I know the feeling and gardening has been a lifelong hobby of mine.
Once again I need help
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I just ordered safer two bottles from Amazon won’t get here until Wednesday!!! Stores around here are out too found more ladybugs added them have to wait until WednesdayIt would take too long for the ladybugs to get control of that.
Amazon sells Safer and some garden centers or nurseries sell it as well.
The active ingredient is potassium salts of fatty acids. I get the concentrate and mix according to the directions. For mixing the concentrate, put the water in the spray bottle first and then the Safer. Shake well and get spraying!
Damn supply chain issues are allowing for mite infestations and auto manufacturing delays. 
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How close do you think I am to harvest ? Couple weeks ??Damn supply chain issues are allowing for mite infestations and auto manufacturing delays.
Yep. I have noticed smaller quantities of insect control products and some just not there and also some of the natural or organic fertilizers when at the local hydro and grow shop. We were warned about the supply issue affecting the availability of just about everything in our everyday life well before it even started. But some of the auto delays seemed to come out of nowhere and just compounded the problem along with the already anticipated issues.Damn supply chain issues are allowing for mite infestations and auto manufacturing delays.
Going to the local hydro store this week just to talk vegetable and flower growing along with anything Marijuana. I can not go to the local garden and nursery centers since 9 out of 10 of those people don't have a clue about any type of gardening or the products on the shelf.
I'd say at least two weeks from the pics.
In your 1st msg you said "... Ok so I’m in my sixth week of flower ...". So probably a couple of weeks to as many as 4 but that is up to what the plant is doing. Am I remembering right and the plant is a clone someone gave you? If so, ask him or her if they know or remember.
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So apparently the spray should
Be delivered today/tonight ! Problem I work 3-11 and my lights go off when I’m at work around 6:30. My question is tonight can I take her out of tent spray ? If I’m supposed to spray before lights go out not sure how I can pull that off without leaving work (haha) if the spray comes before 3pm can I should I spray her even if the lights are on for another 3 an half hours ? Thanks guys
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Oh and should I start flushing her now ?
You could cut off a lot of the worst affected leaves, they're not doing much except feeding mites
Once you have frosting the buds will still ripen, albeit with a small drop in yield
I wouldn't flush as your plant needs all the strength it can muster under attack
As for spraying, never mind lights on/lights off detail, just do it
Once you have frosting the buds will still ripen, albeit with a small drop in yield
I wouldn't flush as your plant needs all the strength it can muster under attack
As for spraying, never mind lights on/lights off detail, just do it
I would spray before you leave and turn the lights out then. An extra 3½ hours of darkness won't hurt.
Flushing to clear the salts out of the soil or flushing to clear the nutes from the flowers? You can't flush nutrients from the flowers...that's the science. Some folks will flush and feed around the third week of flower, but I wouldn't make any drastic moves while you're fighting the mites.
Yeah hold steady…. spray her up, keep lights off and don’t worry about flush
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Ok so I just sprayed her I turned lights off is that ok or too early ???
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Also I fed her today her ppm only went up from last feeding 20? Reading last time after water no food was 846
Today after feeding it’s only 865??
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Today took pics of buds before spray some look brown I think from the neem oil Accident with lights on spray.
Taking ph or ppm of runoff is not accurate, chemical salts and fine sediment come out in the wash so it’s an inflated number by design. Even tho there are some who still check runoff everything I’ve ever read says ignore runoff numbers and if you are checking ph or ppm numbers then worry about your input and forget the runoff
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Ok well I’ve been checking the runoff since start so guess I learn as I go
But I was concerned because usually after a feeding the number always jumps
Not just 20ppm but could be the meter idk. Also I turned lights off after spray should I turn back on in a couple hours or leave them off for duration
I have never checked run off in my life, there is absolutely no reason to
*No OP, leave the light off til the next cycle
Me neither. It just sounded like an unnecessary chore.
Keep track of your numbers then. But you will find out that if you are growing in soil it is not needed. I figure that because many hydroponic growers do it they then recommend it for natural soil mixes.
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Wish I knew that from the beginning from what I was reading they were saying check both from runoff
It is a pita for sure !!