mattypacks
Well-Known Member
7/22 Update
Bad News - Yesterday when doing tie downs on the OG#18 I noticed one of the two original tops had a weak spot when bending it down, looked closer and found a borer hole. Looked through the stalk and stems and found maybe 3-5 more entry holes (identified by frass on the stalk). This is something I wouldnt wish on my worst enemy. Eggs are laid by moths, the larvae find their way to the stalks, enter, and continue to eat up and down on the inside causing disease, weakness, and potentially destroying the entire crop. Last season I got introduced to these guys, I didnt notice any damage until mid flower, but as it came time to harvest there was entire branches rotting at the knuckles and dying off. What I did (where I could) was slit the stem to find out what direction they could be going in, and poke needle holes into the branch 4-6 inches in each direction. I did spray BT about a week ago for the first time, and im hoping that it could have an effect, even if it only gets 1 or 2 of them, but I dont believe it will. LUCKILY this is the only plant that seems afflicted. There is nothing more I can do for this one, im going to wage war, ordered European Corn Borer pheromone lures that will go onto yellow sticky traps, ordered a 1/2 acre dynatrap, and will be treating BT every 3 days (was gonna do it anyways for the budworms). From what I read, its the generations to come that cause the most damage. Once they get in and eat for a few weeks to a month they pupate, exit the plant, and breed 2-3 times a season. An optimistic prediction is that I will be able to salvage the plant with up to 25% yeild loss IF I can cull future generations but losing the entire plant isnt such a longshot. Its take and give under the rule of mother nature, what can you do
Other than that things have been popping off in the garden. Couldn't have asked for better results. More SST's, more tie downs. Resiliently made it through 3-4 days of 90-98 degree weather. Took clones off the white widow, Eclair, OG#18, Matty OG, and critical super silver haze. The Matty OG and Eclair clones will become mothers for future grows and the rest will be going to F&F.
Strawberry Cough - Besides the weird genetic tissue paper like growth in some spots, she really wants to be a monster.
OG#18 - Beautiful plant, sucks that this might be the healthiest she'll ever look.
Matty OG mystery bagseed - Cloned and going to keep these genetics for as long as I can. What a fucking beauty. Pink/purple leaf stems, reeks like menthol/gas/fruit, first plant that ive ever grown in veg that reeks when you get 5-6ft from it. Topped her once and the rest took very little effort for amazing results. Showing pre flower signs, could be the first or second girl to flower in the garden, if thats the case and the flowers can finish before October shes going to be my trophy girl. Gonna hit a branch with the Red Diesel pollen and see what I can come up with.
Critical Super Silver Haze - I think shes doing pretty well considering she was put out @ 2 weeks old compared to the rest at 4-5.
Critical Orange Punch x2 - The twins are doing just OK in my opinion. Drinking way more than the rest of the garden, and had some sort of issue, lots of purpling at the top of stems, leaves hard and rough, slower growth, and woody branches. Also has some TMV looking leaves here and there. Definitely couldn't be a soil/feeding issue since the rest of the garden is no different. Maybe they just demand more of something specific, or the heat was a bit much for them, who knows. They still should produce high quality flowers.
Bad News - Yesterday when doing tie downs on the OG#18 I noticed one of the two original tops had a weak spot when bending it down, looked closer and found a borer hole. Looked through the stalk and stems and found maybe 3-5 more entry holes (identified by frass on the stalk). This is something I wouldnt wish on my worst enemy. Eggs are laid by moths, the larvae find their way to the stalks, enter, and continue to eat up and down on the inside causing disease, weakness, and potentially destroying the entire crop. Last season I got introduced to these guys, I didnt notice any damage until mid flower, but as it came time to harvest there was entire branches rotting at the knuckles and dying off. What I did (where I could) was slit the stem to find out what direction they could be going in, and poke needle holes into the branch 4-6 inches in each direction. I did spray BT about a week ago for the first time, and im hoping that it could have an effect, even if it only gets 1 or 2 of them, but I dont believe it will. LUCKILY this is the only plant that seems afflicted. There is nothing more I can do for this one, im going to wage war, ordered European Corn Borer pheromone lures that will go onto yellow sticky traps, ordered a 1/2 acre dynatrap, and will be treating BT every 3 days (was gonna do it anyways for the budworms). From what I read, its the generations to come that cause the most damage. Once they get in and eat for a few weeks to a month they pupate, exit the plant, and breed 2-3 times a season. An optimistic prediction is that I will be able to salvage the plant with up to 25% yeild loss IF I can cull future generations but losing the entire plant isnt such a longshot. Its take and give under the rule of mother nature, what can you do
Other than that things have been popping off in the garden. Couldn't have asked for better results. More SST's, more tie downs. Resiliently made it through 3-4 days of 90-98 degree weather. Took clones off the white widow, Eclair, OG#18, Matty OG, and critical super silver haze. The Matty OG and Eclair clones will become mothers for future grows and the rest will be going to F&F.
Strawberry Cough - Besides the weird genetic tissue paper like growth in some spots, she really wants to be a monster.
OG#18 - Beautiful plant, sucks that this might be the healthiest she'll ever look.
Matty OG mystery bagseed - Cloned and going to keep these genetics for as long as I can. What a fucking beauty. Pink/purple leaf stems, reeks like menthol/gas/fruit, first plant that ive ever grown in veg that reeks when you get 5-6ft from it. Topped her once and the rest took very little effort for amazing results. Showing pre flower signs, could be the first or second girl to flower in the garden, if thats the case and the flowers can finish before October shes going to be my trophy girl. Gonna hit a branch with the Red Diesel pollen and see what I can come up with.
Critical Super Silver Haze - I think shes doing pretty well considering she was put out @ 2 weeks old compared to the rest at 4-5.
Critical Orange Punch x2 - The twins are doing just OK in my opinion. Drinking way more than the rest of the garden, and had some sort of issue, lots of purpling at the top of stems, leaves hard and rough, slower growth, and woody branches. Also has some TMV looking leaves here and there. Definitely couldn't be a soil/feeding issue since the rest of the garden is no different. Maybe they just demand more of something specific, or the heat was a bit much for them, who knows. They still should produce high quality flowers.
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