PioneerValleyOG
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Last year at this time I would go out to the garden and like 20 birds would scatter as they were feasting on all kinds of insects. I had aphids and some other issues, this year, I cant find a bug anywhere. My methods are semi-experimental and semi-time tested. I did a one time BT Spray, preflower, Montery. I know I will prolly get murdered for this, but I sprayed this in a big circle around the outside of my little bunny mesh fence
because I noticed that ants love to get into the bottom of pots with rocks in the bottom. I also put up yellow sticky boards with excellent results. Oh wait I did find like a lime green stink bug looking thingy which I sent to heaven directly. No birds this year, no bugs, but I do remember about this time last year I would find these curled leaves, when pried open a little web cocoon held a little green worm. But I had to be vigilant and do thorough inspections, a lot of creepy crawlies were removed by hand.
As healthy as my plants are, this is the time of year in MA when the damp humidity can begin to create the dreaded bud rot. Any suggestions on how to prevent this from happening would be greatly appreciated. Last year I would go out in the morning and find small areas of bud rot. Then two days later another, and the day after.... I ended up deciding to just bite the hairy ballsac and harvest early rather than keep pulling off brown chunks all the time. One thing I did do today was move two plants around to create more air flow. I really like the 7-9 mph breezes, bc when I go out in the morning now, in the 40's, the buds are just soaked with dew, and I grumble. Then the sun comes out and the breeze kicks in and it seems like its all gonna work out. Since its been sunny and nice, I was able to juice the girls, 10-52-10, ( I know ridiculous right?) I use 25 gallons on 12 plants, maybe a little much but thats how it goes. Im only using that for a couple weeks then Im back to 24-8-16 and any suggestions for what I can use for the final flowering stage before I begin to flush, Im all ears. I'm looking ahead to flushing the last two weeks, which could stretch into three, possibly. Next year Im going to go straight into the ground, screw these pots. Im gonna try a different approach in the garden. Maybe 30 gal fabric pots, maybe 1/2 and 1/2 in the ground. The gigunda plants always seem to do best coming straight out of the ground. OK, Im going fishing, its too nice out.
May your crop be blessed, your curing trouble free, and your medicine as amazing as you desire.
PVOG out.
because I noticed that ants love to get into the bottom of pots with rocks in the bottom. I also put up yellow sticky boards with excellent results. Oh wait I did find like a lime green stink bug looking thingy which I sent to heaven directly. No birds this year, no bugs, but I do remember about this time last year I would find these curled leaves, when pried open a little web cocoon held a little green worm. But I had to be vigilant and do thorough inspections, a lot of creepy crawlies were removed by hand.
As healthy as my plants are, this is the time of year in MA when the damp humidity can begin to create the dreaded bud rot. Any suggestions on how to prevent this from happening would be greatly appreciated. Last year I would go out in the morning and find small areas of bud rot. Then two days later another, and the day after.... I ended up deciding to just bite the hairy ballsac and harvest early rather than keep pulling off brown chunks all the time. One thing I did do today was move two plants around to create more air flow. I really like the 7-9 mph breezes, bc when I go out in the morning now, in the 40's, the buds are just soaked with dew, and I grumble. Then the sun comes out and the breeze kicks in and it seems like its all gonna work out. Since its been sunny and nice, I was able to juice the girls, 10-52-10, ( I know ridiculous right?) I use 25 gallons on 12 plants, maybe a little much but thats how it goes. Im only using that for a couple weeks then Im back to 24-8-16 and any suggestions for what I can use for the final flowering stage before I begin to flush, Im all ears. I'm looking ahead to flushing the last two weeks, which could stretch into three, possibly. Next year Im going to go straight into the ground, screw these pots. Im gonna try a different approach in the garden. Maybe 30 gal fabric pots, maybe 1/2 and 1/2 in the ground. The gigunda plants always seem to do best coming straight out of the ground. OK, Im going fishing, its too nice out.
May your crop be blessed, your curing trouble free, and your medicine as amazing as you desire.
PVOG out.
