THCRockBill
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Hi All,
I just completed my third grow, Girl Scout Cookies, and battled whiteflies during the grow. I added ladybugs to the grow tent early in flowering as I didn't want to use Neem Oil during flowering. The plant stayed healthy looking but there were quite a few whiteflies at harvest. I noticed on many (most) of the sugar leaves little clear blobs (see pictures). From my research these look like white fly nymphs. I washed the buds using the four bucket method (baking soda, lemon juice, and two separate distilled water rinses) before drying. Just trimmed all the buds and the little blobs were still on most of the sugar leaves. Even though I trimmed as much as I could, I'm concerned because many of the blobs were very close to the buds on the sugar leaves, and I can't get all the sugar leaves trimmed all the way to the stem (plus of course some are curled in, so I can't get them all),. I figure there are some in the buds or at least on the leaves that remain in the buds. I can't see any on the buds themselves but I only looked at a few buds thoroughly and expect there may be some in there.
I figured the trim would be ok to run through a screen to make kief, since the nymphs are bigger than the screen. Does that sound ok? What about the buds themselves, are they safe to vape, or do I need to toss the harvest?
Thoughts and experiences greatly appreciated!
Thanks
THCBD
I just completed my third grow, Girl Scout Cookies, and battled whiteflies during the grow. I added ladybugs to the grow tent early in flowering as I didn't want to use Neem Oil during flowering. The plant stayed healthy looking but there were quite a few whiteflies at harvest. I noticed on many (most) of the sugar leaves little clear blobs (see pictures). From my research these look like white fly nymphs. I washed the buds using the four bucket method (baking soda, lemon juice, and two separate distilled water rinses) before drying. Just trimmed all the buds and the little blobs were still on most of the sugar leaves. Even though I trimmed as much as I could, I'm concerned because many of the blobs were very close to the buds on the sugar leaves, and I can't get all the sugar leaves trimmed all the way to the stem (plus of course some are curled in, so I can't get them all),. I figure there are some in the buds or at least on the leaves that remain in the buds. I can't see any on the buds themselves but I only looked at a few buds thoroughly and expect there may be some in there.
I figured the trim would be ok to run through a screen to make kief, since the nymphs are bigger than the screen. Does that sound ok? What about the buds themselves, are they safe to vape, or do I need to toss the harvest?
Thoughts and experiences greatly appreciated!
Thanks
THCBD