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I just leave the perlite on top layer now purposely, i did Google search & learned bugs don't like it. It was unintentional at 1st (just in a hurry all the time with moving) but I noticed mites stopped moving to other plants & the gnats decreased dramatically when I got lazy with it so now its ugly but I leave it. I also put a good layer of DE towards bottom when I repot for flower tent to keep them from coming up drain holes. I see very little critter activity nowI had ocean forest and pure blend pro dialed in with just under 30% large perlite mixed in. Which probably was about 50/50 in the end.
Now i am trying to do the same with pro mix and dyna grow stuff. At the moment i think i have over fed a bit and am now seeing the buildup. It did not show in the runoff. But the soil could be holding it.
I was battling the root aphids so i am kind of starting all over experimenting wih drainage and nute strength with the new to me medium. My prior experience was when i was very new at this.
So I really dont see signs of bugs but i didnt before until it was too late. But i am seeing signs of over and under feeding and some leaf stress.
I will treat next with more botanigard so its 2 weeks in a row and add only .8 ec and see how we do.
The first 6 plants will have to live with stock perlite.
And i know what uou mean about watering to fast and floating all the perlite. I keep doing this with the fungucide to ensure even coverage. And now the top os all perlite. ;-)
I cultivate the top 1/2 inch of the soil with my moisture probe or fingers. Helps get it back in there next watering.
Always something to learn or appreciateWow 200 pages and folks actually still watching.
Thanks THC Farmers! Really appreciated. :-)
It’s pretty cool to start at the beginning of a thread and read it with continuity. Someone(s) ought to consolidate expansive threads like this into a mini book lol. It’s a wealth of information for newbies. And it’s all fascinating and teaches me plenty.Wow 200 pages and folks actually still watching.
Thanks THC Farmers! Really appreciated. :-)
How you liking the 315 MIMed..i have mine set at 40" the furthest and still the damn things wont stretch a little.short asses lol...even getting a little heat issues with the 1 month old ones..how far you dangling your light over your gals at 1 month of age..
Cheers max
You've had that Blue Lemon Thai for a long time!
Cool ...i moved it down to 31 and boy they didnt go on that...they are blinding these lights.i got the shades but when i walked out of the room and outside shed i couldnt see shit lol.practically had to near crawl to the house backdoor.
Hey MIM , it's a little experiment that we can observe for the next few weeks , these plants were clones and the rooted beautifully and one set was put into fox farm ocean and the other set was put into pro mix and dyna grow , the ocean mix got a quick case of fungus gnats , I was able to wipe them out completely with stickies ,to my surprise , completely eradicatedI have been considering mixing the dr. Earth 20-20-20 into mine. But i like that mix you got there. Please do a thread. I really want to know how well the slow release works.
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