Tox salt buildup affect flavor of product? (split)

[Weedhound]

If he has pests of some kind.....that will certainly affect that nice scent you are talking about. Pests will stress his plants out TO THE MAX so that would be answer right there. There are tough sprays etc that will work for him but he has to be willing to use them (you said he was old school...). A pest infestation can really put him through the ringer....not only with this grow but in future ones as well.

Most of us do things the modern day way here.....no offense to your friend but its probably the only way I know how to grow.....chemicals and numbers and checking ph etc......so not much help in old fashioned way of doing things I'm afraid.

love the "i am the upper crust" statement. :thumbsup: He should check and adjust his ph before and several times a day while flushing his plants. Anytime it gets out of a good range (5.6-6.2) he wastes times while the plants have to recover.....even if it's not something he is seeing happening.

If the ph is good...the nutes are not too much (1/2 strength you said) and he's using good water without a bunch of crud in it (where is he gettng the water?) then my guess would be that the pests are doing more of a number on his grow than he thinks.

[jim55555]

i did not get the time line of events,i spoke to him today and he said it now has some odor ,matter of fact he siad it had the lovely blooming ganja smell .i am beginning to think he dont get enough fresh air for his self and the odor is there but he dont smell it.
the good news is that he is smelling something.
he said"they look much better,the roots are finally growing at their normal rates and foliage is beginiing to grow again.
i beleive him.hes supposed to stop by this weekend with something so i guess i'll see.

does anyone use mantis ooths to control pests?they would seem to be the ideal predator.:S1:

[stinkyattic]

he told me they are doing better but the leaf to bud ratio is way off.he said its like 30/70 favoring leaves when before it was 70/30 favoring bud.

This is typical of a plant that has been fed too much nitrogen too late into the flowering stage. Leaf-to-calyx ratio skyrockets.

[jim55555]

This is typical of a plant that has been fed too much nitrogen too late into the flowering stage. Leaf-to-calyx ratio skyrockets.

do you kno of anyone that had success using the praying mantis (hatching ones ) very tiny to control pest or have you never heard of such a stupid idea?

[stinkyattic]

I've heard of many more growers using ladybugs indoors because they are cheaper and easier to get, and you can keep quite a good number of them around. I've used them myself in the past, not in my grow, but at a commercial greenhouse where I used to work, and they were very effective. I get an infestation of ladybugs in mhy grow twice a year, don't know where they come from, but I consider it good fortune and they really knock down the pest population!

[jim55555]

I've heard of many more growers using ladybugs indoors because they are cheaper and easier to get, and you can keep quite a good number of them around. I've used them myself in the past, not in my grow, but at a commercial greenhouse where I used to work, and they were very effective. I get an infestation of ladybugs in mhy grow twice a year, don't know where they come from, but I consider it good fortune and they really knock down the pest population!

what about praying mantis nymphs i quess you might call them,he is putting a ooth in the garden 1 a month so its a continous hatching of mantis about 200-300 per oth hatch,they can survive in a hydro envirment,once they been feeding 10-15 days they seem to be able to float really good and use your plants to climb up onto the tops,when they first hatch they float like canoes ,he told me some drown but not many.also when you are running your water cycle to turn the fan off,he got regular light with no air cooling so he dont kno how it would work with aircooled lights.
i was over at his place today.he just got a heater for his rez.
i TOLD him to buy the titanium heater but he dont listen to everything i say and he got the glass one thats like 15$ cheaper.
n he got it and aint no way its gonna work cause its for a fishtank.
the good news is hes realizing more and more everyday about hydroponics itself,i gave him some info i got so he can get his stuff going the right way.
like with the heater i sat down n told him the titanium will be able to take MORE ABUSE then the glass one,it can get dry n not bust,he got the glass one n i dont beleive hes happy with it either so u quess hes sending it back for the other titanium.

before i leave i have talked him into getting a pc so he can be more in the circle then he is now.
thanks for the info ,if you have any info on the mantis let me kno he cannot use the ladybugs for some reason he didnt explian to me.