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conor c

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Here is side lighting
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And here is without side lighting.
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I'm glad I bent the 2 main branches on the Tikki. It turned out a nice shape.
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I defrosted some Malawi pollen. 2 year 3 months in the freezer.
Hopefully it's still viable.
I done a branch on a Malstar, No.1 pheno. Below.
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New HPS Ballast led light is now set at 400 watts on the ballast, 508 watt reading on the kilowatt meter.
Plenty of light, ~ 800 ppfd.
4 x Bruce Banner, 1 x Blueberry x Bruce Banner and a Sensi Star original.
Tikki and Malstar in the forefront. They were vegged outside.
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4 x 4 vegged outdoors. In flower now
R Spec ~ 600 - 650 ppfd
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Long as it's still dry hopefully it still be viable fingers crossed bud
 

Liamp1603

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I couldn't say for sure from that pic. Have you seen any more? Any damage on the leaves?
Take action now just in case
No while trimming leaves today and scouring about in the room I found a few on the one plant .... only on one strain much like the other ones .... Google lens is saying it may be a predatory mite so I'm not sure looking for confirmation
 

conor c

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Sure that isn't a predatory mite or a beneficial looks too light for a red spider mite to my eye might be cos they freshly out tho I'm leaning towards predator if u see pic below they got red tint too fingers crossed think u ok tho bud
 
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Liamp1603

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Sure that isn't a predatory mite or a beneficial looks too light for a red spider mite to my eye might be cos they freshly out tho I'm leaning towards predator if u see pic below they got red tint too
There's no damage to leaves and no webbing .... but there is bugs only other thing i could think of I installed a shelve with soft wood about two weeks ago and it may be off that I was going to buy some predator mites just incase looking for an id to purchase the right ones
 

conor c

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There's no damage to leaves and no webbing .... but there is bugs only other thing i could think of I installed a shelve with soft wood about two weeks ago and it may be off that I was going to buy some predator mites just incase looking for an id to purchase the right ones
Nah I'd leave em behind I get em lots in biobizz all mix never had a spider mite problem much myself only ever seen that myself with cuttings from other folk indoors nah fungus gnats are the foe I encounter the most and the odd moth trying to get wide and have a chomp other than that I'm lucky outside is a whole other story
 

Liamp1603

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Nah I'd leave em behind I get em lots in biobizz all mix never had a spider mite problem much myself only ever seen that myself with cuttings from other folk indoors nah fungus gnats are the foe I encounter the most and the odd moth trying to get wide and have a chomp other than that I'm lucky outside is a whole other story
Carn grow outside in wales it's too wet in summer we had around 2 maybe 3 good weeks here unless your in a greenhouse I have use of a polytunnel on the property that I'm thinking of using next year have to start putting the work in to it now tho thru the winter ready for next year don't think it's been grown in for a fair few years
 

conor c

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Carn grow outside in wales it's too wet in summer we had around 2 maybe 3 good weeks here unless your in a greenhouse I have use of a polytunnel on the property that I'm thinking of using next year have to start putting the work in to it now tho thru the winter ready for next year don't think it's been grown in for a fair few years
If your lucky you can it's same here very hit and miss you are miles better with a glasshouse or Polly tunnel for sure it's Defo worth the effort if you can and you trust it's quiet enough to get away with id go for it next season I canny mind what forum it was but i seen a good grow of some Hindu kush up in the hills of Wales with little mould that suprised me how well it did here it never make it so sometimes you may get lucky
 

Star Dog

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Hey folk's so those fruit flies are fkg fungus gnats, I thought fungus gnats were like 4x the size I couldn't work out what the sudden interest from fruit flies was about, the penny has obviously dropped I know when I introduced them fkrs.

Could fungus gnats be responsible for this yellowing in rooted clones?
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I've got mosquito bits but I'm not sure how effective it is?
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Fingers crossed bti kills them 100%
 

conor c

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Hey folk's so those fruit flies are fkg fungus gnats, I thought fungus gnats were like 4x the size I couldn't work out what the sudden interest from fruit flies was about, the penny has obviously dropped I know when I introduced them fkrs.

Could fungus gnats be responsible for this yellowing in rooted clones?
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I've got mosquito bits but I'm not sure how effective it is?
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Fingers crossed bti kills them 100%
Aye there little fuckers and pretty prevalent here bud it's only pest I see on a regular basis they might be responsible for the yellowing clones too

Aye she is a chunky one nice one bud
 

Liamp1603

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Hey folk's so those fruit flies are fkg fungus gnats, I thought fungus gnats were like 4x the size I couldn't work out what the sudden interest from fruit flies was about, the penny has obviously dropped I know when I introduced them fkrs.

Could fungus gnats be responsible for this yellowing in rooted clones?
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I've got mosquito bits but I'm not sure how effective it is?
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Fingers crossed bti kills them 100%
Get some sharp sand and put a inch layer of sand over your medium they should die off them as they Carn get into your medium thru the sand
 

conor c

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Get some sharp sand and put a inch layer of sand over your medium they should die off them as they Carn get into your medium thru the sand
Aye sharp sand or Diatomaceous earth supposed to help if all else fails cranking the heat up n letting it dry right out helps disrupt there life cycle if your in dirt but that's a last resort thing still id rather do that than spray anything but plants do suffer still sometimes needs must I don't imagine you could do it so much with coco however
 

Star Dog

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Thanks for the suggestions guys, I've got too many small pouches/pots anything manual is going to be a real pain ideally I need some kind of root drench to wipe out everthing like permethrin or a hot shot type thing?

Sealing the pots is a good idea my main concern is the pouches are wet and I'd expect they'll lay eggs on them, I could seal the pouches with a twist ties but I've my doubts because they're wet?

I can't move forward without them being dead as I'll just spread them to flower where tackling them effectively isn't possible and conditions are more favorable for them.

Between dry backs and 12% H202 @0.5/1.5% (that's strong af) made a dent in them but didn't stop them hopefully bti works I'm tired fighting them I need to kill them for good now.

On Mon/Tues I had to scrape ice around daybreak that's the 1st frost I've seen...Take care if you're early morning commuting!!
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A sure sign of autumn.

Have a great weekend folk's.
 
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