No they are not same quality, I dont have room for giant bale of hp here but I will at new place so I'm going back to it in few weeks, I'll just use what's left of this for houseplants lolThe retail store mixes are not of the same quality or ingredients (or price) as the professional bales according to premier horticulture. But i never tried any.
Just flush it out some before planting.
I used to add sand to mine as well as perlite when I had hpPromix HP is all we ever used, it's their quickest draining mix as far as I know. Often we added a bit more chunky perlite to it, but sometimes didnt bother out of sheer laziness. But I felt it benefitted from an additional 20% or so. Shorter wet/dry cycles.
Went for a bike ride around the neighborhood this afternoon. Its beautiful out today. Low humidity and its about 80 degrees. Heat wave over for a minute.
Good to remember why I live out in the woods even with its challanges. I grew up in neighborhoods with houses as far as you can see. And beyond only highways and malls and strip centers.
Now I have back roads to rivers, lakes, trails and even sand dunes and the shore of lake Michigan is only 20 minutes away.
:-)
That's some beautiful scenery man now you know why I want to get back up north!
Let's talk about root aphids:
A few weeks ago I posted a thread about some mystery spots
Help identify yellow leaf spots?
Can anyone second that this is septoria? Had it years ago but didn't look like this, was always a brown spot with a black ring around it, but I know that septoria can also appear as yellow spots, thanks in advance for any helpwww.thcfarmer.com
they're still there & they're virtually unchanged? But there may be some more spots just like it on a different plant, different strain and of course now my mind is wondering about root aphids!?!
Stands to reason that if the spotting was an aphid issue it would have progressed and not just stalled like it has, but it's still on my mind
particularly after that picture I posted of my freaking Roma tomate which by the way is doing wonderful and is loaded with tomatoes, but it's obviously a magnet for the little bastards!
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I'm hosing it down every morning and there's barely anything on it but I'm gonna spinosad spray all plants this week for my own head mainly
Not sure if all aphids are the same or if root aphids are a different type but I'm not taking any chances
Anyway now everything I see I'm suspicious of?!so I've got one finishing within the next few weeks & I'm going to slice the root mass into thin slices the way they dissected Einstein's brain to see if I can spot anything?!
I've got my fingers crossed and I'm watching your battle too, never have dealt with these little bastards and I'm not in a hurry to either, good luck in your war!
That's some beautiful scenery man now you know why I want to get back up north!
Let's talk about root aphids:
A few weeks ago I posted a thread about some mystery spots
Help identify yellow leaf spots?
Can anyone second that this is septoria? Had it years ago but didn't look like this, was always a brown spot with a black ring around it, but I know that septoria can also appear as yellow spots, thanks in advance for any helpwww.thcfarmer.com
they're still there & they're virtually unchanged? But there may be some more spots just like it on a different plant, different strain and of course now my mind is wondering about root aphids!?!
Stands to reason that if the spotting was an aphid issue it would have progressed and not just stalled like it has, but it's still on my mind
particularly after that picture I posted of my freaking Roma tomate which by the way is doing wonderful and is loaded with tomatoes, but it's obviously a magnet for the little bastards!
View attachment 999024
I'm hosing it down every morning and there's barely anything on it but I'm gonna spinosad spray all plants this week for my own head mainly
Not sure if all aphids are the same or if root aphids are a different type but I'm not taking any chances
Anyway now everything I see I'm suspicious of?!so I've got one finishing within the next few weeks & I'm going to slice the root mass into thin slices the way they dissected Einstein's brain to see if I can spot anything?!
I've got my fingers crossed and I'm watching your battle too, never have dealt with these little bastards and I'm not in a hurry to either, good luck in your war!
They are different than aphids. Tjey dont attack leaves and make spots. They burrow i to the roots and cause lack of uptake, low water uptake and eat the nutrients right out of the roots.
What i read and what i saw on my plants was the same. Looks like a mag deficiency starts and climbs up the plant until all leaves are yellow and necrotic no matter what you do.
And the white bugs start to show up on the inside edge of the pot. They are tiny and fast moving insects. It means the population inside has gotten large and flyers that look similar to fungus gnats but have shorter bodies and longer thinner wings will fly to other pots.
Yep.. Thats why when you get them you'll usually only notice maybe a plant or two showing signs at first. I saw signs in mid veg on one single plant that I couldnt explain at the time, and it was mid flower before I had a full blown infestation with most or all plants affected. They take 2-3 weeks to move on from the initial host plant, depending on the size of the root mass they're in. Which means early detection gives you a chance to limit exposure if you know what you're looking at.
I dont know how i kept them down and only saw one or two flyers for a long time. Been harvesting half yield plants for months thinking it was me.
Maybe just the constant flow of the perpetual grow. For me the plants were all growing together at the same stage for several months, so the timeline is similar. You were just bringing in new soil and removing old infected plants frequently, compared to the same 16 plants sitting together for 3 months.
Is the Black Widow cross yours or did you buy it? Been thinking hard about exploring Black Widow so I'm curious about your experience with it.
Glad to see you up rollin !
Hope you napped those fuckers. Continuing with the dyna gro? Happy grows.
Burnz
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