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    Need help with bugs? Have spider mites and gnats?

    Yeah I both heard and read that you can use a potato. Fungus gnat larve are like 3mm long, if that. They are nearly microscopic. But I saw them crawling on the stem of a clone I was trying to root. It died. I tried the potato trick, but it just seemed to dry up without doing much. I did not...
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    Hard water: PH 7.25 Rainwater wash? Stored Rainwater now has PH of 4 clueless How

    Well I'm glad I ph'ed it before I watered every plant with hard water deposits. I only flushed the one plant with the worst deposits with the ph 4 water. But I am also hoping that it might flush out all those hard water deposits. We will see how it goes.
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    Hard water: PH 7.25 Rainwater wash? Stored Rainwater now has PH of 4 clueless How

    I seem to have a lot of trouble with our well water. It seems to lock up nutrients because my plants end up being pale green in short order even when I feed them. Also there is a white and yellow crust that forms on the top of my promix/foxfarm soil that is hard water deposits. Thinking I could...
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    Need help with bugs? Have spider mites and gnats?

    Yeah, I am on low budget myself. Can't afford the spray you buy at the grow shop. I bought one cape sundew, and as it grew i put it in larger pots. In the process it had babies because of all the fungus gnats it ate. I transplanted one of them and now I have four plants. It will never eliminate...
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    Need help with bugs? Have spider mites and gnats?

    Oh. The cape sundew. Its a truely beautiful plant. Its got long elongated leaves with sticky balls of goo on the end of long bright red hairs that completely cover each leaf. They smell sweet to all flies and gnats. Its basically like your own personal, ever growing yellow sticky trap. ENJOY...
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    Need help with bugs? Have spider mites and gnats?

    Something I noticed -a lot- with soil and growing weed in general. Your product and the whole plant itself will both taste, and smell exactly like what you are growing it in. I know because I used miracle grow the first few times I grew. The buds were dense, compact. The plants were beautiful...
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    Need help with bugs? Have spider mites and gnats?

    About a year after I first started growing in the tiny space that I have, I ended up getting both pests pretty regular. They go away, and come back on the wind, or with soil. Spider mites as far as I know like it hot and dry. So you should make the grow room cool and humid. Unfortunately this...
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    Lakeweed, banana peels, potato peels, molasses and earthworm castings.

    And I hope no one mentions bat guano, that would be buying something. :wall:
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    Lakeweed, banana peels, potato peels, molasses and earthworm castings.

    I dislike the idea of having to purchase bloom booster, and I was wondering if you could use banana peels, potato peels, lakeweed, earthworm castings, and molasses to make a compost tea to accomplish the same thing. As I can generally get these things without too much expense or come about from...
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    Organic Fungus Gnat and flying insect control: Carnivorus Plants

    Picture of the large sundew in flowering closet. And a picture of the one in the vegging box. Actually growing in one of those tiny plastic bathroom drink cups.
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    Organic Fungus Gnat and flying insect control: Carnivorus Plants

    I tried potatoes with no results, and I use grow bags pushed up against the sides of my veg box, making it impossible for sticky traps, which also have icky sticky slime that both gets on plant leaves or worse, my arms and hands. Ick. I Just have one sundew at the very base of all the bags. If...
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    Organic Fungus Gnat and flying insect control: Carnivorus Plants

    My sundew has been flowering in the flowering closet, but the first bloom looked the best. Otherwise I could say my gnat problems are over. In fact had to use myself as bait to catch a few mosquitoes to feed it, since it was looking pale. It's baby is doing extremely well, very dark green. Its...
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    Organic Fungus Gnat and flying insect control: Carnivorus Plants

    I especially like how the more gnats there are the faster the plant grows, meaning it catches more gnats. I also heard they really attract spider mites too, I pray I don't get those.;-) Mine is getting ready to bloom, and as soon as she does I will be posting pictures. Those mites sound really...
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    Organic Fungus Gnat and flying insect control: Carnivorus Plants

    I tried this thread once before, but this might just be a better home. I Used to have fungus gnat problems. They ate my clones and stunted growth big time. I tried neem oil but plants did not seem to like it. I tried nematodes, and they worked.. for a while but the damn gnats came back. Not only...
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    Organic Feeding 101.

    Great info. I am definitely getting a nice air-stone. I grow veggies outdoors, and medicine indoors. I bet my tomatoes, peppers, and pumpkins will really appreciate the beneficial microbes
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    Who's Got The Purplest Buds? Let's See How Purple A Bud Can Really Get!

    Thanks, Cadillac is nice if you can get past the cold. Can't wait to see what she looks like in about a month from now. Already smells amazing.
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    Who's Got The Fostiest Buds? Let's See How Frosty A Bud Can Really Get?

    Nope, got her from down state from a distant relative. I picked up pineapple from the same place. Sure is handy to have a few family members who are also legal and growing. May end up getting some Chemo Cindy. No idea what that is...
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    Who's Got The Purplest Buds? Let's See How Purple A Bud Can Really Get!

    Don does this count as a purple tric? Northern Berry. Pro mix soil. No nutes yet. Two weeks into 12/12. 150 sunsystem + 69watt 2700K CFL closet grow.
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    Who's Got The Fostiest Buds? Let's See How Frosty A Bud Can Really Get?

    Here are a few of mine. Twisted Sister. (bagseed) White Widow. Pineapple express. Northern Berry. ( About 2 weeks into 12/12.)
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    something went very wrong

    When disturbed they should have a very strong piney smell along with the scent that particular strain is known for, except in the background. If they are still heavy and nowhere near dry, I would start looking into ways to let more air in and out of the cab. Otherwise what you are doing is...
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