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Solo Cup Christmas Tree Grow 2025

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Slowly building up the bud sites......not too bad for a solo cup I guess LOL. Starting to put out a little more fruity funk 🦨🍇
 

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PlumberSoCal2 said:
Yeah, bugs can be a real bitch. I remember back in the day trying to spray an infestation of aphids with a hose sprayer. What a joke. Any I was able to spray off were right back on the next day along with thousands of sisters, all pregnant🤣

I honestly can't stress IPM enough. Every time I have a breakdown in following my regimen is when I'm sorely reminded why IPM works. Or I can just provide de Kind for the bugs🐛
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What the hell is IPM?? I would do anything to keep them critters away from my grows.
 
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Integrated Pest Management. You become an expert on the pests and then target them with their own natural enemies. You need to learn their life cycle to know when to spray or introduce predators most efficiently. (yes, it's a pain in the ass, but like everything else, good in the long run)
 
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Crazyformes said:
What the hell is IPM?? I would do anything to keep them critters away from my grows.
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Integrated Pest Management system. It’s using insecticides to control the bugs. Personally I only use OMRI Organic Materials Review Institute) organic rated. Neem is my go to as it is an insecticide, miticide and fungicide controlling aphids, spider mites and PM.

There's Captain Jacks Deadbug brew (spinosad), Bt and Southern Ag's fungicide all biological, all OMRI rated. It's very important to follow instructions and aways wash sprayed plants before harvest as well as giving sprayed plants time for the spray to breakdown.

All these natural sprays have a half life of about 1.5 days so 3 days minimum before wash and harvest.

I use a hose sprayer but dipping branches in a H2O2 or lite dish soap mix would even be better yet I've had no issues from just spraying them with water.
 
#169
Plumber is right, but you still need to learn about the pests so maybe you don't have to spray all the time.
And if you go the natural predator route, you'll have to delay your offense until the defense shows up. Can be difficult seeing those bad guys munching away for a week or so, but there has to be something for the good bugs to go after.
 
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cpurola said:
Plumber is right, but you still need to learn about the pests so maybe you don't have to spray all the time.
And if you go the natural predator route, you'll have to delay your offense until the defense shows up. Can be difficult seeing those bad guys munching away for a week or so, but there has to be something for the good bugs to go after.
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I've tried the ladybugs and lacewings but outside they take off once their pray is about gone. Lacewings last a little longer and start a natural population but still are not enough to control the aphid and spider mite population explosions.

IPM, especially outside is all about controlling the numbers of bugs and not wiping them out, which isn't possible using these types of insecticides.

When I fail to follow my every 5 day spraying routine is when I run into problems😉

I've watched flowers on an entire plant die from budworms eating stems. That cured me of trying soap and beneficial insects. Bt EVERY 5 DAYS puts an end to those bastards. And every time I spray the plants with anything little moths fly up and out. They are constantly laying eggs on flowers.

I'm working too hard to produce my own meds and enjoyable smoke and refuse to share it any longer with the fking bugs😉
 
#171
PlumberSoCal2 said:
I've tried the ladybugs and lacewings but outside they take off once their pray is about gone. Lacewings last a little longer and start a natural population but still are not enough to control the aphid and spider mite population explosions.

IPM, especially outside is all about controlling the numbers of bugs and not wiping them out, which isn't possible using these types of insecticides.

When I fail to follow my every 5 day spraying routine is when I run into problems😉

I've watched flowers on an entire plant die from budworms eating stems. That cured me of trying soap and beneficial insects. Bt EVERY 5 DAYS puts an end to those bastards. And every time I spray the plants with anything little moths fly up and out. They are constantly laying eggs on flowers.

I'm working too hard to produce my own meds and enjoyable smoke and refuse to share it any longer with the fking bugs😉
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I have BT....so every 5 days. I am sure after lights out, and once harvest do the 3 bucket wash with peroxide, lemon juice and baking soda....correct.
 
