Radogast 2016 - The Neverending Growing

JohnnyBlaze said:
I've seen a few peeps get roots by just dumping the cuttings in a glass of water with some superthrive and banging them on the window sill. I'm pretty sure this would work for sexing plants too. :)
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OK. I'll try almost that. :)

I will start clones in the cloner bucket, then ...
when root nubs show, move them into water in the flower room.
 
One way to verify sex is to take a clone off your mother and as soon as you pot her in a solo cup toss her into flower, she will show her sex in less the 14 days. I have also heard you can take the female out of flower and put her back into Veg so long as you do not interrupt her dark cycle when you do it. That way if it is a female, now you have 2 instead of just 1.
 
OlderGrower said:
One way to verify sex is to take a clone off your mother and as soon as you pot her in a solo cup toss her into flower, she will show her sex in less the 14 days. I have also heard you can take the female out of flower and put her back into Veg so long as you do not interrupt her dark cycle when you do it. That way if it is a female, now you have 2 instead of just 1.
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+1

I've done this and it works like a champ. Just treat it like it was a growing plant. Humidity dome helped out. YMMV
 
Snowcap Stacy: Graduation Day

Snowcap clone Stacy 10 days ago

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Snowcap Stacy today, 23" tall by 23" wide

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Snowcap Stacy basking under the warm glow of an HPS flowering light

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I took clones of Iman and Stacy before flowering, as usual.

I also took clones of seedlings Ava and Latrice Royale for sexing, and moved them from early veg to late veg.


I need a new soil recipe for seedlings



For graduation today, I did it a little different; I added worm castings. I'm hoping this will give them a little more energy during flowering.


A few trowels full of worm castings

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Casually working the worms castings into the top layer of soil

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The current occupants of the Flowering Room

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drcannabi said:
Dang Rad,

I really love your beautiful ladies, but the Borg is awful. What are you going to do?
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You mean the spider mites? I plan to spray once every 3 days with 1% neem oil. When I stick with it, the mites seem to disappear.

The stinkiest, stickiest buds so far have come from the spider mite stressed girls.


if you meant something else, sorry. I took the girl to the opera tonight, Mozart's Cosi fan Tutte. 2 hour drive each way and a 3 hour performance, all while dressed in a suit, grownup shoes and socks - quite the novelty, but exhausting.
 
I hate Spiders......!....Mites or otherwise. (although there are many that are great protectors in our gardens) Sorry to see that Rado.

I assume you are checking snowcap stacy and others regularly for those?

Just popping over to check on ya. :)
 
Cannafan said:
I hate Spiders......!....Mites or otherwise. (although there are many that are great protectors in our gardens) Sorry to see that Rado.

I assume you are checking snowcap stacy and others regularly for those?

Just popping over to check on ya. :)
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I look carefully at all the girls in veg each day. I look carefully at the girls in flower about twice a week

Garden spiders and house spiders are my friends :) but the neem spray drives them away and/or kills them :(
 
Radogast said:
You mean the spider mites? I plan to spray once every 3 days with 1% neem oil. When I stick with it, the mites seem to disappear.

The stinkiest, stickiest buds so far have come from the spider mite stressed girls.
Interesting observation Rad. I caught you saying this somewhere else recently. Your figuring you can keep them in control with neem oil spray and any that survive the onslaught will stress the plant enough to give you stronger trichome production. Very slick Rad.

if you meant something else, sorry. I took the girl to the opera tonight, Mozart's Cosi fan Tutte. 2 hour drive each way and a 3 hour performance, all while dressed in a suit, grownup shoes and socks - quite the novelty, but exhausting.
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It made me groan to read that. I know exactly what you mean. Wearing shoes for hours, not to mention constricting clothes! My golden years are about comfort. :laughtwo:

The opera was worth it? There's no question about the company.

Congrats on two new belles at the ball. Just happily clicking away. PeeJay has an excellent seedling recipe. He'd be happy to share it with you.
 
Kushtie said:
What was the humidity like in veg? Just curious as I have low humidity (26% with a flowering plant currently) and I suspect that whilst not being ideal for plant growth it's even less ideal for mites if they will dry out and die before they can get far from the soil.

I'm guessing if you have mite problems you don't have low humidity problems?
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Hey Kushtie, thanks for stopping in again and sharing your thoughts.

My veg area is mostly 55-75% rH. My flowering area is mostly 35-60% rH.
My pots move back and forth between the two areas, the plants move from veg to flowering.

