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Wonderful!! Love science please keep us informed with pest management controls that they suggest.Had an agriculture biologist form the county Ag department up today for a tour. They are working on nursery guidelines as well as a cannabis specific IPM program for next year and wanting input as well as information about the industry. An sustainable (aka organic) certification program for Mendocino is in the works as well. The details still need to be ironed out and I would want to see the specific guidelines before we signed up, but by next year we might be able to have an official certification for organic, Mendocino grown cannabis which is pretty cool.
I can take any pests and bugs I find now down to the Ag Department for identification and advise on how to deal with them, which is going to prove to be invaluable I think. They can even send in bugs to state sponsored labs for analysis for me too. Having an trained, professionally educated biologist who specializes in entomology to consult with will be a powerful tool. I think a lot of pests get misidentified which results in incorrect pest control management. For example the guy we had up today told me that they have yet to see a documented case of broad mites or russet mites in the county. Yet I head countless stories about how both borads and russets are everywhere this year. Makes me wonder if that is really what is affecting people's gardens or if people are not correctly identifying their pests (personally I have never seen either broads or russets here either).
I would imagine you're speaking of dhn or harborside, very possible they put out something with some bad mites on it, but is it also possible that all of us amateur botanists (even those of us growing for 20+ years) are misidentifing the problem? I'd like to think that russets and broads aren't that prevalent and we as a community have been misdiagnosing the problem.No offence Blaze, as you know what your doing. However, if I had a agriculture biologist out on my farm, and they told me broads and russets aren't prevalent, then I would seriously doubt his real world experience. Just my two cents, very cool to have those tools.
BTW - I know for a fact one of the biggest clone distributors put out around 10 million cuts with russets, so I KNOW FOR A FACT russets are a big force in the industry. Most states on the west coast are supplied through this clone distributor.
I've been using it for a few years, but not on cannabis and definitely not on flowering cannabis. I use Surround. It gives some relief from things like aphids and cucumber beetles as well. Mostly I've been using it to prevent heat scorch.He also uses Kaolin Clay as a foliar, says it gums up their mouths
How much are the pounds going for my dude ??I had not posted any grow threads in a long while, though I'd share a bit with what we've been up to out in the Mendocino hills lately. So far 2016 is off to a good start - the clones are vegging, the seedlings are sprouted and growing, and we actually got some much needed rain this winter and spring. Nice to see the hills still green and the wild flowers everywhere, unlike the last few years where everything was brown and dead by the end of winter.
Seed line up for this year:
Kush Cleaner (aka Longbottom Leaf), from Sierra Skunk / Loran
Kush Cleaner x Mendo Pineapple, a new cross of mine being tested
Guava Kush F2 x Kush Cleaner, a cross of mine I've been working with a lot the last 2 years
[Kryptonite x Grape Krush] x Kush Cleaner, a new cross of mine being tested
SFV OG Backcross from a friend in Trinity
OG Ringo from SoHum Seeds
Ringo's Gift from SoHum Seeds
Mendocino Purple Kush from CSI: Humboldt
Cornbread Bubba from CSI: Humboldt
Clone line up:
Archive OG
OG Twist
Mendo Pineapple
Urkle Wreck
Purple Zebra from NCGA
OG Ringo (best pheno from last year)
Kush Cleaner (best pheno from last year)
Kryptonite x Grape Kush (best pheno from last year)
Guava Kush F2x Kush Cleaner (most potent pheno)
Watermelon Rancher (most unique smell and flavor from last year's [Guava Kush F2 x Kush Cleaner] selection, placed in the top 20 at the Emerald Cup.)
I might plant a Super Silver Haze (Oldsgo cut) and a Guava Kush F2 as well, but their growth and rooting seems to be a bit lagging this year so I don't know if I want to dedicate any space to them.
The final details need to be approved but we will be able to grow up to 99 outdoor plants or 9,990 square feet of greenhouse space with no plant limits
Right now we are allowed 25 or 2500 square feet of canopy of flowering plants per parcel without a permit exemption and without having to sign up with the sheriffs department.
Not having to worry about getting busted by local law enforcement will be such a huge relief! Not to mention I would be able to grow 2-4 times as many plants as I can now, completely legally.
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