The Perpetual Healing Garden - SweetSue's Joyful Return

Shawnee said:
Hi SS and gang.....I had a mite infestation in 2014, my first year of growing....I suspended operation for 3 months....I was broken...I swabbed down 1500 sq. feet of drywall, sanitized all my pots and bottoms....It was horrific....then I burned sulfur......crazy shit.....but I eradicated.....didn't know if I could grow again mentally.....but I am and kicking ass, it's humbling.....strive on everyone....if I can do it, so can you.....:Namaste:
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I remember that Shawnee. It was brutal. Watching you overcome the infestation and the intimidation factor to shine as you are now was inspirational. That year tested your fortitude and made you choose your path. It didn't feel like such a blessing at the time, did it? :laughtwo:
 
Shawnee said:
Hi SS and gang.....I had a mite infestation in 2014, my first year of growing....I suspended operation for 3 months....I was broken...I swabbed down 1500 sq. feet of drywall, sanitized all my pots and bottoms....It was horrific....then I burned sulfur......crazy shit.....but I eradicated.....didn't know if I could grow again mentally.....but I am and kicking ass, it's humbling.....strive on everyone....if I can do it, so can you.....:Namaste:
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Super-mites!

I hate mites. I use the Dr Bronners spray a lot. Not a lot, but when I see mites I do. They seem to keep at bay. If it gets real bad, I'll spray 3 days in a row and really soak them good....

Cheers
 
lazyfish said:
Super-mites!

I hate mites. I use the Dr Bronners spray a lot. Not a lot, but when I see mites I do. They seem to keep at bay. If it gets real bad, I'll spray 3 days in a row and really soak them good....

Cheers
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lazyfish, are you talking about Dr. Bonner's peppermint soap? How strong do you make the solution?
 
I'm sorry, Sue, I only ever eye-ball the measurement. Just a splash of Dr B in water and then I use a spray bottle to apply. It can't be more than an oz (30ml) Dr B to 1 gal water. I can see that the application is soapy when I spray it but I think I mix it strong sometimes. Sometimes it is not foamy when I spray. ... It does not seem to affect the plant at all but does seem to turn pistils brown. As far as I can tell that is the only side effect and I sprayed late into flowering once the first time I saw mites with no real negative effects besides the brown hairs.

I have never had a real bad infestation. I change my soil often and am generally clean. I don't use air filtration and have carpeting through out my house.

I also see the tiny spots on leafs and sometimes rip the leafs off if the spots are very condensed or there seems to be an acute infestation on one leaf.

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lazyfish said:
I'm sorry, Sue, I only ever eye-ball the measurement. Just a splash of Dr B in water and then I use a spray bottle to apply. It can't be more than an oz (30ml) Dr B to 1 gal water. I can see that the application is soapy when I spray it but I think I mix it strong sometimes. Sometimes it is not foamy when I spray. ... It does not seem to affect the plant at all but does seem to turn pistils brown. As far as I can tell that is the only side effect and I sprayed late into flowering once the first time I saw mites with no real negative effects besides the brown hairs.

I have never had a real bad infestation. I change my soil often and am generally clean. I don't use air filtration and have carpeting through out my house.

I also see the tiny spots on leafs and sometimes rip the leafs off if the spots are very condensed or there seems to be an acute infestation on one leaf.

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Thanks, I'll keep this in mind. Love the smell of this soap. Lol! I initially balked at the price, but every time I use it I consider buying more and cleaning the entire apartment with it. Haha!

I'm beginning to think the only real way to contain them is what we both do and what AKgramma mentioned she also does - watch for obvious signs on a leaf and remove it quickly and carefully.

Someday we'll find a sure-fire way to eliminate them from a space without destroying the plant. :battingeyelashes: :green_heart:
 
KingstonRabbi said:
A word of encouragement on mites. I've been fighting them since August when they decimated my first crop. Thought I had them under control a couple times. They keep reappearing, but each time fewer plants and lighter infestation. Quick spray of neem stopped them before they did much damage. Now I can spot the tiny white dots before mites are even visible. Key here is that my leaves are healthy enough this time around that I can spot little things like that. They're gone before they can do any damage. Once tragic consequences have been reduced to no big deal, like doing an extra Brix or Destress spray per week. They are not having any noticeable impact on my grow.

Also I found one plant that seemed to be harboring them in it's leafy curly buds. It's gone now so control should get even easier. :hugs:
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I lived with mites and the potential for mites for over a year - brought into the house by clones.

After a few month I came upon a solution that meant I never saw another mite and saw mite damaged leaves about once a month.

1 part neem oil + 50 parts water + Dr. Bronner's (hemp) soap as needed.

Directions:

put 1/2 the warm water in the sprayer
put 1/2 the warm water in measuring pitcher
add neem to water in the measuring pitcher
whisk in Dr. Bronner soap until mixture starts to foam (emulsifies the neem oil)
add the mixture water to the water in the sprayer.

