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supersourdave

supersourdave

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So guys I've been have problems again lately and was wondering what these little guys are called and what I can do to get rid of them.
Also I have somewhat purple stems is that a difficiency or genetics ? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you
 

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HiloReign

HiloReign

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Those are leaf miners SSDave. I've never had them become a big enough problem for me to look into their life cycle etc. but I spray an emulsion of neem oil/agsil16h weekly during the vegetative phase and haven't seen any more than a couple leaf miners over the last year.

No worries about your stem, it's genetic~

EDIT: Whenever I run into leafminers, I'll try and control them by hand first...
 
supersourdave

supersourdave

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When you say control em by hand ... You mean squish them or pop em? I was thinking about running down to the store to pick up some bone meal and blood meal, anything else I should grab while I'm there ?
 
rikdabrick

rikdabrick

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HiloReign said:
If you have nails, you can penetrate the top layer of the leaf (leaving the bottom intact if you manage to be gentle enough)and get them out that way. I've heard of someone using a needle to poke them all. If you look good at the trail you'll be able to see where the leaf miner is.
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I've poked them before on my tomato plants. I've also never had a big problem with them with cannabis, but leaf miners like my tomatoes enough to be a problem.
 
rikdabrick

rikdabrick

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supersourdave said:
When you say control em by hand ... You mean squish them or pop em? I was thinking about running down to the store to pick up some bone meal and blood meal, anything else I should grab while I'm there ?
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Do you have cold-pressed neem oil? Try mixing some in with your soil drench water with an emulsifier and see if it helps repel pests. I think it has helped me a lot.
 
HiloReign

HiloReign

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What's up rik... That's great advice. A systemic application of neem is said to be very effective. I water in menial amounts of neem whenever I remember or whenever the pests remind me...

Outdoors I have had success in planting "trap" plants (mostly basil) and also plants to attract beneficial predators (dill, marigolds, lavender, etc.). I've had success with these plants in separate pots right next to each other but it seemed to be more effective when I planted them in the same pot.

My tomatoes usually get their asses handed to them by fungi but if I take care (not just let them go) they hold off til I can harvest most of the goodies. Pests are (usually) kept in check by the dozens of other plants in the vicinity of my maters housing predators.
 
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Mohican

Mohican

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We are done. She is all set. Time to party :bigjoint:

I love the long happy Malawi buzz. However, the first 20 minutes of paranoia are a bit unsettling. :shock:
Blue Dream is my favorite right now. :weed:

I have a Purple Haze in the ground and I expect it to be 15 feet tall by the end of the year!

Cheers,
Mo
 
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kaloconnection

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Anyone ever try Hugelkultur mounds for cannabis? They work surprisingly well for veggies where you have little top soil. This is a corn bed planted on May 31 using buried logs from some freshly cut trees plus old decaying logs on our property.

This was from yesterday. About chest high after two weeks.


Update on the solar flood light Veg. It works well! 1 of 4 Goji OG pheno's in a 3 gal (white spots are from foliar spray not PM)
 
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kaloconnection

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I sometimes use Bronners in my foliar to help mix my neem up but I mostly use yucca extract and agsil16h now. My white spots are from some xtreme gardening calcarb I got for free a while back, its supposed to wash off but we havent had any real rain lately. I barely use it and dont know if it makes any difference at all, I might be better off just watering with it.

Thanks for the video, I'll have to remember to watch it tonight.
 
SpliffAndMyLady

SpliffAndMyLady

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right on I've never used calcarb but love there myko's and azo's..myco fusion is alright too but i still prefer the combination of myko's/azo's..did you find the yucca local or have to order it?
 
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kaloconnection

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I use myko's and azo's as well. I used mycofusion samples at last transplant but its a bit too expensive for me. I got the yucca powder from kelp4less a while back and it solidified into a solid brick with all the humidity. I just dissolved it in a jar of water and keep it in the fridge and it has lasted me a while.
 
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