love my dill and geraniums its the pollen i think , dragon flies love my small water feature that gets midday sun and has a few small plants for the nymphs .

where i live in canada humidity is way lower and i would fight to grow an equatorial sativa here! You need some local strains or crosses to start with, or at least something known to thrive in tropical climates not afghans. My gf says her friends on O'ahu grow diesels with success but outdoors you need sativas imho...

I lust after the ability to finish out a massive haze in a 500 gallon smart pot lmao a gorrilla i would grow !

wish i knew more to help Broheim
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Brother if I could find a local grower.... I'm really dedicated to these two girls I've hurt them bad I sprayed neem oil in excess but there in re flower already so I'm not even sure if the clones would be viable and if it is a fungus that's root born then it in the entirety of the plant and I'd get the same issues I'm all organic dia earth is a staple as well as neem oil and meal. My last grow what didn't die from this same thing got bud rot it was bad they looked all good and bust a bud open and it's white and hollow I made bunches of extracts and it worked well and honestly I'm not to pressed about the flowers I'm interested in oils and tinctures but I want as many trichs as possible


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Deprivation said:
I hear ya it's hard to sacrifice but triage works the best if you're not attached .So did you look at the roots and clean to see ? is it all through the plant or stem only? any more bugs? when I used to grow using light deprivation in the 90s we used 5 gallon pails like you but drilled 12 3/4 holes around the bottom like a clock . line the bottom with newspaper and put an inch-ish of perlite in the bottom then your soil drains very well allows the roots to breath and grow real healthy! bonus is all your dirt stays put. We never saw any root issues, we used white pails to prevent cooking the precious roots in the summer sun . I use the big wallmart bags now ( 6gal volume) Reduce reuse recycle lol.

Rooting for ya over here :tommy:
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Haven't had the freedom to check as I'm in stealth mode until Monday funny thing I drilled holes on the bottom and along the sides at the bottom of the bucket about an inch up from the bottom I'll have pics tomorrow but I looked in and they are looking better


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High all lol I hope so here ya go I beat the bugs but burnt them bad with the excess neem oil they are actually looking better
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so the burn is done ya know that's why it's crispy now so I'll cut all the lower branches and get what I can outta the canopy here's Kera
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it's bad and I'm sure most of you would scrap these girls but these aren't auto flowers and they came from Germany and if all else I'll pollinate them and get a bunch of free seed for my next go which by the way will be in my new 10x10 shed I'm building on a friends property who grows and wanted to also get inside so I'm paying for the shed were splitting the gear and work his property and even split of the product so seeds are what I need anywho. But my ph is a lil high for some reason but no mites or aphids visible


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Thanks for the pics Ohio, and I am impressed with your determination and diligence here!

Hopefully those white spots on the leaves are left over from the previous critter issues. Don't want that to start again. ;-)

I'm not one for diagnosing leaf issues, but deprivation gave you some tips there.

:circle-of-love:
 
Too bad he can't send those pots over here for the flush. My well water is saturated in iron! LOL

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Ok slowly but surely getting better no more sign of bugs or fungus/mold and I'm getting new growth
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thats north here's Kera
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ph still a little high right at 7 humidity is high it's been raining in the high 80's temps low 90's I burnt the shot outta these girls with that neem oil less is better and at night not bf your light cycle lessons we learn lol


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Looking much better now ohioboy, both North and kera are recovering. Pests are such a bummer to deal with, good work on taking quick action. Seems like you found yourself a perfect commune for your next grow. That'd much better than the camping tent. When will you be building this shed?

I'm glad there plenty of knowledgeable folks following your journal now, their help has been invaluable. Keep up the dedication man and...

KiG :green_heart:cheers
 
Well all I'm on my way to main land Miami to try and salvage as much building material from an old barn in the sugar fields I was told about for materials to build our "lab" two vehicles and determination in our hearts hopefully this time next week my girls and I will be outta the tent wish us luck all!!


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Hey Ohio, did you post somewhere that you have a hermie?

I was just at Hidan420's journal and thought I read that there.

:circle-of-love:

And good luck on your plan! :)
 
Cannafan said:
Hey Ohio, did you post somewhere that you have a hermie?

I was just at Hidan420's journal and thought I read that there.

:circle-of-love:

And good luck on your plan! :)
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Yes I do have a hermy its name is Ganny. It germinated 11-10-15 and has flowered once and is back into flower again I made it hermy with a light show I can explain if you'd like but I've got babies growing from the seeds I got from Ganny it's strain is an afghan lime 40/60 hybrid that's Sativa dominant


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