Just Getting the hang of it!!!

[JerzeeAmbeez]

Well in a drunken rage I killed the spider mites (warm soapy water that was a lil bit too warm, pepper spray that burn my hand, and insect spray that stinks) I also damn near killed my plants I very mad at myself...... well there dying right now but they are not DEAD as of now I'm just working on saving them.... I had also added a small amount of miracle grow(I don't know why I decided to use it, it fucks up everytime I do) I'M GOING TO GET A pH TESTER TODAY! I'll post some pic to show what happens when you get too drunk and angry around your plants....

Oh I never knew how much a 400w hps was......that a great price...I'll get one next time and some clean pots...(that where the mites came from,a dirty used pot from outside) I was doing so well...this was going to be one of my best grows...... so I'm about to start over before the summer is over, I GAVE LIL PIFF TO MY FRIEND I had washed it roots and re-planted it... I hear it doing well in its new home....

all I can do now is flush them with egg shell water and hope to bring them back to life as leaves fall off from the bottom.....

[JerzeeAmbeez]

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AS I try to save them..... so at myself..... I really don't want to drink anymore

[msalen]

sup jer, looking good so far, and yes it s not a good idea to fuck with your plants whil your drunk

[JerzeeAmbeez]

They are healing slowly so I'll post some pics when I get some more HPS&CFL lights and they start budding more...AND I GOT A PH tester too! the soil, its around 6.8 and 7.0....I think?

[staple123]

guys the best and safest way to kill spider mites is to always plan ahead and anticipate them...flowering buds are a magnet for these little critters...once infested its hard to completely get rid of them without causing major stress to the plant.

so what to do?

Buy "Fungicide 3 in1" by Garden Safe ($12/bottle at Home Depot)...this is a great organic product that not only prevents all forms of infestation but also prevents mold and allows you to foliar spray the plants right up thru week #8 of harvest...yep you hear me right...if you were rountinely spraying your babies with this stuff you can foliar spray them with water mixed with a light organic fertilzer solution...its 80% organic NEEMS oil

how to apply?

mix one teaspoon of Fungicide 3 in 1 with water in a typical 32 ounze foliar spray bottle and also for added measure you can add a small amount of your favorite "organic" fertilizer..I like Fox Farms products, and always add it to my foliar solution...about "half" a capfull of Fox Farm Tiger Bloom to the NEEMS oil foliar solution.

this way you accomplish three (3) things:

1. fungicide--mold can NOT grow easily in this enviroment
2. Spider Mites and other critters avoid your plant and can NOT
lay their eggs in your planst soil or on the undersides of those
larger fan leaves near the bottom of the plant.
3. foliar fertilizing directly to the growing buds...always good if temps are warm at night (I will explain below).

but its best NOT to spray your plants with the lights on..the NEEMs oil can cause leaf burn to the petiole (leaf stem)..so its safest to apply it after the lights go out or about a half hour before they are first turned on..this allows the NEEMs oil to dry completely on the leaves and act as a guard against mold and critters...and it does NOT effect the taste of your buds...its clean.

so, do this about twice/week during the Vegetative stage and once/week during the Flowering stage and keep your foliar spray bottle filled with this combination: fungicide/fertilizer solution.

also for those outdoor growers, its best to NOT foliar spray after week #4 of the Flowering stage (that's when the buds start to get fat), if the temperatures at night dip below 60 degrees...when it gets cold at night, that's when MOLD can form on petiole (leaf stem)and cause bad taste..so warm temperatures are what you want when you foliar spray flowering buds outdoors. You want them to dry out after being sprayed.

with indoor growers this is not as big a problem since temperature is better controlled when it gets dark in a grow closet.

also foliar spray the underside of those fat fan leaves..that's where the spider mites lay eggs to shield them etc...

thus you can be biug and mold free right thru week #8 of flowering stage or evn longer if your lighting is poor..less lights means smaller buds and more time beyond week #8 to completely finish.

p.s.
do NOT use any fertilizers in your foliar solution that contains Nitrogen after about week #7...you want your buds to taste better...just use somethings with Phosphourosus/Phosates only at that time in the flowering stage.

[ismokealldaylong420]

nice plants you got there on your next grow you should grow some lowryder you could fit alot of those little plants in your room and they grow fast

[blink_inc]

Molasses at 1tbs/gallon could increase the density and weight of your buds. Pretty much harmless as well.

[staple123]

also try Baby Talcum Powder as a good spider mite preventive measure, when setting up intially your grow room.

Talcum powder annoys most hairy insects and effects their respiration and many insects too.

I spray it in all the corners of the grow room (top and down) and also in the entire home. Spiders and many insects will stay out of such environments...that's an old school and very effective spider control technique that is popular in SoCal and cheap.

I spray the grown room liberally at the corners (top and bottom) with Home Defense and let it dry out before starting the grow operation; thus acting as the intial barrier and you can do the treatmnentagain later if ncessary.

p.s.

you can use that 70% Neems concentrate "3 in 1" by Garden Safe right into flowering (weeks 1-6), but cut the dilution down to 50% less than you used during Vegitative stage...the sulfur taste of Neems takes some time to work out of the plants system;

and follow that up with a heavy week of "flushing" during week #8 using CLEAREX to get that taste right.

also Clearex actually helps the plants cure a little uicker too. A 3 gallon pot should be flushed with 6 gallons of Clearex diluted water solution...do that 2 or 3 times before harvest and flush that plant!