How are the minty sisters?
Great question Jade, glad you asked.
Update time Y'all!
So, the Minty sisters were getting an increasing number of crappy looking leaves. Decent amount of leaf damage on the Minty Sisters. Since they are in re-used soil, I figured it could just be a deficiency. I spent a good long time with the usb microscope and couldn't find any critters crawling around. Strengthened my thought that it could be a nutrient deficiency, but I still wasn't convinced.
Once I got the girls home and set up again, I gave them a day to see what was up. The damage got worse, but it was still hard to tell. I should mention that a factor making it more difficult to tell if it was pest damage or deficiency is that because I had the ladies out of the tent and was occupied, my stupid cat had a field day chewing on leaves, making it impossible to tell what the damage truly was.
The time had come to take action. I busted out the SNS-209 Systemic Pest Control I was gifted by a highly decorated member of this forum, and gave the girls some 209water (even Obama despite the fact the water hadn't been PH'd, and Obama is STILL off the res 10 days later, more on that later
) Then I gave them a defol of their crappy leaves. Still delirious from the weekend of sleep deprivation, room rearranging, and tent tear down set up tear down set up, I failed to take a picture of the leaf damage before I got rid of them. A golden educational opportunity lost, bummer. Anywho, I removed the crappy leaves.
Tonight I was in the tent to give the girls their second round of 209water, and I saw this
It's hard to see, but if you look near the stem, you'll see a longish white thing. That is a fully grown fungus gnat. I wasn't sure what it was, but with several google image searches, I was able to tell it's a gnat because of the wings and their pattern. So I got out the diatomaceous earth and set down a nice thick layer on each of the Minty sisters, and then covered that with aquarium rock so it doesn't blow everywhere and cover everything. That is some mess stuff
Whilst laying the diatomaceous layer, I noticed this little guy...
My plants have their very own guardian, this tiny little spider guy. He is definitely a spider. I took about 40 pictures trying to get a good one. He wasn't too cooperative, and he is tiny, so it was very hard for my camera to get a good picture. I'm pretty stoked about him. He should be a big help, if he can stay away from the diatomaceous earth.
Expecting the sisters to start showing sex in late next week or the week after.
Now let's take a look at the sisters in question.
#2
Hardest Defol of them all. Not because of leaf damage, but because as you can see the side shoots are ridiculously small still.
#3
The most leaf damage of the 4. Also the most developed of the 4
#4
The least damage of the 4. Still so small and squat. Really cute, but c'mon
#5
Maybe the least damaged of the 3 larger girls, possibly because it's the plant with the spider.
Obama.
She's really dense and bushy. I am shocked and amazed that Obama has gone a full 10 days with out being watered, and no drooping at all.It's easy to forget that her bushiness is all top-ish leaves. There isn't much in the way of lower growth. I took care of that
I can't believe she hasn't gotten droopy yet. She's so light now. She got a splash of 209water. While she does't have soil, I don't want her to be the target because she didn't get the systemic pest control. I really hope it's been working and that roots have gotten bigger. 23 days unit the flip!!!!
That's where we're at today
Hope your garden is beautiful and bountiful
PinkyGreen
You've got some great friends Sweetleef