Well I have good news and bad news....good news is I should be able to finnish this test grow but I may not have the stellar results I was hoping for.
Bad news is... I am not only at war with fungus gnats but root aphids aswell. I spent quite a few hours digging in my pots and around the rootzone...pulled out the microscope and identified the little fuckers. Purchased some
azamax and mosquito dunks...going to foliar spray the
azamax and follow that with a soil drench of mosquito dunks (soaked 1 tablet (crushed up) in 5 gallons of warm water for cple hours. I also purchased some
Diatomaceous Earth that I will cover top of soil with and add more sticky traps. This the first time I have had root aphids ever...I believe they came from the bale of Sunshine#4. I will not transplant into fresh soiless mix until things are under control..they are still in 1 gallon pots and are rootbound all to hell.
And if that wasnt bad enough check this... my sewer line in the basement has a crack in the old cast pipe from our neighbours giant Elm tree's roots. Seems the roots were in search of water and found their way into the flanged coupling and expanded it to the point of fracture causing sewage to seep into the soil and water from washing machine to back up into basement (where my grow is) . I snaked out the drain with a powered snake I rented from casa depot ..used the different bit heads that came with it. The hole cutter bit really chewed the shit out of the root blockage and gave some temporary relief for now....we had to get the city workers to come in and scope the line and they gave us the details as to whats up. Well that just sucks...now they want to replace the whole line to the street with new pipe. Thing is they want me to remove the 12"w by 20' long by 6"(thick) concrete floor slab or pay someone to do it.They(city) only cover costs from outside house to street main line, this line runs directly under my flower room (non legal). So now I have to tear down and relocate all my equipment and any thing that makes it look like a grow room. This is not good for me or my wife and has stressed us both right the fuck out...it has to be done cause they are coming to inspect further in a week or so. We have no place to accommodate these plants within our house...I have an older camper that I may retrofit into a flower area as I dont have much choice, problem with that is its poorly insulated for this type of subzero weather...I'm pretty sure I can make it work though until all work is done in the basement. Yeah man I am shaking it rough and not looking forward to the security aspect of all this...the plants are going through a rough time and now this enviromental change is something they dont need to face.
I will do my damnest to pull this off and show the potential of these plants...they are real troopers so far, so please dont judge my pics of them as they have been through hell lately. I will post pics tonight or early tomorrow for sure, again sorry folks for this hiccup but it is what it is and I hope you all understand.