What Do You Think?

[the86thcreator]

I'm here in NY and I've never had such an awful growing season in my life. I guess I was spoiled by black dirt and full sun which is not the case anymore. Bringing better soil out would be too conspicuous and between that, the record-setting rainfall this spring and worse yet leafhoppers that are eating my plants to ribbons, my crop is looking dismal. My question is regarding the leafhoppers: As the plants start to flower and the resin and smell really kick in, do you think my bug problem will go away? Somewhat? I used this neem oil from "Garden Safe" and it burned my plants, so now I'm wary of sprays. Nothing seems to be going as I planned. They're 4 ft. tall now and preflowering, I was hoping for giants which used to seem effortless to grow 13 footers in blackdirt. To think of the plants I could have if it were legal and I could take care of them the way I wanted without fear of being arrested. Bug help would be much appreciated. Peace.

the86thcreator Reviewed by the86thcreator on 07-20-2009. What Do You Think? I'm here in NY and I've never had such an awful growing season in my life. I guess I was spoiled by black dirt and full sun which is not the case anymore. Bringing better soil out would be too conspicuous and between that, the record-setting rainfall this spring and worse yet leafhoppers that are eating my plants to ribbons, my crop is looking dismal. My question is regarding the leafhoppers: As the plants start to flower and the resin and smell really kick in, do you think my bug problem will Rating: 5

[Smoketobehappy]

Dood I live in new york and for the most part the weather has been very good lately for me. I have had rabbit/bug issues but the weather has been fairly good I think. Its been really sunny lately and I will admit the soil seems pretty dry a lot when i get to my spot but last year it was the same thing and i got a plant to 6feet and that was a male plant that i chopped at the end of august, if it was female it would have no doubt gotten to like 10 by the time it was done.

How often do you water. I have a twice a week schedule, one day of straight water, one day of regular strength nutes by foxfarms.

Also I don't get how you can have a problem with the soil being to dry when you say your plants aren't getting enough light. I would thnk the soil would be less prone to drying out.

[the86thcreator]

The plants (ak-47x bb) are getting full sun until 1:45pm. And while the weather has been nice lately, during the spring as I said, depending on where you are in NY, we got the most rain we've had in over 100 years. I water when neccessary, if I believe it is way too dry and there hasn't bee much rain I will def. water, but I don't water every week, the roots need to spread out for water sources. The healthier the roots, the happier the plant. The soil is not clay but not exactly what you would call topsoil. At the beginning of the season I till up the soil with hand tools and add a few bags of perlite and dynamit slow release plant food which is more convenient to use and less conspicous than a jug of blue water to bring into the woods, lol. Anyway, my question is do you think flowering will help with the bug problems, kind of like a natural pesticide? Usually my plants get so big that after a while they grow too fast for the bugs to really have any impact. They outgrow the bugs.