Spray mixture as a foliar spray.
Pour excess mixture into the soil of one pot. - The neem will NOT be effective more than a few hours after exposed to air and water.

Repeat every 2-3 days

When I saw mites in webs, it took 2-3 sprayings to eliminate the webs of mites.

It took about 2 weeks for the mites to totally disappear.

When I stopped spraying, it took about 1 week for mites to reappear.

:tommy: Buds sprayed with neem oil seemed more potent. - no control group of unsprayed buds.

I sprayed all the way until harvest day and bud washed as I did before using the neem/soap/water mixture
 
Radogast said:
I lived with mites and the potential for mites for over a year - brought into the house by clones.

After a few month I came upon a solution that meant I never saw another mite and saw mite damaged leaves about once a month.

1 part neem oil + 50 parts water + Dr. Bronner's (hemp) soap as needed.

Directions:

put 1/2 the warm water in the sprayer
put 1/2 the warm water in measuring pitcher
add neem to water in the measuring pitcher
whisk in Dr. Bronner soap until mixture starts to foam (emulsifies the neem oil)
add the mixture water to the water in the sprayer.

Spray mixture as a foliar spray.
Pour excess mixture into the soil of one pot. - The neem will NOT be effective more than a few hours after exposed to air and water.

Repeat every 2-3 days

When I saw mites in webs, it took 2-3 sprayings to eliminate the webs of mites.

It took about 2 weeks for the mites to totally disappear.

When I stopped spraying, it took about 1 week for mites to reappear.

:tommy: Buds sprayed with neem oil seemed more potent. - no control group of unsprayed buds.

I sprayed all the way until harvest day and bud washed as I did before using the neem/soap/water mixture
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Oh Rad.....:hugs:

You know, between you and Graytail the two of you have kept me glued together like no other members here. That says a lot, because the collective love of this community as expressed to me is overpowering at times.

You have always been there just when I needed you to be.

That could be said for so many of you. :circle-of-love: I hope I don't come across as needy as that sounds. :laughtwo:

As I read that I realized I'd been misspelling Dr. Bronner's name. Lol! My apologies to the good doctor. He makes one hellava soap. I have soap, neem oil, H2O and mites waiting to be foliared. Let me get to that ASAP.

Will dumping the leftover solution into the HB pots interfere with the kit workings? If no one has an answer I'll take this one to Doc's thread.

Thank you again. Snow White will understand when I say I love you, pure and simple. :kisstwo:
 
I am wasted.

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I decarbed some of the Carnival last night...... Whoa! I keep losing my place in reality. :rofl:

Let me try that again. Haha! Carnival..... Well named. :rofl:

Graytail, if you haven't decarbed some of your Carnival at 230 F for 90 to 110 minutes...... WTH??? Lol! This is unreal. I almost wrote "unbelievable," but I'm experiencing it, so we have to believe it. :laughtwo:

I was going to try for another hit. You see how tiny I take them. I can't do it. Lol. I can barely keep on track here. I purposely held off on the brownie so I could try this first. You bet your ass 8 grams of what I trimmed and jarred last night is going into the oven I'm preheating right NOW! :rofl:

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Most of it's still drying. This was just stuff that dried faster. Have I told you I'm wasted? :battingeyelashes: When I took the second tiny hit it felt, I mean it really felt like I lifted right off the floor. Like I levitated just a teeeeeny bit. Hahaha! It does feel like a party. :party: Perfect name for this strain. What a shame I live alone. Hahaha!

I'll have you know I actually walked to the stove and turned it on before I let myself move on. :laughtwo: My mother raised us with such a strong ethical core that I can't fudge the truth on a digital field. Lol! One of my many charms. Lol!

I'm telling you guys, somewhere between the range of 245 F (118 C) for 1 hr to 230 F (110 C) for 110 minutes lies the sweet spot. Dutch researchers worked to find the maximum THC values, and they came up with that 110 C. One has to assume they knew what they were talking about. The Dutch are famous for their methodical scientific standards. It's their findings I used to super-potentiate what I'm smoking.

I can't prove it, but my current batch of brownies, made with this same formula, didn't hit as deep and hard as the batch I made right before them with the 230 degree setting for an hour. There's a possibility something's going on through the gut not being accounted for. It's gonna take more experimentation to get that figured out.

I volunteer. :cheesygrinsmiley:

All of my flowers grown using Doc Bud's HighBrix Blend products have this signature clean ash residue. I find myself smiling with a certain pride when I see that. The decision is final. I'm switching the entire grow to Doc's system. :blunt:

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I'm ready to try for another hit. :laughtwo:
 
I've grown Carnival before. It's a tremendous high, which explains my current grow almost entirely devoted to Carnival Clones.

So I've smoked and eaten a fair quantity of Carnival.

