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These two little sweeties were my treat today from the indoor garden.
BionicKroniK
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Those are some nice lookin' strawberries, looks like they're on the sweet side?
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Can they grow right along with cannabis? Under same light? It’s probably mentioned in your journal so I’ll look through it...but I was wondering if there were any cool fruits or vegetables I could grow along side it.
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They were very sweet. I’m not looking to produce but rather keep them alive until I can plant them outside wherever I end up moving in the spring/summer.
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Yes. The red outlined plants on the right are my strawberries. I’ve also got lisianthus and avocado growing lol. They are also fed the same as my cannabis (strawberries like acidified substrate). Everything in the tent is in coco coir and not soil.
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Yea, I would keep an eye out for mites, but actually, if you introduce some beneficial mites into that garden right now, you'd never have to worry ever. They would breed in there like that. You would have a little personal creepy crawly army that would kill eat and lay eggs on there enemies bodies.
Then lay eggs by the pollens when they can't find any enemies to eat. 
Good guys to have on your side. An all seeing 
constantly monitoring leaf undersides for spider mites.
I think beneficial mites and bugs might possibly stimulate good responsive behavior, ie. enhanced resin production in cannabis also. There's some science behind my theory on this one, but I think the jury is still out. I'm not sure.
These are the better ones, IMO. Amblyseius swirskii Best predator bugs I've ever used.
Looks like a cool pet too me.
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They look awesomeThis is the continuation of the below diary:
Grow number two, making space
Second grow, first indoor. And I have almost no expectations for this grow except to learn. But I’m certainly aiming for something to harvest. Both are in week 2 of being a seedling so after this week they will be officially vegetative. So I guess you could say these are at week zero and will...www.thcfarmer.com
as well as my indoor and outdoor grows going forward.
Currently, there are three cannabis plants in my (faery) garden (ht @dire wolf). Left to right, sensible seeds gelato autoflower, karma genetics white og fem, and Barney’s farm purple punch fem. All are in soil (coast of maine stonington blend) and perlite. All have different feeds, but all are hand-watered. A couple of weeks ago I torched my poor garden with too much magnesium and calcium and nutrient lockout. Everyone survived (one plant was harvested), but between being uppotted and locked out, the purple punch has been at a standstill with growth and the nitrogen deficiency seems to have hit pretty hard. Yesterday she got a regular feed again finally (Earth Juice Seablast nutrients for this and future grows) of Grow, and today she’s starting to look better. The white OG plant in flower has some lighter green leaf edges that I believe to be a result of the nutrient lockout a couple of weeks ago but she has now been fed again and I’ll keep an eye on it. The gelato has had a few leaves removed and some lst done. She’s a bit sad sacky/pissy at the moment.
Two beans are currently in warm wet darkness to be added to the mix. Fastbuds blue dream autoflower and nirvana blue cheese autoflower, once sprouted, will be put into jiffy pellets. Their next (and final) destination and medium will be 1 gallon fabric containers of coco coir. My tent is a Cool Grows 36” x 20” x 63”, @SpiderFarmerLED SF2000 at 100%
and 24” from canopy, AC Infinity Cloudline T4, a couple of small clip-on fans, and a small humidifier outside of the tent that is on only during lights on. The flowering plant spends 12 hrs of darkness every day in a closet with a small oscillating fan while the others remain on an 18/6 schedule. Typically, lights on temps are 80-84 F and 68-71% RH; lights off temps are 69-72 F and 53-58% RH. Stay tuned...
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Thank you!They look awesome
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So do you smoke em when you are done with them? I mean at harvest do you need to wash these creepy things off or do they march away on command to your next grow?Yea, I would keep an eye out for mites, but actually, if you introduce some beneficial mites into that garden right now, you'd never have to worry ever. They would breed in there like that. You would have a little personal creepy crawly army that would kill eat and lay eggs on there enemies bodies.
I think beneficial mites and bugs might possibly stimulate good responsive behavior, ie. enhanced resin production in cannabis also. There's some science behind my theory on this one, but I think the jury is still out. I'm not sure.
These are the better ones, IMO. Amblyseius swirskii Best predator bugs I've ever used.
Looks like a cool pet too me.
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I don’t personally wash the indoor plants but I do the outdoor.So do you smoke em when you are done with them? I mean at harvest do you need to wash these creepy things off or do they march away on command to your next grow?
@Frankster did I miss something? What brought up the mites stuff?
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Ohhhhh shit lol. I need a bigger tent! YOU CAN GROW AVOCADOS!?!? Ok, who needs a basement anyway? I think it’s going to become a garden room. Strawberries, Avocados, wonder if bananas would do well too.
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If I could have a full on greenhouse, I would.
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Why is this here?
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I had a friend 50+ years ago that lived in a jungle. Her home was wall to wall ceiling to floor plants. She's the one that taught me growing, transplanting and cloning not pot but everything else. She was a hoot, any time we went anywhere she'd take a clipping of plants she didn't have. It embarrassed the heck out of us at restaurants,airport,Dr. office, banks, hotel lobbies...She had no problem walking over in plain site taking a good snipping and saying you don't mind do you...snip and walk away...I think people were in shock and didn't know what to say. I remember it as funny as heck but at the time it was sketchy going anywhere with her.
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Flipped the big foot glue, blue dream, PKO, squirt, and AB200. The PKO and AB200 will need to be sexed.
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Forum breeding project update. It’s a girl!
Post in thread 'A Forum Breeding Project (in more than 5 words)'
https://www.thcfarmer.com/threads/a-forum-breeding-project-in-more-than-5-words.121019/post-2726017
Post in thread 'A Forum Breeding Project (in more than 5 words)'
https://www.thcfarmer.com/threads/a-forum-breeding-project-in-more-than-5-words.121019/post-2726017
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PKO will let you know pretty clearly, the pollen sacs on it are like the size of golf balls. Hopefully it'll get you higher than giraffe balls, too.
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The three other seeds took a while to germinate but have yet to pop through. Not sure they will so I hope she’s a girl. She’s also only at the fourth node.PKO will let you know pretty clearly, the pollen sacs on it are like the size of golf balls. Hopefully it'll get you higher than giraffe balls, too.
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Yea, I suppose to some degree. Scientific American report we annually eat one to two pounds of live bugs each year for the average American. So smoking them doesn't really give me the Heebie jeebies these days.So do you smoke em when you are done with them? I mean at harvest do you need to wash these creepy things off or do they march away on command to your next grow?
Plus we eat live microbes the trillions; so there's that. My guess is they are regulated mostly too the fans, and undersides, not really ever making it too the insides of the flowers; but that's just a hunch. I've got nothing to back it up.Yea, just noting that your pollen farm in there would be sustainable for raising the good guys long term. I think with alternate species of plants, your likely also at slightly increased risk; possibly. But that those pollens can be leveraged for a very highly beneficial purpose. If you've always got a few of those good guys lurking; they can replicate far faster than the evil mites, so there would be basically zero chance of ever having problems arise in that vein.
Just a thought. I was really impressed when I had them breeding. Cause I had the bad mites for years, and they always returned. Once I had established the good ones, and actually had some pollens to sustain them over the long haul; when they ran out of prey; they somehow managed to completely eradicate the issue. But there a wonderful preventative IMO.
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