The Vault’s 3 Bear OG Auto Comparative Grow – in association with Mephisto Genetics

evergreengardener

evergreengardener

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JSheeze said:
No-name Wal-Mart generic special lol. I've been advised if growing with less treated soils, to bake in the oven before attempting a grow to kill all bad critters, but I really like the coir results I've been seeing and guna switch it up. Just bought 11lb brick, coming in mail soon.
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Cooking soil in your oven will stink up your house bad. You've been warned
 
Tx-Peanutt

Tx-Peanutt

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JSheeze said:
No-name Wal-Mart generic special lol. I've been advised if growing with less treated soils, to bake in the oven before attempting a grow to kill all bad critters, but I really like the coir results I've been seeing and guna switch it up. Just bought 11lb brick, coming in mail soon.
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Yeah I had to start getting mine from a feed store they keep there soil indoors I don’t like getting soil that sits in water for a year....
 
bertaluchi

bertaluchi

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JSheeze said:
I had broad mites, I tried N. Cucumeris (1 or 2k , can't remember, but on one 1.25'x1.25'x2.0' plant, ordered from 'Nature's good guys') but didn't seem to see much curbing of BM symptoms and ended up with a relatively weak harvest with weak resin production and flavor. The first night I deployed I thought I saw an improvement, but I now attribute it to a feeding with aspirin mixed in coincidentally the same night.

I also added 500 ladybugs 2 week prior to harvest to help control spider mite population. The lady bugs I could at least see, and they seemed to be feeding off of something on the buds (when they were on the plant and not crawling the walls ect) and I will probably do again considering the price.

I will not be using N. Cucumeris again, they were the cheapest and were described as feeders of broadmite eggs and larvae, but I'm nut sure if it was RH, their natural ability, or what, but I did not conclude that they were effective. Also, the amount I purchased was supposed to be several times overkill for my one plant. Like I said, I could have killed the Cucumeris with my grow environment, but I've been reading more and have been finding that they are not effective in treating broadmite.

My next grow is going to be done in Coco coir/perlite/neem cake/sf nematode and I will be spraying neem once a week during veg, and then one shot of forbid 4f before harvest and then adding N. Californicus (this time) and ladybugs during flower (cpl days after forbid 4f) and finish the grow off.

N. Californicus thrives at a greater RH and temp fluctuation than N. Cucumeris and is a more aggressive predator well.

Here's a site that sells N. Californicus at the cheapest price I have been able to find.

10,000 for $22.50

https://bugsforbugs.com.au/product/californicus/


Good luck on your grow, if you have success using N. Californicus or using another method hit me up. I'm still trying to figure out a process that actually work's too..

Here's a side by side, I think I started seeing obvi symptoms by week 3/4 or the 3rd/4th pic..
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Yeah I'm using cucumeris and swarski mites and I deployed after 2days of neem treatment. It seems to be clearing up as I'm starting to see new white hairs growing in the buds again, that's a really good sign. These pictures are from 2 days ago. They looked better today but we will see how it plays out over the next couple weeks. IMG_20180107_144937244.jpg IMG_20180107_144924420.jpg IMG_20180107_144912517.jpg
 
JSheeze

JSheeze

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bertaluchi said:
Yeah I'm using cucumeris and swarski mites and I deployed after 2days of neem treatment. It seems to be clearing up as I'm starting to see new white hairs growing in the buds again, that's a really good sign. These pictures are from 2 days ago. They looked better today but we will see how it plays out over the next couple weeks. View attachment 4070705 View attachment 4070706 View attachment 4070707
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That's good news. I've heard good things about Swarskii but never got any, just curious, how many did you get, and what did it run you? I wanted to get some, but couldn't at the time because the shipping was outrageous (Arbico)!
 
It's not oregano

It's not oregano

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Both are now dry enough to be put into jars. According to the hygrometers in the jars they are at 62-64 so about bang on. I've put a 62 boveda in there anyway just to make sure.

3 bears plant 1 gave me 61g dry, plant 2 gave me 50g dry, so a total weight of 113g dry - a shade over 4oz dry total. Not bad for a very small stealth grow using 154w of standard household led bulbs. You can safely say my 4g dry requirement to cover costs was exceeded pretty easily!

The large bud I had ended up as 17g dry and beat my previous biggest single bud size of 15g.

A word of warning - these buds reek, but in a good way. I opened the jars last night for a minute to burp them, my wife came home half an hour later and said a 'wall of weed' smell hit her when she walked in the door. Both jars were still firmly closed and hidden away upstairs where they are kept. That's all it took to stink out the house.

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Dabber68

Dabber68

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It's not oregano said:
Both are now dry enough to be put into jars. According to the hygrometers in the jars they are at 62-64 so about bang on. I've put a 62 boveda in there anyway just to make sure.

3 bears plant 1 gave me 61g dry, plant 2 gave me 50g dry, so a total weight of 113g dry - a shade over 4oz dry total. Not bad for a very small stealth grow using 154w of standard household led bulbs. You can safely say my 4g dry requirement to cover costs was exceeded pretty easily!

The large bud I had ended up as 17g dry and beat my previous biggest single bud size of 15g.

A word of warning - these buds reek, but in a good way. I opened the jars last night for a minute to burp them, my wife came home half an hour later and said a 'wall of weed' smell hit her when she walked in the door. Both jars were still firmly closed and hidden away upstairs where they are kept. That's all it took to stink out the house

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Nice harvest has my mouth watering
 
cindysid

cindysid

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It's been about 3 months since I started these and I haven't posted much. I just wanted to let everyone know how things have gone so far. 4/5 seeds popped, one struggled in veg, but all 4 plants are nearly identical now. I am growing them in 3 gallon pots, using Mega Crop nutrients. These have been so easy to grow! No yellow leaves, absolutely trouble free. I am posting pics, but they don't do them justice. Top colas are about 1.5 inches in diameter, and lowers are nice size, not much popcorn. Very frosty too!

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Dabber68

Dabber68

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cindysid said:
It's been about 3 months since I started these and I haven't posted much. I just wanted to let everyone know how things have gone so far. 4/5 seeds popped, one struggled in veg, but all 4 plants are nearly identical now. I am growing them in 3 gallon pots, using Mega Crop nutrients. These have been so easy to grow! No yellow leaves, absolutely trouble free. I am posting pics, but they don't do them justice. Top colas are about 1.5 inches in diameter, and lowers are nice size, not much popcorn. Very frosty too!

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Nice looking awesome MEGA CROP is some good stuff
 
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