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3x Nutter Budder x Pistachio Phenohunter seeds, from HSC, were soaked in water overnight, then sewn into soil. Containers were placed in humid dome.
ACInfinity T22 set to run 20 hours estimated 18" from leaf, 230 measured PPFD from inside dome at sprout level. Humidity range 60-85%-ish.
Everything was looking good. Until I checked on Day 4 and found #3 upside down stem cut in half and looking pinched underneath the soil. Great. I shuffled the dirt around in the container the night before (to mess with the stupid freebies seeds that have been trouble) and it must have damaged the stem or pinched it. That or a bug, since this wouldn't have been the only assault by an insect this round. I was panicked and didn't take any photos of the damaged area.
I thought about tape or something, but it is so tiny and hard to handle, I think I did more damage trying to fix and replant it. It is almost certainly a goner. I suppose this is why you plant more than you need, took me 2 times to learn this lesson.
So now I have a choice,
- Pop a different strain that will lag 5-ish days behind. (Had to do this last time)
or
- Just run with 2 NBxPi and give them an extra week or two in veg to fill the tent.
or
- TRY to time the "wake up" of the unkillable revegged wedding cake clone to match size and growth trajectory with the 2 NBxPi. (No way I can pull this off but it IS an option)
Whole bunch of these guys living on my soil (BuildaSoil 3.0, second run - re-amended).
They aren't messing with the stalk or plants, can't see the roots obviously though.
I hope and assume some kind of predator mite but there are a metric buttload of these little bastards.
OH those are hypoaspis miles :) AKA Stratiolaelaps scimitus. These are predator mites! They feed on the bad bugs like spider mites, root aphids, and fungus gnats. Its a strong indication that you have a healthy echo system going. Some people even pay to have these bugs placed in their gardens.
One plant's fan leaves are building trichomes, but it has more fan leaves than the other plant & they are needing to be tucked daily.
Both plants never had issues with the previous defoliating. 3-4 wks left before chop day.
So, would you defoliate one last time?
If you wanna know for sure, pluck one off and split it open- male pollen sac will have 5 or so banana shape anthers inside there. Female bracts will just be empty basically with sometimes a tiny little ball which is the ovule
@Ezzjaybruh, Thanks for the follow-up, I appreciate it. I think I just panicked a bit since It took me 5 minutes before I found another one like it. But I appreciate the info for the future.
Though I may check it this weekend anyways, impulsive tendencies over here.
Try Grove bags for curing my man, they're fool proof. I used them for the first time and curing was so easy. No need to burp, just stays at 58-62%. Your plants look great brother, nice work on them!