Stardawg17, Dutch Bucket, Photo, Fall 2022

[InTheShed]

Plants are looking great! Carry on with what you're doing.

I wasn't able to locally source Safer insecticide, so, I had to use Captain Jack's.

That's spinosad, which works as well. Only caveat I remember with that is that it's only supposed to be used 6x/growing season.

And of course, wash with something when you harvest.

 

[stardawg17]

Plants are looking great! Carry on with what you're doing.

Thanks shed...how about that PQ2, eh?

I didn't get pics but the clones look very perky this evening

 

[InTheShed]

how about that PQ2, eh?

Absolutely crazy!

 

[stardawg17]

Clone update...day 2

No roots yet

 

[stardawg17]

Clones - day 3

No roots yet

Flower Day 12 - 88 Days from seed

NLs on the left / PQs on the right

NL2 on left / NL1 on right

NL3

 

[InTheShed]

Looks like it's time to push the walls out!

 

[stardawg17]

Looks like it's time to push the walls out!

yeah...I need to remove the shelves I have the heater and humidifier on so I can shift everything south

 

[stardawg17]

Update time...Since the girls are drinking about a gallon per day I mixed up 14 gallons of nutrients this week. I'm having issues pulling data from the monitoring system so I'll start with the clones update today.

Clones - day 6

Upgraded to 950 GPH air pump and dual 2" cylindrical air stones. It's very bubbly now

I added Hormex rooting hormone to the reservoir Friday. Today I added GH bloom formula following the cloning process Ed Rosenthal outlines in his book "Marijuana Garden Saver." The protocol calls for adding grow formula to the reservoir at 1/4 strength over the next few days.

I also sprayed them with a weak hydrogen peroxide solution because it looks like some of my cuttings may have mites. I'm not certain if that is what caused the yellowing of the leaves because there was already some spotting prior to my spraying.

Here are the group photos from today...day 91 from seed and day 15 from flip.

Tent view 1: NL2 on left NL1 on right

Tent view 2: NL3

We are definitely in flower now. NL2 is showing some stress. I'm guessing light burn so I moved the lights up another couple of inches. I've only got about 2 more to go and I'll be all the way against the tent ceiling, which I don't want to do because I want the cooling fans to be able to pull in air.

 

[stardawg17]

While my report continues to run let's do the roundup

NL1 - Day 91- Flower day 15

 

[stardawg17]

NL2 - Day 91 - Flower day 15

I need to lookup the issue in the Rosenthal book and the plant abuse thread. Very weird how the leaves are all shrunken near the insides and look burnt on the tips. NL2 is the only plant behaving this way, although, they all are showing just a bit of nutrient burn on the tips.

 

[stardawg17]

NL3 - Day 91- Flower day 15

 

[stardawg17]

PQ1 - Day 91- Flower day 15

 

[stardawg17]

PQ2 (The Runt) - Day 91- Flower day 15

 

[stardawg17]

and finally the report...

Report Date	Seed Drop	Week	Flip Date	In Flower
1/22	10/23	13	1/7	TRUE

Plant ID	Strain	Days Old	Height (cm)	Growth (cm)	Topped On	Days Flowered	Harvest Date	Days To Go
NL1	Northern Lights	91	29	7		15	3/3	40
NL2	Northern Lights	91	32	5	12/11	15	3/3	40
NL3	Northern Lights	91	33	8		15	3/3	40
PQ1	Purple Queen	91	47	17	12/25	15	3/7	44
PQ2	Purple Queen	91	34	8	12/17	15	3/7	44

AIR QUALITY
VPD	(Pa)		Temp	(F)		RH	(%)
max	avg	min	max	avg	min	max	avg	min
2424.085531	1347.451292	586.1076028	86.1	75.85568735	55.68	70.5	56.10646468	33.7

WATER QUALITY
pH	(logarithmic units)		TDS	(ppm)		Temp	(F)
max	avg	min	max	avg	min	max	avg	min
7.99	5.965173367	0	7816.78	960.9975698	26.16	78.35	69.23674257	-196.6

NUTRIENTS
	ml/gal	gallons	Total ml
FloraMicro	3.8	14	53.2
FloraGro	3.8	14	53.2
FloraBloom	5.7	14	79.8
CalMag	1.8	14	25.2
Floralicious+	0	14	0
KoolBloom	1	14	14
Flora Nectar	0	14	0
Silica Gold	4	14	56
FloraKleen	0	14	0
Hormex	5	14	70
h2o2 (12%)	0	14	42

So what I thought were pics of larvae I now believe to be pics of the actual mites themselves. I'm not sure if they're broad mites or spider mites. Either way, I gave the girls a good soaking with Rosenthal's H2O2 spray. He claims that it's safe to use throughout flower and can be used as a "prophylactic treatment." However, I find it difficult to spray the undersides of the leaves where they like to hang out. Hopefully I can get them under control and still have a good harvest

 

[InTheShed]

Clones - day 6

Is that thermostat the water temperature? 77º seems a bit on the warm side for hydrocloning, no?

I need to lookup the issue in the Rosenthal book and the plant abuse thread.

Have you pulled off a leaf and scoped it? I'm curious if that curl is from a pest.

PQ2 (The Runt) - Day 91- Flower day 15

Runt no more!

So what I thought were pics of larvae I now believe to be pics of the actual mites themselves. I'm not sure if they're broad mites or spider mites. Either way, I gave the girls a good soaking with Rosenthal's H2O2 spray. He claims that it's safe to use throughout flower and can be used as a "prophylactic treatment." However, I find it difficult to spray the undersides of the leaves where they like to hang out. Hopefully I can get them under control and still have a good harvest

Are you spraying the 12% undiluted, and are you using a surfactant (like yucca powder or castille soap)?

Also, get yourself a 1g pump sprayer from Home Depot ($13). Sprays the undersides of the leaves easy peasy.

 

[stardawg17]

Have you pulled off a leaf and scoped it? I'm curious if that curl is from a pest.

Not these top leaves. i scoped the lower ones that had holes and they definitely had mites, just not sure if they were broad or spider. I'll show these tomorrow. Fear they may have dreaded hemp russet mites. I ordered

Nature's Good Guys Amblyseius andersoni 10 Sachets with 250 Mites​

Are you spraying the 12% undiluted, and are you using a surfactant (like yucca powder or castille soap)?

The 12% is just added to the reservoir. The spray is 150 ml 3% added to 700ml water. No surfactant.

get yourself a 1g pump sprayer from Home Depot ($13)

The indoor earthworm (local hydro store) sells a smaller one I think I'll pick up.

 

[stardawg17]

Is that thermostat the water temperature? 77º seems a bit on the warm side for hydrocloning, no?

That temp reading was from calibration of the ph meter while I had the sensor in the house for cleaning. The reservoir temp floats between 65-72

 

[InTheShed]

As long as it has a wand and hose it will make under spraying much easier.

If that's the recommended dilution on the hydrogen peroxide spray then go with that, but I'd add a surfactant to make sure some of it sticks where you need it.

 

[stardawg17]

So took off 3 leaves from NL2 tonight and scoped them

I didn't see anything that looked like pests... @InTheShed @Emilya Green @Bill284 @Buds Buddy @HashGirl what do you all think? I think she does look better tonight after I raised the lights. She was also closest to the space heater which I turned to have its back to her.

NL2 - Day 91

NL2 - Day 92

 

[InTheShed]

With no pests that leaves environmental and genetic. Given the proximity to the lights and heater I'd wait a while to see if it progresses now that you've sorted those two things out.

Genetic mutations can be pretty weird, like Dutchman's freaky one here. He never found a cause.