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Thats a trek, but those blue dreams produce so much it's insane. One year we got 2# off each plant in 45 gallons.Hey, in my many years of growing, i never found a good way to battle thrips, nothing seems to really kill the, but on the other hand, part from the marks they leave on the leaves, and the fact that i hate seeing them, they don't seem to cause that much damage. whenever i had an infestation ( mites or aphids) i did the 3 time spray cycle, that is i sprayed every 3 days, 3 times, and that seem to help, especially when using azatrol or azamax, rather than neem oil. Never sprayed daily, as always recommended to spray hydrated plants, and growing in Coir based, its good to let the top inch get bone dry. If your plants are rootbound, transplant them - stressed plants are much more attractive to pests, and are less capable of defending themselves.
I dont like soil, prefer a more soil less medium, with feed or added organic matter. Also, prefer guano & worm castings to manures. not sure what soil you got and what/ why you want to add amendments to it, also what amendments?
i think that the plant in the pics looks good. the leaf claw (where the tip of the leaf curls down) is a sign of overferlizing, so go easy on the feed..
Thats a trek, but those blue dreams produce so much it's insane. One year we got 2# off each plant in 45 gallons.
Thanks man! Maybe the damage I'm seeing is more related to the over feeding than the thrips. Yeah I'm lightening it up a lot more now. The runoff was looking black.
Current ratio is 75% pro mix to 25% black gold. Main N source is chicken manure just for economical reasons, but I do like the idea of using bat castings since the soil would probably get less silty and less salt buildup. Amendments are glacial rock dust, kelzyne, and fish bone meal.
I thought about using coco and perlite this year, but don't know anybody doing it in large containers. Hard to make the leap of faith!
Yeah, Blue dreams are heavy yielders. also finish relatively early.Thats a trek, but those blue dreams produce so much it's insane. One year we got 2# off each plant in 45 gallons.
Thanks man! Maybe the damage I'm seeing is more related to the over feeding than the thrips. Yeah I'm lightening it up a lot more now. The runoff was looking black.
Current ratio is 75% pro mix to 25% black gold. Main N source is chicken manure just for economical reasons, but I do like the idea of using bat castings since the soil would probably get less silty and less salt buildup. Amendments are glacial rock dust, kelzyne, and fish bone meal.
I thought about using coco and perlite this year, but don't know anybody doing it in large containers. Hard to make the leap of faith!
Great info! Thank youYeah, Blue dreams are heavy yielders. also finish relatively early.
lots of people grow outdoors in Coco perlite based mix, there are commercial mixes like empire builder, or the subcool recipe that will help you see what to mix in. Got to watch the Cal & Mag, add Dolomite Lime etc to the mix, but roots love it, and its all in the roots. Your mix is soil less based, and if you are adding fish bone meal, maybe skip the manure and go for Fish emulsion instead..? just a thouht, as you can find the fish emulsion in walmart etc, and its not expensive.
Thanks! Yeah I was considering adding some perlite into it. I had mixed 50% hp/50% black gold and 25% by volume chicken compost for my second transplant. That's when I started seeing signs that I messed up. Flushing it, I saw how rich it really was. Black gold has way more in it than I accounted for! Rough start, but I'd rather learn it now than in july.I would just buy pearlite and peat to lighten up what you already bought. Also look up how to make super soil, which is basically what you're doing... it needs to sit for at least a couple weeks to blend and become less hot. Be careful with chicken poop, that is hot as hell... I'd only use like a quarter ratio wise... if that even...
Thanks man, I'm glad I didn't do that with all of them, but I'm worried the majority are going to be like that. This one looked better. I'll take a close look tomorrow.if you like this plant, remove and dispose of the dead roots, leave only the white healthy roots. i think that 25% composted
chicken manure is a sure way to kill roots.
Thanks man, I'm glad I didn't do that with all of them, but I'm worried the majority are going to be like that. This one looked better. I'll take a close look tomorrow.
Try some DE applied to the grow medium surface. That should kill whatever is in the medium.Things are looking much better as far as growth goes, but I've been spraying with neem or plant therapy every single night. I manually remove as many thrips as I can see throughout the day, maybe 10 everyday. I just noticed them in my soil unfortunately so I now I need to figure out how to kill them since foliar spraying isn't really going to effect them from thriving in the soil, then crawling up the plant stem which is exactly what they do. At least I know how the damage to individual leaves occurs so rapidly though.
I have a feeling maybe I'm over watering and giving them the perfect environment. Do you guys find that having a regular dry cycle for your soil is beneficial at keeping the thrips from hanging around?
Which strain is in lower left? Just curious, looks a lot like pineapple pound in top left. On avg. per u getting? The best I found is seed fair @ 5 per for 8 fems. Looks good, are u doing/going to do any low stress training or topping? I used to top and then low stress train, but stopped topping due to odd leaf structures and delayed growth.
Man those are BIG pots !!!Some of the ladies yesterday. Most are pretty recent transplants. The last photo is the plant that is struggling the most, but still putting out healthy new growth.
Things are looking much better as far as growth goes, but I've been spraying with neem or plant therapy every single night. I manually remove as many thrips as I can see throughout the day, maybe 10 everyday. I just noticed them in my soil unfortunately so I now I need to figure out how to kill them since foliar spraying isn't really going to effect them from thriving in the soil, then crawling up the plant stem which is exactly what they do. At least I know how the damage to individual leaves occurs so rapidly though.
I have a feeling maybe I'm over watering and giving them the perfect environment. Do you guys find that having a regular dry cycle for your soil is beneficial at keeping the thrips from hanging around?
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