Spimp's 150W HPS Bubba Kush Grow - New & Improved with Less Ghetto!

[GardenFaerie]

re: Spimp's 150W HPS Bubba Kush Grow - New & Improved with Less Ghetto!

Oh no, do not use Sevin dust. That is one of the most toxic neurotoxic pesticides on the market and can kill you or give you cancer.

Here is a true story.

Neighbor survived breast cancer 7 years. Clear. She had worms on her shrubs and the neighbor told her to spray with his mix and she did. However, she had shorts on and it was windy so the Sevin spray (wasn't dust but it was the same dose) got all over her legs. She started to really burn up and I took her and threw her in my pool and cleaned her off immediately. Her legs swelled and she tested positive for the pesticide in lethal dose and was hospitalized. The asshole did not read the label where it said to wear long pants, shirt, gloves, mask, and protection.

Not six months later, she had tumors in her sternum and both lungs. She fought for about 8 more years in and out of hospital, losing her hair and never getting it back from chemo, several surgeries for large chunks of her removed, etc. She died last year with cancer in every cell of her body. 50 years old.

Please do not use Sevin or any neurotoxin...even avoiding the certified organic ones as well.

 

[Spimp]

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Wow that's horrible. I did use the new seven dust the day I put her out there, but I definitely won't use it again after hearing that.
My dad told me in the late 70's/early 80's he was growing a bunch of plants and got attacked by grasshoppers bad one year so they used several containers worth of the the old school, even worse dust and covered them. He's Father Spimp. And lucky to be alive cause I'm sure he and his genius crony's smoked it all.
Anything with nuerotoxins in it, sounds horrible. Thanks for the info. It was an emergency grab due to the ill-performed preparation I didn't do. It's going in the bin.

 

[trichomes]

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The moths are born with a gene that can smell trichomes' aroma in the breeze from afar. They can smell cana w/ out trx as well.

My theory is that the moths know that the unique smell, is a safe place to lay eggs, why? because the odor equals sticky, what better surface to place your egg, a place where it is stuck for life, wind, still stuck, rain, still stuck. What other plant possesses so much sticky? none, there is no better plant, for all moths' eggs to be safe. BT liquid, is great for vegging, but spray on bud can stay moist and can lead to mold, BT dust is food safe for cana when budding, it can be used halfway into flower, or as long as 2-4 weeks b4 harvest. There are also organics that you feed into the soil, they actually go thru roots and into the leaves/buds, bugs die when they eat from the plant, I know little about this lst technique. I believe SNS 209 is used in the soil as I described. what else you got?

eggs stuck like glue, a rare triple, and a horrifying sight.

 

[B A R]

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On a personal note. Mrs. Spimp has been having some health issues.

Mrs. Spimp will be in my Prayers tonight.




Bravo on the re-veg. I can see the new growth. You don't need to add anything to re-veg. Just change the light cycle and spray the foliage every few days with plain water.

 

[daTenshi]

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I'm gonna support what trichomes said with an example. I have two windows in my balcony, let's say 3 m apart. Both have insect screens. I have noticed moths camping out on the screen window where the plants are, and none on the other screen. Let's say around 5 moths so far, but it can't be a coincidence I only seen them there.

 

[trichomes]

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Thanks daT, that is very concerning, they will never leave, the only goal in life, that those moths have, is to get their eggs on that smell.

Be alert and if you open any door, make sure they don't sneak in.

They will wait and hide in the door jam, of the door they see opened the most, the smartest moths,

will hide across the top, then no body sees them sneak in. .

 

[BigIrishDoode]

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that is a horrifying sight eek! lol no you dont "need" to use st but if you have it it will help, i have done many reveg's and when i used st it took much less time and they never died, where i had a few that "shut down" without it and they take several weeks longer, if you use st on plants in flower it can make them grow new "veg" type growth and delay the end, just my humble thoughts on helping a reveg along, in the intrest of helping is all, but bar is right its not a must or anything

 

[SoilGirl]

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It took me a minute..or 90... but all caught up and subbed spimp! and glad I read through it all.
Very informative thread, I liked your "Ruderalis rant" haha.
I also loved the page where everyone was talking about dogs, I have 2 rotties and a pitt right now, all total sweethearts, the biggest rottie runs away from our chickens and squirrels, and basically anything that moves lol. He's a big baby

Your sour D looks so pretty! One of my favorite strains. I just learned about re-vegging since joining 420 mag, I'm wondering if I should give it a shot soon. I hope your outdoor experiment goes well, and your bubba's and trans-siberian all look very happy! I want to see how your bubba grows compared to my black bubba (Black Domina x Bubba Kush) as they're about in the same stage of life, yours are a little bit older though (not to mention mine are outside). You really seem to know your grow stuff I'm glad I finally showed up, better late than never I suppose! I also hope you keep your little straggler alive haha.

I'm about to purchase a Mars II 1600, probably tomorrow, to start an indoor grow soon. SmokeSara's really helpful if you're looking for a fairly priced LED. I've had a couple LED lights, a 240w lighthouse hydro blackstar flowering spectrum that crapped out on half the panel after half a year of perpetual growing and Lighthouse Hydro refused to refund but offered a 75$ replacement board + shipping, and a 90w high powered Grow UFO from sunshine systems that I think was overpriced (290$) but even though its my oldest, still works just fine. From what I've seen of Mars II's, theyre a MUCH better deal than either, and come with 3 year warranties as opposed to one. Hope this might help.