#172
Crazyformes said:
I have BT....so every 5 days. I am sure after lights out, and once harvest do the 3 bucket wash with peroxide, lemon juice and baking soda....correct.
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Yeah BT has a short life on the plant : ) like you said though I’d still wash it off prior to consumption: )
 
#173
Crazyformes said:
I have BT....so every 5 days. I am sure after lights out, and once harvest do the 3 bucket wash with peroxide, lemon juice and baking soda....correct.
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BearWater said:
Yeah BT has a short life on the plant : ) like you said though I’d still wash it off prior to consumption: )
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I just saw this because @Putthataway posted about it:

At at about the 4:50 mark Hi C says, "Before fighting them I want to avoid them..." No shit😂 Indoors is easier to control if you're willing to retain a zero tolerance to clothes worn outside allowed near your indoor grow. It's possible but very impractical. You've got to juggle the pros and cons.

I haven't grown indoors in over 45 years so I really don't/can't say too much with any practical experience as back then i tried to keep it clean, usually showered always changed clothes but certainly not spotless and didn't have/notice any bugs. What I would have done if I did get bugs I can't imagine. Probably thrown the whole thing out. I could hear it now, "Bringing bugs into our house?"🤣 Yeah, it would've all got tossed.

Bugs outside is a given. You never have 0 bugs on your plants. NEVER. I can't stress that enough.

One of the worst is the budworms. A catch all name for dozens and dozens of moth species that will lay eggs on your plants and do their best to fill their bellies until full, dropping off and burrowing into the soil and waiting to start the whole circle of life again. It's a battle.

I harvested 2 plants this past summer, GDP's that the flowers were skeletons of flowers due to aphids with the outter leaves covering through the drying and curing period. They went in the compost. 4-5 months for nothing. Horse shit. That's my weed.

Yes, wash those plants if you have to spray them. Small price to pay. Afterwards watch the temps and rh, you don't want bud rot here. A fan not on the flower but moving air in the room/tent etc.

I'm outside. Open greenhouses, one with standard LED's for 15hr veg days and unlit house and outside to flip and I always have some bugs so every grow i have to spray or I risk losing the plant or a large part of it.

I dry in a 2 car garage and an 8x8x8' chicken coop. It's working for me as long as I stay with the plan.

IPM. Don't grow without it😉
 
#174
PlumberSoCal2 said:
I just saw this because @Putthataway posted about it:

At at about the 4:50 mark Hi C says, "Before fighting them I want to avoid them..." No shit😂 Indoors is easier to control if you're willing to retain a zero tolerance to clothes worn outside allowed near your indoor grow. It's possible but very impractical. You've got to juggle the pros and cons.

I haven't grown indoors in over 45 years so I really don't/can't say too much with any practical experience as back then i tried to keep it clean, usually showered always changed clothes but certainly not spotless and didn't have/notice any bugs. What I would have done if I did get bugs I can't imagine. Probably thrown the whole thing out. I could hear it now, "Bringing bugs into our house?"🤣 Yeah, it would've all got tossed.

Bugs outside is a given. You never have 0 bugs on your plants. NEVER. I can't stress that enough.

One of the worst is the budworms. A catch all name for dozens and dozens of moth species that will lay eggs on your plants and do their best to fill their bellies until full, dropping off and burrowing into the soil and waiting to start the whole circle of life again. It's a battle.

I harvested 2 plants this past summer, GDP's that the flowers were skeletons of flowers due to aphids with the outter leaves covering through the drying and curing period. They went in the compost. 4-5 months for nothing. Horse shit. That's my weed.

Yes, wash those plants if you have to spray them. Small price to pay. Afterwards watch the temps and rh, you don't want bud rot here. A fan not on the flower but moving air in the room/tent etc.

I'm outside. Open greenhouses, one with standard LED's for 15hr veg days and unlit house and outside to flip and I always have some bugs so every grow i have to spray or I risk losing the plant or a large part of it.

I dry in a 2 car garage and an 8x8x8' chicken coop. It's working for me as long as I stay with the plan.

IPM. Don't grow without it😉
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The shit ya learn trying to grow a fking pot plant in a solo cup🤣
I WANT MORE!😉
 
#179
Here they are. The 3 that made it this year. All cuts.
2 GDP
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Gelato - Larry Bird 33 pink buds😉
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Charlie Brown Christmas Trees🤣🥰

That damn G33 mom was a Christmas Tree. Looked like a pine tree. GDP is for smoking😅 but I gotta pick one.

Y'all rocked this. Not easy, huh?

Now it's time for the rest of us to get artistic. I may have to decorate one and Charlie Brown the other🤣
 
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