MICHGANDER9 said:

Im GR Mi and I use cease mixed with milstop haven't had a problem 1oz cease 1 TBS milstop gallon of water spray every 3 rd or 4th day or after a rain and watch what other plants tgat are around there are many types of powdery mildew and only certain kinds attack marijuana it more than a matter of spraying all the time , don't plant squàsh or pumpkin or cucumber plants in the areas where your weed plants are they are attractors of the same type mildew , keep insects down they're spreaders as are birds and pets

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That's one problem I never have. Insects. I'm indoors.

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Did you give up on the hemp business? Or just taking some time off?

What a beautiful night

beautiful night and taking in the serenity.

Smells amazing on my porch

MICHGANDER9 said:

Im GR Mi and I use cease mixed with milstop haven't had a problem 1oz cease 1 TBS milstop gallon of water spray every 3 rd or 4th day or after a rain and watch what other plants tgat are around there are many types of powdery mildew and only certain kinds attack marijuana it more than a matter of spraying all the time , don't plant squàsh or pumpkin or cucumber plants in the areas where your weed plants are they are attractors of the same type mildew , keep insects down they're spreaders as are birds and pets

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Im actually in TN. But born in MI. And have family that grow in the Lapeer and Saginaw area that do very well. Ive had em using sulfur in veg, and citric acid solutions in flower after rains. They loose very little, but there also growing strains i (really my friend tammy) made em using their local wild hemp. (plants tailored to flower in that environment)

thc production of THC from CBD is a recessive trait. Take a plant you love, cross it with the local wild hemp, and hunt for a plant that grows and flowers the way you want (theyll mostly all be high CBD low THC because the trait is recessive and one parent doesnt posses it). Then cross that back with the original drug strain mother of the cross, and youll get a batch of mostly High thc, fast flowering plants, a high % of which will posses the dominant growth characteristics of the chosen hemp cross, as well as the recessive drug strain characteristic present in both parents of the lineage. Can easily hunt out 15-20% thc sativa-doms with a measurable CBN and CBD % that can finish in September outdoors with little maintenance using local midwestern hemp. Anywhere there is a local land race species of hemp or cannabis, you can use it to create high THC plants tailored specifically to where you grow outdoors. This applies to most states east of the Rocky Mtns.


I did similar with my peaceblaster, only i used the columbian land race instead of wild hemp (essentially drug strain fiber hemp lol) so i didn't have to do any inbreeding to create even higher THC plants with the same growth charachter as land race sativa/hemp. It effectively allowed me to do the same tammy did for my cousins, but while maintaining F1 hybrid vigor across all the phenos. The only thing i lacked was the fast flowering northern hemp traits. But with F1 vigor, many of the phenos have been fast flowering anyway. I just have a bit more phenotype drift between plants without that backcrossing to get the recessive traits because they were already there at the F1 generation

Peaceblaster #1 is basically the columbian land race + a beer-belly But i also have the suspicion she'll be flowering until November too lmao. Will prob be on the fence whether i can finish her or not here in TN tbh.

Getting there

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Getting there

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Yupper ! Your lucky I'm not your neighbor. I'm out ! Lol

Fungus ‍ called Deadmans Fingers.

ADHDgrower said:

Fungus ‍ called Deadmans Fingers.

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I do not have any of them in my indoor gro room !

Metalman1 said:

That's one problem I never have. Insects. I'm indoors.

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Still have to be alert of certain pests indoors. Depending on the region it can be worse. Ive seen people on the farm lose parts of crops to spider mites indoors.

AZreefer said:

Still have to be alert of certain pests indoors. Depending on the region it can be worse. Ive seen people on the farm lose parts of crops to spider mites indoors.

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Do you know of any in Minnesota ? What is a spider mite ? I think minnesota's killer winters, kills most bugs. If you know of any I'm all ears !

Metalman1 said:

Do you know of any in Minnesota ? What is a spider mite ? I think minnesota's killer winters, kills most bugs. If you know of any I'm all ears !

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My biggest pest is my cat. She loves marijuana leaves.
She always sits by me when I trim and meows. Lol

Metalman1 said:

Do you know of any in Minnesota ? What is a spider mite ? I think minnesota's killer winters, kills most bugs. If you know of any I'm all ears !

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When it gets cold in the midwest, small mites and stuff will naturally find their way into houses seeking warmth, and vegetation that isnt dying.

Back in Kansas, iowa, nebraska, etc, if you arent doing preventative treatments as the weather turns cold, you will be almost guaranteed to end up with russet or spider mites on your indoor plants unless theres a good sized gap between your grow environment and any potential source of them coming inside the house. A big offender is bringing tropical potted plants in for the winter without treating them.

At least that was my experience in the midwest.

Thatoneguyyouknow_ said:

When it gets cold in the midwest, small mites and stuff will naturally find their way into houses seeking warmth, and vegetation that isnt dying.

Back in Kansas, iowa, nebraska, etc, if you arent doing preventative treatments as the weather turns cold, you will be almost guaranteed to end up with russet or spider mites on your indoor plants unless theres a good sized gap between your grow environment and any potential source of them coming inside the house. A big offender is bringing tropical potted plants in for the winter without treating them.

At least that was my experience in the midwest.

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Ya but I'm in the upper plains ! Our record temp is - minus 59 below zero ! Without the windchill.
And, I have a huge carpeted stair barrier, about 20 feet uphill from the door, to get to my grow room. He'd have to be super mite on steroids, with wings ! Lol

Pests are notorious for hitching rides on unsuspecting snowmen!

Oldchucky said:

Pests are notorious for hitching rides on unsuspecting snowmen!

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Well, thankfully I haven't had that problem.

Metalman1 said:

Ya but I'm in the upper plains ! Our record temp is - minus 59 below zero ! Without the windchill.
And, I have a huge carpeted stair barrier, about 20 feet uphill from the door, to get to my grow room. He'd have to be super mite on steroids, with wings ! Lol

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is it warm enough for insect to exist in the summer, then does it get cold in the winter?

If yes, then my statement applies to you!

As clean as your tent and room space is, especially if the windows in that room are never open, you probably have nothing to worry about as summer swings to winter. But yea, where you are at, that warm to cold transition is when you need to keep an eye out, whenever that may be for you lol. Thats when whatever insects may be around are most likely to end up inside. My cousins in michigan, when they do get mites on the inside stuff, its always in september to early october. In KC it was similar timing.

As a grower of cannabis that has a seasonal shift outside, it's worth knowing what spider mites are, and how to recognize them. It's very unlikely you'll go an entire growing career without seeing them.