Wastei's Twisted 'n Misted Girls

[420AD]

im still admiring the DIY net you have with the colored zip ties it just looks awesome.

 

[Wastei]

Are you running these all the way through bloom in like a 6" square pot?

Yepp! They are planted in square 6.8 liters/1.8 gallon pots(4x). I typically cover a 4x4" with one plant and a 3 gallon pot. That leaves me with 7.2 gallons of total volume this run. That's a lot of coir in a 4x4!

Anything above 3 gallon for one plant is just wasting coir.

Cheers!

 

[Wastei]

im still admiring the DIY net you have with the colored zip ties it just looks awesome.

I'm always too eager to do it and forget to wear gloves tying all the zip ties leaving flaked off skin between the fingers! Lol!

Cheers!

 

[Wastei]

Cleaned up the lowers leaving better opportunity for the upper parts receiving adequate amount of light to fill out and better the airflow. From bottom to top.

I probably removed most thrips since they mostly want to keep cool and focus on the lower growth.

Cheers!

 

[tyler.durden]

Looking great. Thrips are a bitch, they are the only things I hate more than spider mites. I've had excellent results from using spinosad for thrips, I use a product called Monterey Garden Insect Spray I buy from amazon. It has only taken one thorough application to rid myself of them each time, especially since the product has a residual effect for about 3 weeks. Now I use it as a preventative as it also deters mites and any other plant sucking vermin. I spray every 3 weeks, the ladies don't seem to mind it at all...

 

[Wastei]

Looking great. Thrips are a bitch, they are the only things I hate more than spider mites. I've had excellent results from using spinosad for thrips, I use a product called Monterey Garden Insect Spray I buy from amazon. It has only taken one thorough application to rid myself of them each time, especially since the product has a residual effect for about 3 weeks. Now I use it as a preventative as it also deters mites and any other plant sucking vermin. I spray every 3 weeks, the ladies don't seem to mind it at all...



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Thanks bud! I know about Spinosad but it's sadly illegal for use in all of EU to protect the bees. Thrips are a nuance and not that big of a problem, they can't do much against healthy plants. They are more or less impossible to remove them locally since they come inside during autumn.

Plants who struggle with growth rates or overall plant health from only thrips has other major things to sort out IMO. I spray citric acid sprays to keep numbers down in veg. Moms are more sensitive for sure since they are stunted in growth compared to plants in production.

Cheers!

 

[tyler.durden]

Thanks bud! I know about Spinosad but it's sadly illegal for use in all of EU to protect the bees. Thrips are a nuance and not that big of a problem, they can't do much against healthy plants. They are more or less impossible to remove them locally since they come inside during autumn.

Plants who struggle with growth rates or overall plant health from only thrips has other major things to sort out IMO. I spray citric acid sprays to keep numbers down in veg. Moms are more sensitive for sure since they are stunted in growth compared to plants in production.

Cheers!

Illegal... bummer. You seem to be handling them well, I can't even see any damage. My grow room at my last apartment was very healthy, but since I had so many plants perpetually growing in such a confined space, thrips hit especially hard and fast. Luckily they were in pots, so I had to drag over 100 plants to the shower to spray them completely. It was a full day's chore, but it was a rare occurrence. I'm glad in only took one application.

 

[OneHitDone]

Thanks bud! I know about Spinosad but it's sadly illegal for use in all of EU to protect the bees. Thrips are a nuance and not that big of a problem, they can't do much against healthy plants. They are more or less impossible to remove them locally since they come inside during autumn.

Plants who struggle with growth rates or overall plant health from only thrips has other major things to sort out IMO. I spray citric acid sprays to keep numbers down in veg. Moms are more sensitive for sure since they are stunted in growth compared to plants in production.

Cheers!

Have you looked into any of these new claims of pest control with specific light spectrums? Any thoughts?
I see a lot of various UVC talk and just hear 505nm green to put spider mites on the run

 

[Wastei]

Have you looked into any of these new claims of pest control with specific light spectrums? Any thoughts?
I see a lot of various UVC talk and just hear 505nm green to put spider mites on the run

UVC scrubbers been around for a while mounted before the intakes. It's better to use it in a enclosed loupe away from plants.

Plants can better make use of 365-420nm as UV-A/B, UV-C goes a little to much on the lower end of the spectrum and I've seen best result with people focusing on the 400nm band while having 660/640/630nm reds to compensate for that.

I've been sketching on a supplemental UV-A/B rails but I don't know if I get around building it this run. To much stuff going on privately outside of growing leaving me little space or room for any extra projects at the moment.

Future will tell!

Cheers!

 

[Wastei]

Illegal... bummer. You seem to be handling them well, I can't even see any damage. My grow room at my last apartment was very healthy, but since I had so many plants perpetually growing in such a confined space, thrips hit especially hard and fast. Luckily they were in pots, so I had to drag over 100 plants to the shower to spray them completely. It was a full day's chore, but it was a rare occurrence. I'm glad in only took one application.


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Love the insulated lines! Brings back memories! Do I remember correctly that you've been looking for a LED fixture for winter months? Maybe I'm mixing you up with some other grower? Happy to have you following along bud!

Did some minor defoiling yesterday when I removed all the lowers. The stoutest ones are still going for the stretch but should settle down in the upcoming days.

Cheers!

 

[tyler.durden]

Love the insulated lines! Brings back memories! Do I remember correctly that you've been looking for a LED fixture for winter months? Maybe I'm mixing you up with some other grower? Happy to have you following along bud!
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Did some minor defoiling yesterday when I removed all the lowers. The stoutest ones are still going for the stretch but should settle down in the upcoming days.

Cheers!

Yes, I was looking at finally replacing my HPS with LEDs. I invested in Viparspectra's KS5000. I bought 3 of them. I'm in the learning curve of higher room temps, different dehuey needs, even tweaking my nutes to compensate for the differences in LED lighting. I'm 4 weeks into a 9 week flowering process, and I'm liking what I'm seeing so far. It is fun to learn a new way of growing after 15 years of the same old bud factory. Every penny counts as my weed prices have gone from $350 an ounce to $100 per ounce on the black market over the last few years in my area. I was looking for ways to cut down on power consumption while maintaining quality. I hope I'm on the right track. I'm learning a lot from you guys, trying not to reinvent the wheel so to speak. Feel free to stop by my journal to see the latest developments whenever you like, I'll certainly be watching yours.