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I really like the PC. Mine is extremely resilient and easy to grow, huge yield and very high cannabinoid content. Only downside if there is one is the flavour could be a bit stronger and easier to predict. Its flavour is really dependent on grow conditions and when its harvested. It can vary from smooth and kinda sweet if taken early in the window, to straight powerful diesel fuel that stings the nostrils if it's done right and harvested before trichs degrade to amber, then it turns hashy quick. All within about a week from week 9-10 or so.
Sounds like a very solid cultivar. I've only grown the Lemon OG Kush once, but its density, resistance to pests, and terp profile made me try it one more round. I normally like to try a variety of strains each grow. It's really cool you can follow the terp profile for the PC so closely. I love the diesel fuel effect, but I didn't get it out of my lemon og kush because I had to chop my last harvest early due to PM (contaminated GG4 clones ruined the harvest). As the lemon OG cured a little diesel appeared, but not enough!
Pros: you've seen no mites and you have no little white dots indicative of where they bite and suck on the leaf, and they seem to be patterned out rather than grouped together randomly; and if all those were eggs I would expect to see some live mite activity by now
cons: you brought in outside plants, you've had mites, they look like eggs, particularly underneath the leaf
In particular your first pictures look like eggs, and this 2nd one
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..lots more pros and cons! but again I just have a gut feeling, nothing more
I know you've got more than a casual eye on it so best wishes and let us know, great thread thanks for sharing!
I like your thought process! Here would be my pros and cons.
Pros: I've seen no mites, nor any symptom of them besides these egg looking capitate sessile trichomes and a nutrient deficient plant. The leaf curl seems to be a phenotypical feature. It actrually waxes and wanes with watering, and I don't consider this a sign of pathology...yet. Furthermore, this clone is probably a pretty old plant and its under an HPS, so it is not too surprising to me that it would have some trichomes as I prepare to flip.
Cons: I brought in two outside plants. However, my clones this time were purchased from a reputable distributor that encourages their clientele to use a microscope at the counter before buying. Furthermore, I haven't found anyone complaining on forums or on their instagram about pests. Fingers staying crossed.
I have dealt with spider mites twice before, firstly as an environmental issue when I was growing indoors in the humidity of Galicia, Spain (70%+ every day), and then my last grow I received two contaminated clones from local farmers that had spider mites and PM. I beat the spider mites (neem and persimillis @ 70% humidity), but I didn't beat the PM - live and learn. I'm growing this lemon OG now because it was amazingly resistant to the mold, and in case I haven't disinfected my tent enough I know it will make it until harvest.
Definitely curious where this thread goes as well. Those are two of the pics I've based my opinion on and look typical to eggs on a vegatative plant.
Capitate sessiles tend to start becoming more prominent in flowering plants. Those types of trichs are found on the underside of leaves, which was not my prior understanding, and I was wrong there.
I thought for sure OP would find an example of a cyclamen inside of the twisted new growth as that's the only time I've ever been able to get eyes on them but wasn't the case it seems.
Whats funny is a lot of these sessile vs. egg threads floating around the web seem to go the way of these debates we are having and all of them typically end with no answers.
I hope OP is able to get a final resolution and share his findings.
I appreciate you coming back and offering your perspective! I wouldn't have known to check for the actual mites in the new growth without your guidance, but as far as I can tell I am still mite free. Nevertheless, it's very difficult to get a thorough view of these tops compared to removing the leaves and looking at them while sitting. I hope I'm not missing anything, and I'll continue to report back.
It's interesting this issue hasn't met a resolution yet on other forums. I wonder if its because its hard to offer good microscope pics, and it's easy to misinterpret them whenever they are offered. If I don't end up finding any mites after this, I would definitely like to look at a cyclamen and russet infested plant, so I am better prepared in the future at identifying them.
Here are the plants a couple hours after lights on - I've spent so much time figuring out this apparent nutrient issue that the purple punch is starting to overgrow! It responded very well to a gallon of RO w/ 2g of citric acid + 2g of potassium bicarb solution followed by 1gal of ACT + kelp. I just flushed the lemon OG with the same regimen but dropped the citric acid and potassium bicarb to .5g and 1.5g respectively. The lemon OG isnt contorting from shock like the purple punch did, and I'm hopeful this helped!
The pH was 6.0 going in for the citric acid solution, and 6.5 coming out - 160ppm both in and out.