Caring for a new clone organically

Hey everyone-

My first attempt at bringing in a clone did not go well. https://rollitup.org/t/need-some-organic-advice-on-this-struggling-clone.1069309/

After weeks or poor growth I couldnt put my finger on I broke out the scope and discovered russet mites. I culled everything and have been bleaching and wiping down everything. All soil was tossed and the tents were completely reset these last 2 weeks.

A very nice head offered me some new cuts to get me going again. Im trying not to overthink this, but I would love to know how others more experienced than me bring in a clone. I understand I will want to quarantine and spend a lot of time scoping the new cuttings. I have some Tweetmint plant cleaner I was planning on dunking the clones into before transplanting to a 1 gallon pot to take care of any stragglers. not sure if this also takes care of any eggs. Needless to say I will be all over these with my scope and loupe for weeks to make sure I don’t bring anything back in.

I bought a bag of Roots Organic for the new clones, then they will be transplanted into my homemade coot mix in a few weeks. Do I need to feed the plants anything these first few weeks? I have a liquid hydrolyzed fish fertilizer from Neptune- it’s a 2-4-1.

Should I just brew a worm castings tea and water in with that?

I have a good amount of experience from seed, but not much with clones and I’m getting so hyped over these cuts I’m blowing it lol.

What does you initial watering look like when transplanting from a rockwool cube to fresh soil? Should I pre-moisten it?

thanks all!!

A $10 bottle of wettable sulfur would've taken care of the russets on your original clones. Just mix 1 tsp in a 32oz spray bottle and cover the entire plant as best as possible. I dont even measure the stuff out anymore, seems to work at whatever strength you mix it at. It will also kill pm and spider mites.

there should be enough nutes in roots organic to last you a few weeks.

I definitely overreacted. I read some posts about people fighting them for months and losing so I just decided to reset. Hoping I got all the eggs.

I do have wettable sulfur. Maybe I’ll make a dunk of that too and dunk in the Tweetmint first, then the sulfur 3-4 days later. How do your plants respond to the sulfur?

Russets are a piece of cake to get rid of in veg, in like one week. Dont even waste your tweetmint on it. As long as you havent sprayed any oils on your plants within 2 weeks, the sulfur shouldnt affect your plants at all but it will burn your plants if you use oil based stuff right before or after sulfur.

waterproof808 said:

Russets are a piece of cake to get rid of in veg, in like one week. Dont even waste your tweetmint on it. As long as you havent sprayed any oils on your plants within 2 weeks, the sulfur shouldnt affect your plants at all but it will burn your plants if you use oil based stuff right before or after sulfur.

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I really appreciate the tip. what would your suggestion be in terms of frequency of sprays in that week to break their cycle? it doesn’t kill their eggs does it? Always wanted to know a sure fire way to wipe out the eggs. (Wiping leaves with diluted alcohol) Its interesting you’re able to control them so easily with sulphur when ive seen people lose even when using avid and other miticides

Jcue81 said:

I really appreciate the tip. what would your suggestion be in terms of frequency of sprays in that week to break their cycle? it doesn’t kill their eggs does it? Always wanted to know a sure fire way to wipe out the eggs. (Wiping leaves with diluted alcohol) Its interesting you’re able to control them so easily with sulphur when ive seen people lose even when using avid and other miticides

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Most people that lose the battle to russets are already in flower (When you should not spray sulfur...or anything really) and by the time they finally identify them, the flowers are already toast. I've seen many threads started here with russet mite symptoms plain as day, and page after page of responses suggesting everything except treating for russets.

As far as spray frequency, once or twice a week for two weeks should be enough. Only do it in veg, and make sure you have as complete coverage of the plants as possible...top and undersides of leaves. I would not mix it with any other treatments, there should really be no need, as the sulfur will absolutely decimate the mites.

waterproof808 said:

Most people that lose the battle to russets are already in flower (When you should not spray sulfur...or anything really) and by the time they finally identify them, the flowers are already toast. I've seen many threads started here with russet mite symptoms plain as day, and page after page of responses suggesting everything except treating for russets.

As far as spray frequency, once or twice a week for two weeks should be enough. Only do it in veg, and make sure you have as complete coverage of the plants as possible...top and undersides of leaves. I would not mix it with any other treatments, there should really be no need, as the sulfur will absolutely decimate the mites.

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Nice, thanks for the detail brother.