sweet thanks. i dont believe my grow store has them, although ive never asked. i never thought about a praying mantis haha that would be awesome. the thrips are super tiny whenever i see them, would a mantis take care of them? and you got 1500 lady bugs?? damn that sounds like a lot haha how many did you let out into the garden?
I am not sure, but I will ask my bro who has used them, but they are pretty much insect slayers. I will ask if ladybugs work also as they might.
Yeah 1500. They do not come in a smaller size that I have seen, although I have seen different packaging. I released 10 or so in each box. They are not real fond of 12,000 foot candles in the flower box and only a few hang out on the tops, but in the veg box under cfl's they will be on leaves touching the bulbs (the headband had a growth spurt after tea).
I have had to do a little pruning of the flower canopy. I know this is controversial on this site (to trim or not to trim) however I have so much crammed in so little space, I think some selective pruning will help improve yield and it sure looks better. I also tied up #3. She did not have anyone in front of her and was happy to be 2 feet wide (would easily be 4' wide if I let her). This made room to squeeze 1 headband re-veg (zombie) into the flower box last night.
My gro bro and I are placing an order for Barney farm "violator kush" and "night shade" which makes the strain list we both have access to include:
Romulan
Skunk Kush
Blueberry
Red Diesel
LA Confidential
Headband
K-Train
AK-48
Power Skunk
Coming soon:Violator kush, night shade (both 22% THC and over 1%CBN)
I have also started using Botanicare Power Plant or Power Flower
with liquid karma, blast off, sweet, cal-mag plus, BMO SPT, Dr. Hornby's Piranha (only a sample it is real expensive) mixed with RO water and or worm casting tea (diluted 3:1) The botanicare stuff seems to be gentle enough they say you cant over do it (I bet I could) My buddy uses this mix every watering, soaks rockwool for clones in it and dips them in it. All his shit looks perfect. He has tried many products over the years and likes these. He kicked me water bottle samples. I am also going to try coco coir, as it seems to work excellent. Soil is great when it is new... the coir hold lots of water and lots of air. His shit has tiny roots coveing the top layer of coco. Seeing is believing for me. Thanks global dude if you are lurking!
So much for the yard work I was going to do...it's now dark, and I think I'll go get high!