Hi All!
Happy Week 7!
Another quick week for this mixed bag of ILGM Autos has passed. All 3 strains are in full flower. So much so that the oldest, lowest leaves on the SD and OG Kush plants are yellowing. I've been keeping them on the plant as long as I could, but this week started trimming them off. The LAK foliage is still dark green and healthy throughout. All the plants are starting to frost up the bud sites and sugar leaves! Very exciting. The tent smells wonderful.
All the plants are hungry. They were top-dressed mid week with build a flower and worm castings, which was watered in with the microbial/ mychorrizal stew I've been calling pond water. Later in the week I bottom watered with horticultural coconut. Foliar spraying with aloe every 3 days or so. Most days the plants get about 1/2 gal of water each.
Other than increasing the UV/IR light channel to 50% this week, tent conditions are the same as last week. Full exhaust power to keep the humidity down and an 18:6 light cycle. Temps 72-60, RH, ~ 58-65%, VPD ~ 0.9-1.10 based on a leaf offset of 0 degrees.
Thanks for checking in!
See you next week!
I applied some beneficial nematodes a little over a week ago and the gnat problem has almost gotten under control. I might do another application later this week or next.
I also put up some sticky traps to catch the adult fliers.
@PartTimeUnicorn,
Love to hear that. Seeing those gnats in the tent is such a downer! The zevo that I put in the tent seems to have resolved the problem for me too. I haven't seen any new gnats in a few days.
I top dressed my soil two days ago because the plants were showing pre-flower. I didn't see any gnats crawling around in the soil when I pulled back to plastic cover sheet. Hopefully it holds up.
Have you had any issues with fungas gnats in the earthboxes? Seems like whenever I top dress, I get an infestation of them. I did add some beneficial nematodes recently and it seems to be helping.
@PartTimeUnicorn
Dude! Fucking YES!
I haven't put up my week 3 post yet, but I have started noticing them. I ran a power cord with a zevo bug catcher into the tent. It's quelled them but there's still a few stragglers. The bug catcher emits a blue light to attract the gnats. I use them in my house during the summer, especially near the sink and fruit bowl. They work well.
I had gnats in a lime tree pot a few years ago and used nematodes with good effect, but ended up changing the soil when I moved the plant outside the following spring. Otherwise I'm trying not to put more water in the basin than can be absorbed in a day or two. The fungal gnats drive me fucking crazy though!
The earth boxes are so damp that I think gnats are going to be a problem the whole time. I asked my GF for some of the milled mustard seed from build a soil for Xmas. Its supposed to kill of gnats and boost mycelial growth. Hopefully that helps. I'll let you know if it does.
Good luck hunting!