i been growing this plant for a good half a year now and it just started finally flowering about 2 or 3 weeks back and then all the sudden ants have invaded my root system and are eating it away like hell even after putting cinnamin and garlic down and even pepper , went to water it and came back bout five mins later to look at it and it had fell over and was laying over on its side , i tied it up and secured it but went to check it again and its drooping like crazy and im worried as hell , already lost 2 of these badass monster plants through the past few months and couldnt bear to lose this one .. SO SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!! itd be very very appreciated
how can i revive my dying outdoor 8 - 9 ft plant
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VTHIZZ
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If that plant is that important to you the first thing you should do is pull a clone right away and reveg it indoors
you gotta post some pictures
Jujubejohnny
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Are the roots full of aphids?
yeah clones aint a bad idea .. that is if they will adapt right , cause in the past i did the opposite thing round and put indoor plants outside and it didnt go to well but i can try it tho ....... and its more like a colony of ants and a bunch of centipids rather than aphids
Chip Green
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Ohhh...but where there are ants, high likelyhood there are aphids.
Ants enslave aphids and harvest their "honeydew" excretions. Aphids are livestock for ant colonies.
Ants enslave aphids and harvest their "honeydew" excretions. Aphids are livestock for ant colonies.
well either way , ants , aphids , or hell even antman lmfao , still getting ate up either way ...... but bout the cuttings tho , yall think its gonna be possible cause i read online bout it and it suggests branches that are 10 inches or less , and we're talking bout branches that are upwards of 2 ft , except for the very top ones which are maybe a foot n a half or foot n a inch or 2 , and i wanna attempt to clone every last branch i can if i do that .. yall think itll work with mine ? ... but hell yall aint got no ideas to revive it in general , thats my goal or i just might have to suck it up and take the loss if all else fails ..... however tho advanced nutes got a product called "revive" and imma try it but im worried it aint gonna cut it cause the drooping got worse since i last checked up on it , so anyone got anything to say bout the "revive" juice , im fucking worried lol
Mak'er Grow
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diatomaceous earth might help slow them down some...good luck on saving your plant
Jujubejohnny
Member
Yeah exactly still getting ate up either way., BUT..... Do you want to prevent it for next grow or not? There is a big and simple reason why you have aphids.
Aphids are not a pest - only from a human point of view (harvest etc).
Aphids only come to plants that are not in balance with nature and have excessive nitrogen. They actually fix the problem even though from your point of view they ruin your crop
You should definitely feed them absolutely nothing
You could try to get rid of the ants though, the aphids wont survive long without them
Get diatomaceous earth, make a circle 6 inches away from the trunk and couple of inches high. It will kill the ants within a week or two, depends.
But my guess is, it is probably already gone. I tried the same thing with carrots once
What do you feed with?
Aphids are not a pest - only from a human point of view (harvest etc).
Aphids only come to plants that are not in balance with nature and have excessive nitrogen. They actually fix the problem even though from your point of view they ruin your crop
You should definitely feed them absolutely nothing
You could try to get rid of the ants though, the aphids wont survive long without them
Get diatomaceous earth, make a circle 6 inches away from the trunk and couple of inches high. It will kill the ants within a week or two, depends.
But my guess is, it is probably already gone. I tried the same thing with carrots once
What do you feed with?
FresnoFarmer
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You can try ogbiowar foliar pack. Use it as a root drench. I'm going to be trying it during flowering to battle root aphids
https://www.thcfarmer.com/threads/root-aphid-annhiliation-pics.54240/
Ozmap
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Fine ash from a campfire has always been a natural ant killer for me. I believe (until I'm proven wrong) that ants breathe through their 'skin'. Not sure how that works, but they do seem to suffocate in it, either way. Cinnamon is only a temporary deterrent. After a while, they'll make it past.
