Edit from 16th May.
Ok, so... I got Fungus Gnats... I vacuum cleaned my plant my accident... Overwatered first 2 plants... This is not like riding bicycle, I had to re-learn few things.
But we going strong! The biggest plant (Fat Banana week #4) growing big and strong, every 2 hours I can notice some changes, she seems to like the environment (32C and ~40% Humidity), soil stays wet for weeks literally.
I have to buy bottom feeders and keep the top soil dry bone to prevent Fungus Gnats having sex in wet soil.
I have switched to 600W now and I put my lamp around 30cm higher then before.
I have a net for Sea Of Green hanging and waiting but Im not sure If Im gonna use it or If I'm gonna "lollipop" these plants just because there is so many of them now there. I didn't "top" because I believe that main cola produce some banger THC content and terps, so I want to focus on all main colas and just tackle the side ones.
Edit from 17th May.
It looks like Fungus Gnats don't like 24h light. I can see larvas trying to eat the roots (fuck you you fucking.... FuckYouGnat). But I don't see adults flying around. 4x yellow tape helps as well for sure. I ordered some Nematodes, they should be here next week. Until then I'm fighting manually. I placed a decoy on most of the pots. I'm hoping to attract larvas to the decoy instead of baby roots of my plants. They already eat one of my seedling before it even fully open the shell, so I think there are not so many of them to attack all plants at once. I feel like I'm having more and more control over them everyday. Moving the dry soil to the sides also helps a bit with killing larvas. Just uncover the wet parts with larvas and blast them with all the watts you have. So far 2 big plants looks good and healthy, some praying leafs every now and then. I think I'm gonna leave the lights for 24/7 until I'm gonna be sure these FuckYouGnats are gone.
Edit form 18th May.
Nematodes arrived, I mixed 1 pack in 2L and watered all 8 pots. I have 1 pack left that I'm planning to use next week or after 2 weeks.
Lady Banana is showing her sex. I was worried that it looks like hermie but I think it's just Calyx in very early stage. She also looks "wilt", I guess from all that dry period, she got some water today with nematodes, I'll check on her tomorrow.
Vacuum Cleaner Surviver going strong! I believe she would even survive a house fire!
So I have noticed yellow mushroom growing in one of my pots. After reading about it I kinda know its from high humidity in the night, so Im gonna work on that but what should I do with the mushroom? I have read I can leave it cuz it doesn't matter. True? False?
The mushroom is just the fruit of the organism. Your soil is full of mycelia by now, and this often indicates not only that the soil is a bit damp but also that you have a functioning and balanced ecosystem in your pot 👊😉.
@emanresU, funny I also have the same problems (temp and humidity). my lights turn off at noon and then turn on in the afternoon, so that the lamp is off when the sun and temp are the highest. Still did reach 28°C at one point.
Same for my 40-50% humidity. Here I just gave up besides having the plants covered with an improvised water bottle Humidity dome half of the day. Waterbucket with a wet towel did help a bit, but I did remove it - scared of mold and such things.
@taprootArmy, Lady BanaN is still inside the tent. Im gonna chop it in next few following days, Im really thinking she can pull out one more "frost-combo" so Im stressing her for now. Few hours outside the tent, few hours inside the tent etc.
@emanresU, why do you have such high temps anyways if it is 20°C outside? Is it the HPS lamp? If thats the case, you really should replace it with an LED or at least get a cooltube or smth...
Or do you have no exhaust fan?
Anyways, good that it is at least half way on track again. Good luck, keep going
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