Fungus Gnats?
It's been a hot minute since I've been on here... Nice to see new traffic...
Gotta add my 2 cents...
Too late.................we've been asleep at the wheel, It's gonna be a hard turn-around IMO. Just look @ the heads of the USDA.
Thank you for the reply man, i have been watering about once everyday before lights go out, i could try vermicompost not a problem, do you mean i should let my soil get crusty on top even without the ewc top dress ? I did see some yellow kind of bugs walking up and down the one stem though not many : / I dont really understand though, all my intakes are filtered & my windows both have mosquito netting, i should also get a better handheld microscope. Peace man
Interesting that the blue would induce flowering. However im not sure i would bank on that being the cause. I have seen strains show pre-flowers in veg but i believe it has more to do with genetics.
Hey Brother, you will always have fungus gnats around bro, those and spider mite are the South African gardeners two main enemies so tweak your pest management for those. The gnats come in the EWC and compost if you buy you get gnats, they are literally everywhere out here man. What you want is Margaret Roberts Organic Mosquito Insecticide, good old BTi. That, and some of those sticky fly traps (not the ones that kill the ones that just get them stuck, the former are bad news), the fly traps for the flyers the BTi for the larvae in the soil. We are coming into mite season so go ot and grab some Ludwigs Insect Spray Plus, it is made from garlic, canola oil and pyrethrum. Dude I have imported all the stuff guys talk about but nothing comes close to Ludwigs. Mix it according to instructions for tomatoes and bust it out when you see bugs. For maintenance get some Margaret Roberts Organic pesticide, just garlic and canola oil that, once a week to kill all eggs and small bugs, works a charm. And you are watering a little often perhaps yes. Make sure your mulch is at least 5cm thick, if you can stick your finger under and it feels moist don't water, if it feels a bit dry then yes water away. Mulch is essential to keep moisture even and develop a feel for watering IMO, and nasty dry pockets are the enemy... And your girls can handle that bit of heat, don't make sudden brash move like limit your light for 14 hours, in veg rather let them ride out one factor gone haywire than two. Besides, summer is hardly here bro lmfao... them girls are going to have to get used to a lot more, come Jan 15 TS gonna be a sauna in there even with lights off... TI fukin A muahahahaha
Respect bro, thank you, really appreciate the advice.
We get some lekka mulches brother. Go see if your nursery has rooibos mulch, it needs a tiny soak before you use it as it comes bone dry and that doesn't help much. My favorite mulch is my male plants lmfao... but seriously can a leaves make an epic mulch that gets eaten by the soil slowly but surely. Some compost will work fine too, this is where I enjoy the rougher grades. If you can get some leaf mould that is tits. I have used washed coco when I had nothing else, works a treat if it is the roug grade, total disaster if you use the pyth blocks. 34 is pretty damn hot yes but like i said unless you get climate control your girls are looking at touching the mid fourties before flower is out. This next bit is gonna take balls of steel my friendbut once your rig is tweaked it is tweaked. Also a good idea getting your AC installed before you have thirty ladies to hide when the tech comes... No hassles on the sprays, a respirator is always a good idea though. Stuff will make your tent smell like an Italian restaurant for a day lmfao, but that truly is the worst part.Respect bro, thank you, really appreciate the advice.
I see where you coming from that they pretty much everywhere, I have seen Margaret Roberts & Ludwigs products in stores so ill definitely go grab the products you mentioned,it should be okay if i had to inhale any of these though bro?
I wanted to mention i diluted some lacto b with water and sprayed it on the soil & plants this morning, i didnt see flies around like i did on yesterday though, seems to have helped for now unless they chilling on the soil though, could i ask bro what do you use for mulch though ? I felt stupid for leaving the backup lights on for 14 hours, there was one benefit i now know that i have 3 females, just waiting on the Mango Kush though, possibly a female i really hope, i thought id leave them in the heat bro but the tent was sitting at 34 C , i was scared something would short circuit with all that moisture build up. Lol summer is going to be insane though.. hope ill manage with the 600w lol but i rate i should start flowering in a week bro & definitely getting rid of the fan controller but not sure what to get. Attached a picture quickly aswell, Peace bro thank you very much once again
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Ill check around for some rooibos mulch brother, i definitely have seen coco in the rough type which is basically loose you mean right ? Compost on the other hand, im not sure what type is rough dont really have alot of choice here but i did get some 1/4" mesh to sift the compost.