HerbCyclone
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Alright, I'm reaching here. The past few years have been pretty turbulent with loss and grief. My gardens are my brief respite from the craziness. I have a lot of fruits and veggies in my outdoor beds which always seem incredibly productive.
Last year my 6 plants (green house) turned into 5 in July, then 4 in August. Not for lack of effort, but by creating the wrong environment using my own dense hand sifted compost. The 4 barely produced, and were plagued with thrips and mites so spraying was constant.
Had a really good start this year(about 2 months ago in march) then damaged all my starts a few weeks ago with the first transplant going into 20% chicken compost and 80% high porosity potting soil.
Attributed damage to N burn, and then noticed thrips and possible russet or broad mite damage.
I've been spraying neem every evening for the last 2 weeks and new growth looks generally good on shoots and tops of plants, but I'm wondering if production would be better on fresh seedlings or even clones at this point after kicking my plants in the nuts, so to speak. I still have at least 5 months until harvest. Please help me have a good year!
Last year my 6 plants (green house) turned into 5 in July, then 4 in August. Not for lack of effort, but by creating the wrong environment using my own dense hand sifted compost. The 4 barely produced, and were plagued with thrips and mites so spraying was constant.
Had a really good start this year(about 2 months ago in march) then damaged all my starts a few weeks ago with the first transplant going into 20% chicken compost and 80% high porosity potting soil.
Attributed damage to N burn, and then noticed thrips and possible russet or broad mite damage.
I've been spraying neem every evening for the last 2 weeks and new growth looks generally good on shoots and tops of plants, but I'm wondering if production would be better on fresh seedlings or even clones at this point after kicking my plants in the nuts, so to speak. I still have at least 5 months until harvest. Please help me have a good year!