Open Show & Tell , Outdoors 2014

Dudeness

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Posting an update of my backyard headbands. expect them every 5 days, as that's as often as I'm taking pics.

If anybody has any suggestion for dealing with a creeping PM issue, I'd love to here them. It seems to be abundant in my area and the humidity has not been optimal... we're talking 90% at night. I controlled it during veg with organocide and actinovate. Since it's been in flower I've been keeping the PM down by spot treating leaves with a papertowel soaked in organocide and keeping an oscillating fan on them, but it seems to show up on a few leaves every day. Is it too late to be spraying actinovate? I've also read about a horsetail tea online that people will spray up to the last week of flower. Anybody have experience with that? I'm a little nervous to be spraying my buds, but the weather has remained warm and sunny here so maybe it'd be cool. Thanks guys

Lots of good pics out there. Every time I see a shot of the trees you guys are growing, I must admit, I get a little jealous. I wonder what these ladies would look like if they were planted in the ground mid may vs. in pots mid june. oh well, i suppose the PM would be even more annoying then.

And a shout out to Zest: your pics make my fucking mouth water... well done, sir.
 

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FresnoFarmer

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Posting an update of my backyard headbands. expect them every 5 days, as that's as often as I'm taking pics.

If anybody has any suggestion for dealing with a creeping PM issue, I'd love to here them. It seems to be abundant in my area and the humidity has not been optimal... we're talking 90% at night. I controlled it during veg with organocide and actinovate. Since it's been in flower I've been keeping the PM down by spot treating leaves with a papertowel soaked in organocide and keeping an oscillating fan on them, but it seems to show up on a few leaves every day. Is it too late to be spraying actinovate? I've also read about a horsetail tea online that people will spray up to the last week of flower. Anybody have experience with that? I'm a little nervous to be spraying my buds, but the weather has remained warm and sunny here so maybe it'd be cool. Thanks guys

Lots of good pics out there. Every time I see a shot of the trees you guys are growing, I must admit, I get a little jealous. I wonder what these ladies would look like if they were planted in the ground mid may vs. in pots mid june. oh well, i suppose the PM would be even more annoying then.

And a shout out to Zest: your pics make my fucking mouth water... well done, sir.
Have you ever tried neem oil emulsified with dg protekt?
 

Dudeness

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I have not, though i happen to have both on hand (so long as neem oil doesn't expire because it's several years old). Would I be spraying the plant down with this or just wiping individual leaves?
 

FresnoFarmer

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How many weeks left do the buds have? I have sprayed in week 4 of flower with no taste issues. Neem oil works great when mixed with protekt and a couple drops of dish soap or aloe juice.
 

Dudeness

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my guess is they're mid 4th week flower. That would leave about 5 weeks before harvest. at the very least they have a month left.

What do you think about the actinovate?
 

Didi94

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Didi94,

Doublejj hit the nail on the head. Cover those girls up with a plastic A frame if at all possible.

We got our first frost last night and I still don't have the top on my greenhouse. I'm scrambling today to finish my strapping so I can get my cover on.
Luckily I was able to cover my plants last night, I used sheets, scrap drop clothes and cloths pins. Looks like a bunch of ghosts waiting for Halloween but it serves it's purpose.

Helps to have moving air too.
I covered them a few days ago everyday I go see them there is a new infected part ... It got to a point that it´s out of control...
 

Dudeness

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It's beneficial bacteria. Can't remember the exact species, but it supposedly enters the leaf surface and feeds on the PM. So, yes, you could say it's systemic. To what degree it travels through the vascular system I'm not sure. I'm not sure of the residual length either. I think it's about 4 weeks but I'm having trouble finding it on a web search.
 

Jozikins

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SUICIDE SILENCE - You Only Live Once (OFFICIAL VI…:
Lol, these dudes used to chill at a pad I was renting at in Temecula all the time. They are still over there all the time, I moved out though because I couldn't afford my new grow house and a room in Temec because I had too much overhead and had the grow split up too many ways.

Anyways, if you like them, some of the original members created a reggae band, Indica Roots, if you want to check them out, I think they are up on the net now. They are some pretty cool dudes, and they got some good damn drugs, I'll tell you that much.
 

Jozikins

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Blue Dream is in two plastic shoe boxes with snap/clamp on lids. She was starting to feel crispy so I took her off the hangers and into the boxes to finish drying slower than she would hanging in the closet. Yes, I am opening the boxes and rotating from top to bottom twice a day so they dry evenly.
My question is, should I cut the buds off the stems, leave them on the stems or it doesn't matter?
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I'd cut them down until they are dense and you cannot see through any little holes where the buds hang loosely on the stem. I find I get a much better donation if I use my trimmers to make my bud look better than it really is, lol. Like trimming two small nugs on one stem so they look like a medium sized nug :P
 

S'Manta

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I am so paranoid about any bug much less russet mites that I am constantly checking my plants. I am pissed that my cat caught a preying mantis. I had to go in the house.
I can't wait for this to be over..for this year. I love Blue Dream..... I snuck a bud out of the curing box to my joint rolling box and it is so relaxing and it is a sativa. Maybe that's why I'm paranoid about bugs. Gawd, its hot outside... :-)
 

FLkeys1

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I am so paranoid about any bug much less russet mites that I am constantly checking my plants. I am pissed that my cat caught a preying mantis. I had to go in the house.
I can't wait for this to be over..for this year. I love Blue Dream..... I snuck a bud out of the curing box to my joint rolling box and it is so relaxing and it is a sativa. Maybe that's why I'm paranoid about bugs. Gawd, its hot outside... :-)
Thank god I am not getting as hot as they are calling for.. But the humidity is going up as the moisture from the hurricane down south starts getting closer... We have really had a nice summer down in Southern California and now we are paying for it.. image.jpg
 
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