I have never had a euphoric experience with this strain that comes close to what I'm experiencing right now. I have a high tolerance for cannabis. What I don't mean by that is that it takes more and more to satisfy me. What I mean is I have a high tolerance for the incredible levels of euphoria I get from the strains I use. Both of my favorite strains are high euphoric, the DDA is known to be borderline hallucinogenic. This extended decarb has lifted both of these strains from excellent to OMG!!!

Still haven't taken that fourth little hit. I keep getting distracted and forgetting what I was doing. :rofl: Thank goodness I got gardening out of the way before I fired up. Let me try again and get some hydro therapy in before I attempt a run to the store.

Time to order a bale of Pro-Mix HP. :slide:

The equivalent of what it took to get me this wasted.

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Yep, it's all fluff. Still trying for the last hit. It's staring at me saying it might be a better idea to wait until I'm done with the shower. Kinda scary. Lol!
 
Thanks Sue especially for the secret to brownies. Yep the Dutch do good research on that kind of thing. I saw a neat experiment on TV over there where you use vacuum to pull smoke of different types of smokes ie tobacco weed and tobacco or just weed into a glass bottle and let it condense and analyse what's there. You can also weigh the condensed smoke products ie how much smoke was produced and how much of this was tar xylene benzopyrene carcinogens in general etc whatever effective THC delivered.
 
Spookies said:
Thanks Sue especially for the secret to brownies. Yep the Dutch do good research on that kind of thing. I saw a neat experiment on TV over there where you use vacuum to pull smoke of different types of smokes ie tobacco weed and tobacco or just weed into a glass bottle and let it condense and analyse what's there. You can also weigh the condensed smoke products ie how much smoke was produced and how much of this was tar xylene benzopyrene carcinogens in general etc whatever effective THC delivered.
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We had an interesting discussion in the past couple days in the Study Hall about how smoking cannabis will increase the oxygen levels in your blood. The discussion has morphed into breathing techniques that increase the level of CO2, and by doing so increase your blood's ability to hold more oxygen.

We're helping our bodies breathe better. Lol! Let me try for that hit again. It doesn't look quite as intimidating anymore. Lol!
 
SweetSue said:
We had an interesting discussion in the past couple days in the Study Hall about how smoking cannabis will increase the oxygen levels in your blood. The discussion has morphed into breathing techniques that increase the level of CO2, and by doing so increase your blood's ability to hold more oxygen.

We're helping our bodies breathe better. Lol! Let me try for that hit again. It doesn't look quite as intimidating anymore. Lol!
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Lol. How about now?

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Mite Patrol

250 ml warm water + 5 ml neem oil

125 ml went into a mixing container and it only took a drop of the Dr. Bronner's to emulsify. Then I filled the 4 oz spray bottle halfway with water and topped with the neem emulsification.

I sprayed the hell out of them both.

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The remaining mix got dumped into the pot with Candy Cane Auto. She's starting to perk up. At day 17 she should. She sits in the back of the tent. That's where the lights are flashing on and off in this panel. Hmmmm...... She'll have to survive it. A better light will suddenly appear and she'll improve.

Maybe the neem oil will keep the chance of mites down. She got sprayed too.

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If you cant get the Dr. Bonner's soap, A TSP of Dawn dish washing liquid in the mix works, too, as an emulsifier. When we had the Valdez oil spill in the 80's, wildlife personnel used Dawn to wash the wildlife that got covered in oil. So it has a good rep here.
 
AKgramma said:
If you cant get the Dr. Bonner's soap, A TSP of Dawn dish washing liquid in the mix works, too, as an emulsifier. When we had the Valdez oil spill in the 80's, wildlife personnel used Dawn to wash the wildlife that got covered in oil. So it has a good rep here.
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The image of them using Dawn to clean the oil off the birds is stamped in my memory. Dawn is one of my household staples and I've used it to emulsify in a pinch. Thank you for reminding us. And good morning to you. :hugs:
 
AngryBird said:
HI
Crazy Christmas stuff going on here so I don't really have time today. Just stopped by for :hugs: HELLO :hugs:
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Glad the spirit is wrapping you up. :hugs: HELLO :hugs:
 
Jarring it up: Carnival #2

I'm happy. She came in at 86 grams, just over three ounces. :slide: I thought those big colas felt dense.

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To be baked into brownies in the morning. :yahoo: I've waited so long for this, and to discover that I can potentiate this delicious smoke is such a bonus I almost can't believe it.

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There we go..... :yahoo: :party: JARS OF CARNIVAL!!! :party: :yahoo:

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What a beautiful sight. Merry Christmas everyone. It's a very happy holiday season in my home. :cheesygrinsmiley:

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By my calculations, this represents 10 pans of super-potentiated BioBomb brownies, more than two months worth of daily meds for myself. :woohoo: This allows me to focus all of my attention on meds that I share with the daughter.
 
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