Episode 3...Revenge of the LED

[Opie Yutts]

We're still on schedule as far as I know.

Uh, if by on schedule you mean something other than on schedule. WT please check email. Damn cops.

[lunarose]

Thanks. It just seems that WT has needed to do a lot of adjusting and tweeking with his grows and I was wondering if it was typical of indoor grows.

[SnSstealth]

Thanks. It just seems that WT has needed to do a lot of adjusting and tweeking with his grows and I was wondering if it was typical of indoor grows.

Growing with LEDs, learning new shit..gotta tweak alot...lol
Definitely less nutes needed with the LEDs...
whiskeytango

[Weezard]

Growing with LEDs, learning new shit..gotta tweak alot...lol
Definitely less nutes needed with the LEDs...
whiskeytango

And a whole lot less water.

Aloha, Moonflower.

In soil it is very easy to overwater with LEDs.

Didn't know about nute uptake.
I use about half the recommended concentration in a DWC with great results so, haven't had a problem, yet.
Also notice that unlike HPS, bugs can "see" the LEDs and are attracted.

Het WT,
any other quirks you can think of?

Aloha,
Weeze

[SnSstealth]

The Reds are coming!!!! The Reds are coming!!!

Apparently the midge doesn't mind a Hot Shot Pest Strip...Could care less. Might even go as to say, they love it! For some reason, 5 days with the Hot Shot, AND THERE ARE TWICE THE BUGS!?!?!?!?!?!

Enter Big Boy,
The B-52 has flown over the grow. Deployed Pyrethin Bomb...Fuckers better die now goddamnit...

Other than that, they are budding like CRAZY, and nasty resin at 22 days flower on the HKxBI!!! WOOT!
Dern yellow spots from first grow are back, for those who were around. The plants are all getting lighter nutes, and PH corrected water?!?!? Is it the bugs, or are the plants (got CO2 running) using up the nutes too fast, and are getting deficiencies?

fuck man...
:joint1:
whiskeytango

[Weezard]

Aloha, WT n DB

Dem buggahs couldn't care less 'bout plant sap.
Dey want people sap. (the growed up flies, that is.)

But their kids!?
Argh! Just like the Fungus Gnats, when the larvae run low on decaying crap, they start nibbling root hairs.
Looks like nute problems because uptake suffers.
Killing adults is just spinning your wheels.
Might make you feel betta' but wont help da girls.

Time for a little larvacide!
The Larvae live close to the surface.
They can be poisoned with a drench.
They pupate in the top inch of soil and are then difficult to poison. (Pupae don't eat and hardly breath)
1/2" of white sand on the surface will stop future hatching and the worms will pupate and die.
Easy to water through, non-toxic and reflective.

Kill a few million for me,
Weezard

[SnSstealth]

gonna try the sand...Did a soaking with a larvacide 2-3 times already..
WT

[Weezard]

gonna try the sand...Did a soaking with a larvacide 2-3 times already..
WT

Good!
It's more when, than how much, but I'm sure you looked it up.

About the sand;
Clean, aquarium grade, white sand is best.
Got the tip from a Tulip farmer.
It works for F.G.s but, there are many kinds of biting Midges.

If you have the type of Midges that some folks call sand fleas, it may not be as effective. Don't really know Texas bugs.

"I'm not an expert, I just play one when stoned." (Love that line, stole it).

Guess I'm just worried about da "Ladies of the Light".
Got some closeup shot of the symptoms?

Virtually paternal.
Weeze

[veggii]

well I don't know about ya'll but Texas has some super hero fleas ...:wtf:

[lunarose]

WT and Weezard, Thanks. I am certainly learning a lot here which is going to save me a lot of grief I was thinking all I would need to do is get the right lighting and bring the girls inside(G) I have to be careful because I have a tendancy to love my plants to death(G)