Soil Test: Epsilon F1 & Royal Gorilla

D57. It's a new week, and we are slowly on the homestretch, at least for the Epsilon lady. The Gorilla girl still has a way to go, but she is getting pretty. The drop in temps and longer nights bring out the purple in her. ------------------------------ D60. Not much to report, as the girls are just doing their thing. ------------------------------ D63. Today, I discovered some aphids on the Epsilon lady as well. Aaaaaaaarrrggghh! The aphids might have won the battle over the LSD girl, but I'm going to win the war! I took the epsilon out of the tent, put her high up on a pedestal so I can view her from below, and used a headlight to inspect the leaves' undersides. Luckily, only a few leaves had bugs, so I used a vacuum cleaner with a narrow nozzle and sucked them straight off the plant. Fortunately, there weren't many and I could find none on the gorilla girl. I've ordered green lacewing larvae, which will be here tomorrow or the day after. I ordered 300, which is a complete overkill, but I'm not taking any chances. Until then, I'll keep scouting and removing whatever aphids I can. I will be victorious in the Great Aphid War of '23! ------------------------------