Thank you all for the well wishes:) No way could we move all these plants one by one Seamaiden....we just did inventory and I have 1333 in veg that we are moving outside! That would kill anyone's back:) I realized a long time ago that one of the secrets of enjoying life is by appreciating what you have GoD and that is how I live now. Sure we could have all sorts of better equipment, expensive cooling systems, etc., etc. etc. but we have what we have and my goal is to utilize what we do have and make it work out to the best of our ability. To save the power bill on 70 lights for 3 months is huge! To (hopefully) prove that using the sun and artificially provide adequate darkness to flower is huge to me as well in my over all plan to go green with this endeavor. We seriously hope to be able to put in a couple of wind turbines within a couple of years and some solar arrays as well and hopefully be able to drop some of the stigma of the high power usage of an operation like ours. Thanks for the info on the vitamin B Caveman...I will check into it!
As to bugs.....you know....we sort of just decided to embrace the bugs:) We operate with our bay door open all day and even through most of the night with the lights shining like a beacon because on a warmer night it makes the heat much more manageable and raised the humidity. We have all sorts of bugs like moths and beetles and even had a 30 inch bull snake come a calling 2 nights in a row! We just could not maintain the clean room approach because it did not work for us with dogs, multiple people in and out and it was too weird having the doors closed and the windows covered so we are just dealing with it. We seem to have less of a bug problem with the doors open actually....no more spider mite issues to speak of. We spray clean water every day or two, we spray with a mild detergent and water every day or two, use a mint oil/water spray every 7 days or so and about every 14 days we use
azamax just to be sure. If we see any trouble spots we use alcohol/water spray on certain strains that just seem to attract the darned things. We had worse issues when we tried to keep things all sealed up in all honesty. We do vacuum constantly and if we see anything on the plants we vacuum them carefully too. I am sure things can change on a moments notice but so far so good. We are very vigilant, groom the plants every day removing any dead/diseased/dying leaves and if there is more than 1 or two leaves with issues we give the plant a good check up and deal with any problems right then and there. I am sure we are mostly lucky but we also work hard at it so there is that. It is my hope that by having the plants in large containers "living" on pallets that the smooth ride from outside to inside will not be traumatic and if we do it from the moment we flip they should be used to it throughout their flowering period. I don't know if it will work or not but it seems like it should and that is what we are going to attempt:) I could fall flat on my face but I am really hoping that will not be the case. We plan on using beneficial's and teas a lot more outside since it is quite a bit easier to deal with outside than in. Keep your fingers crossed...I sure will!
