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Crazy I got broads now. Same deal in veg flower scoped ok. I’m fighting for now but prob gonna toss veg n exterminate.I have been growing using a continuously recycled soil that I built and amended, had tested, and amended again. I keep the dirt in a 200 gal fabric pot with worms and I use it to fill 15 gal pots for my veged up plants to go into flower.
This has worked well for me for a couple of years until I was wiped out by broad mites this fall. The awful buggers never made it to my flower room, but I had to chuck my veg stock, flower out what was left in the tent, clean everything release beneficial insects and now I’m ready to reset/restart. I’m trying to turn this rather humbling and vexing occurrence into an opportunity to set myself up with a new system, try some new genetics, and hopefully improve the quality of my yeilds
I like the soil stock idea and with the worms. I thought of putting couple worms in garden too.So I built a pressure treated cart to put a 150 gal pot on and filled it with my soil plus growstones plus puffed clay pellets plus a few ammendments
You should get you a can of plastidip or something to coat your cart. I don’t see it effecting the plant. But it’ll make your work last a lot longer. Probably never have to rebuild one.So I built a pressure treated cart to put a 150 gal pot on and filled it with my soil plus growstones plus puffed clay pellets plus a few ammendments
Thanks for your interest, Monster, I believe that there may be bug issues from this soil. As soon as I get a cover crop I plan to release predator mites. With this single container style IPM needs to be on point. If you have genetics that you are trying to save I would recomend tossing everything that is not essential then treating the keepers with extreme vigilance. I saved only a couple solo cup sized plants ant treated them with neem oil, Spinozad, and horticultural oil until they were almost dead. They are wracked and still recovering, and I still keep them quarantined and, to be honest, I may chuck them too. The Broad mites make spider mites seem innocuous. Microscope is essential.Crazy I got broads now. Same deal in veg flower scoped ok. I’m fighting for now but prob gonna toss veg n exterminate.
just reading the words broad mites sends shivers down my spine to this day!!!!!Thanks for your interest, Monster, I believe that there may be bug issues from this soil. As soon as I get a cover crop I plan to release predator mites. With this single container style IPM needs to be on point. If you have genetics that you are trying to save I would recomend tossing everything that is not essential then treating the keepers with extreme vigilance. I saved only a couple solo cup sized plants ant treated them with neem oil, Spinozad, and horticultural oil until they were almost dead. They are wracked and still recovering, and I still keep them quarantined and, to be honest, I may chuck them too. The Broad mites make spider mites seem innocuous. Microscope is essential.
good luck and karma in your combat!!!They are serious little monsters for sure Jumpincactus. I’m sure I’m not through with them but am endeavoring to persevere. Thanks for reading.