Finally, I'm sorry to hear about Mrs. Spimp, but its so nice to see everyone here offering their support, its such a nice community I wandered into this month. For my part I'll try to send some positive energies to her every time I go outside and spend some time with my beautiful plants or light up, stay strong!!

 

[daTenshi]

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Thanks daT, that is very concerning, they will never leave, the only goal in life, that those moths have, is to get their eggs on that smell.

Be alert and if you open any door, make sure they don't sneak in.

They will wait and hide in the door jam, of the door they see opened the most, the smartest moths,

will hide across the top, then no body sees them sneak in. .

You are right! Moving pass my secret phobia of night butterflies.... not so secret now
I tried poking it off with my finger, and tried, while squeaking every time, wouldn't come off at all.
I found the solution, after resorting to actually hitting it with my TV remote ...some plain old bug spray, to the..um..butt! That seemed to make them fall off and stay gone. Only reason I wanted them off was because they terrify me! There is no way to get pass my screens.

 

[Jaga]

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Hey hey spimp sir
Hope you wake to a bright sunny day with Mrs spimp in better health
I have added a small UFO 90wat LED light it came today from Bamazon I have removed some of my smaller lights but my light meter gave better reading

 

[GardenFaerie]

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Spimp, you can use dust, but make it Bt dust. They sell a product called Dipel, or Thuricide. Dipel is dust, thuricide is liquid. It is a biological control of all worms which ingest it. They eat a bite, get sick and can't eat. It is the most potent pesticide for worms on the planet and it is naturally occurring. One can of Dipel costs about 6 dollars and will last two years in a big garden. I don't use it because it also kills Monarchs, Swallowtails, Gulf Frittilary, etc. I hand picked one worm off one pot plant.

Sevin Dust should be off the market it's so toxic. Rotenone is a naturally occurring pesticide also, but should be off the market. It is very toxic. So organic doesn't mean it is necessarily better. It can be even more toxic than synthetic pesticides in how they work. I would just say that, whenever using any pesticides of any kind, the entire label must be read front to back top to bottom. It is that important.

I'm very happy you won't use Sevin Dust any more. That's great.

 

[Spimp]

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Welcome SoilGirl. Glad to have you on board this ride. And thank you for you kind words regarding Mrs. Spimp.

@BigIrishDoode It seems everytime I place an internet order I always think "I'm forgetting something..." and its always superthrive I've been meaning to get some for like a year now. It seems like a great tool in the toolbox for alot of things.

@gardenfaerie Thank you very much for the alternatives. I'll be adding one of those to my next internet purchase for sure! Is there a particular brand that is better? Seems 'safer brand' is one listed, have you of them?

Good Weed everyone! I'm gonna bump around some journals then I may update some pics. Seems like I've finally hit the time where they are growing before my eyes!

 

[GardenFaerie]

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Yes, Spimp. Any brand is good provided it is listed on the label as bacillus thuringiensis with no other pesticides in it. It is Bt-K.

Bonide, Safer, Thuricide, Dipel...all good brands. Whatever is cheapest because it is all the same. Read the label before ordering to be certain of what you are getting. Labeling is not closely monitored, though regulated. Weird.

 

[trichomes]

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You are right! Moving pass my secret phobia of night butterflies.... not so secret now
they terrify me!

There is no way to get pass my screens.

terrified they will hang out by the doors now, you did well getting them away from the screen,

as long as you can get outside without opening a door, they won't get in.

I tend to get carried way sometimes, just keep an eye out, you know what you're doing and you do it well

 

[trichomes]

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thanks gf Spimp, i had good results w/ Safer liquid concentrate last year,

I just bought the Safer dust & liquid thuricide concentrate, 30 bux for both

big mistake using the mosquito net w/ no BT on Fluxy this year,

laugh, live n learn. i'm still smiling, no more worms on Fluxy.

 

[Spimp]

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Asia. 23 days, 5 nodes, and 2cm.

This one is baffling me. Last night after lights out, I sprayed her for spider mites as I had seen a few on her soil. This morning at lights on she was still looking the same.
I just went to check on her and every leaf was critically shriveled.
Looked like she was ripped out of the soil and thrown in the yard for a day. That bad. I couldn't even open a leaf without it tearing.
First one I've completely lost and wasn't culled. Well, first time for everything I guess.

p.s. Maybe that means I need to germ another bean or two.

 

[daTenshi]

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Sorry to hear Asia. Was it the spraying?
Which one was she? I went back from 1st page and can't seem to find her :/

 

[Spimp]

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That one. Ya, I think so. I coated the heck out of the whole pot and I bet she just didn't get dry and when the lights came on bam!

I'm already over it. I went and topped the BK's. Depending on how they bounce back will determine when I flip to 12/12. Also, my Auto is looking nice for her age. Big fans and I'm hoping she pops a pistol in the next few days.

 

[daTenshi]

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Stupid mites! Rawr!

Looking forward to pictures with the auto girl Just to measure our.. ladies

 

[Spimp]

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Nothing wrong with a lady photo shoot. I'll show you mine....

Sounds Like we may have a little Auto contest, huh daTenshi??