Although the spider mites arrived in veg with some gifted clones, they never got a good infestation going until they went to the flowering room. I have only done one round of spraying in the veg area over the last 3-4 months. The spider mites don't stay controlled in the flowering room unless I hit them with the neem oil spray every 3 days.
 
I got spider mites once. I used this stuff from Australia called Mite-Rid. I got it on Amazon. 2 applications and they were gone. I since have loaned it to 2 other growers who had infestations and their problems are gone as well. The stuff really works. Here's their blurb.

Spider mites destroy plant cells by sucking out their contents, and Mite-Rid works by providing a barrier which is harmless to the plant, but fatal to the mites. Some of the components of Mite-Rid are also absorbed by the plant and then suppress the life cycle of the mites. Organic Miticide Mite-Rid uses a unique formula of botanical oils, including neem, garlic, eucalyptus plus surfactants to provide a protective barrier against many leaf eating pests, and most effectively, the Spider Mite. The main active ingredient from neem oil, is a a limonoid called azadirachtin which has the steroids campesterol, beta-sitosterol, and stigmasterol. These interrupt the normal hormonal balance of mites, suppressing thier reproductive cycle. The neem oil used in Mite-Rid is cold pressed, as only oil of this quality will contain these steroids. Mite-Rid is a fully bio-degradable miticide, is not toxic to animals, and under normal use will not affect the plant's metabolism. Highly effective against two-spotted and red mites, Mite-Rid is also reporting success with Eriophyid mites such as the "Fuschia Gall Mite" which is endemic to parts of California and also known as the "Mendo" or "Mendocino mini". Also takes care of mealy bugs, fungus gnats, scarid flies, and aphids. Mite-Rid comes in a concentrate form, and the 45ml bottle mixes with water to make 18 litres (32.7 pints) of mite killing spray. One thorough application is usually enough, but heavy infestations may require two, as the tiny eggs can be a bit more resilient; so we recommend a second application in these cases. (Note: It is advisable not to use Mite-Rid in conjunction with biological controls like predatory mites!) Prevention is better than cure They say prevention is better than cure, and just a little Mite-Rid goes a long way to preventing mite infestation. A periodic spray with Mite-Rid will reduce your chances of ever seeing your plants suffering an attack of spider mites.
 
I should take better notes. My spider mites have been "gone" for over 3 weeks at least 4 times in the last several months.

Just recently, I hadn't seen a spider mite in the flower tent for what seemed two month. I hadn't seen a spider mite in veg for what seemed 4 months - then one plant in veg came down with mites, and I have moved that plant to the flowering room (which is more isolated from both outside and the basement.) I commit myself to spraying once every 3 days, for 40 days to knock out all cycles of the mites - then something happens (vacation, broken ankle, neem oil turned solid) and I miss a day. Then 3-4 days later I have a tiny mite problem that takes 2-3 weeks to be gone, and the cycle repeats.

The quality of my buds has been better fighting mites than not fighting mites, and I only use 10 tsp(50ml) of neem oil per month so I have at least 6 more months supply from my original purchase. At this point, suppressing and preventing spider mites is a routine activity - like watering or taking clones. I mostly get it right :)
 
I have heard Mite-RID is really effective, i have another spray from AU i am trying called "Dead Red" which i think is basically a premixed 1L spray bottle. I dont have a problem to really test it on yet though hehe, i did treat the red diesel i brought in from outdoors and have not seen any pests yet ;) Not a lot of info on this one though and probably even harder to get.

"Dead Red stops spider mites feeding instantly and death follows within hours. Unlike other products spider mites do not build up a resistance to Dead Red as it has a 7 day residual on plants. Spray when Lights are off. Allow 4-6 hours to pass before turning on your lights again. Do not spray one week before harvest."

Directions for use.
Spray on plants. Thoroughly drench affected areas on plants (including under leaves).
 
One of my buddies I loaned the mite rid to had an identical story to yours. Since using the mite rid, his garden has been mite free for nearly 2 years. Might be worth a try when you run out of neem and patients lol.
 
drcannabi said:
One of my buddies I loaned the mite rid to had an identical story to yours. Since using the mite rid, his garden has been mite free for nearly 2 years. Might be worth a try when you run out of neem and patients lol.
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Thanks. I know you and Feral are looking out for me... I do have a bit of a stubborn streak but I listen to reason too :)
 
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