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Justnblaze Justnblaze
5 years ago
Going well so far, am just turning into the beginning of week 7. Looks like for the most part the thrips were taken care of by the cold press been oil treatment the past few days. Looks like in certain spots it may have burned a tiny area or two but better than having bugs hanging around. The thrips have been completely wiped out at this point so all is going well. Going to bump up the feeding a bit to see if she can take some more.
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Grow Questions
Justnblaze
Justnblazestarted grow question 5 years ago
Uh oh, I was just checking my plants today and I noticed one or two little worm lookin things. They look like thrips from all the stuff I’ve seen. There isn’t many maybe 10 that I saw and removed myself. Now that my plant is going into full flower I’m not really sure what to do.
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Stickanswered grow question 5 years ago
HI @Justnblaze! Sorry to hear this... Regarding pests/worms/bugs, prevention is the key. Pest prevention is an essential topic, you need a pest-prevention-strategy as soon as you plant your seedlings, during the first days. My strategy is pretty simple and consists in 3 methods: 1) I have a mister working 20min every hour to diffuse essential oils mixed with fresh water (a few drops of lemongrass, lavender, peppermint...you can find those oils in nature-stores or online). Those oils are repelling insects/pests, they don't like the smell of my room. 2) I spray neem-oil almost everyday during the veg stage when the light turns off, 10-12 drops of pure neem-oil mixed in a liter of temperated water, this oil is really efficient to kill/disturb/sterilize the invaders. 3) I use a dedicated foliar spray (BioBizz LeafCoat) once every 2 weeks to create a 'transparent layer' onto the leaves and to protect them from spiders/thrips/moths/miners... Since I've applied this approach, I've seen ZERO invader in my room, and believe my it was a big problem in the past. Now that your plants are flowering, you should avoid spraying any chemicals/pesticides, even neem-oil could ruin your final product, so here are 3 things you can do, 1/ spraying pure RO water at night (but be warned this can lead to bud-rot if over-done) and 2/ use a sponge to wash your leaves with neem-oil (mixed in water with a bit of soap), this solution will glue to the leaves and repel the thrips, 3/ Get some ladybugs, they love to eat thrips and other tiny indaders, and aren't offensive for your plants. I hope this will help, keep us up-to-date and happy growing 👊
Justnblaze
Justnblazestarted grow question 5 years ago
Any opinions on a dark period before harvest? Worth doing? If so how long—24/48/72 hours? Anyone notice any difference or benefit from having it before the chop?
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CRiSPrGrowanswered grow question 5 years ago
hey Justnblaze, dark period is important why? well three reasons, first of all after a dark period of 12hrs or less the plant has less photosynthesis chemicals in it which means the "cure will be better", aka a smoother better smoke. Second THC and terpenes actually get degraded by light so what happens when the lights come on the teprs and thc get burnt off so a dark period at the end allows the plant to "catch up" and get that flavour and strength in there. Getting strong weed is 50% growing and 50% curing, THC also comes from the cure actually ! a dark period of 12-24hrs helps, in fact you should chop and dry in the dark too, because once you chop the cure starts and light is the enemy of the cure. So the difference is a better, fuller taste and a stronger more potent smoke. Anything above 24hrs of dark and the trychomes start degrading though. hope this helps ! 🚀
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Justnblaze
Justnblazeweek 6
Thanks everyone. Going to try the bio way first!
Justnblaze
Justnblaze
@HighTV, sweet going to give the been oil a go. Thanks for all the advice hopefully it’s early enough to not be such an issue. For preventative measures in the future do you ever just spray it down while vegging even if there’s no sign of pests?
HighTV
HighTV
@Justnblaze, What I said DOES go both ways read up before following any advice! 😎 I think its fair to say that Neem oil is the safest solution. Neem oil doesn't destroy the flavor like you may be thinking. Its very easy to use Neem Oil and not have your flavor effected as long as you give it time before harvest. The most important thing is to kill the Pests and kill them now. Spray the Neem oil over the plant (Trust me its ok) once daily for 3-5 days. This will kill the pests and not hurt your plant! Then you just finish your grow normally pest free! =)
Justnblaze
Justnblaze
@HighTV, I’ve decided to go with cold press neem oil instead. Hopefully it’s got what I need. My plants relatively small enough so instead of spraying I was thinking perhaps manually applying with a damp paper towel to avoid any budsites being heavily sprayed, any thoughts on that? I don’t want to compromise the flavor if possible but would prefer to get rid of them no matter what.
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Justnblaze
Justnblazeweek 6
So day 2 and relatively no sign of the thrips maybe one or two that I simply wiped off the leaf. It’s a bit odd I thought they’d really take over like mites do lightning quick. The oil arrives tomorrow. But for now she still looks healthy and relatively unscathed by the little bastards minus a spot or two where they sucked some sap.
Justnblaze
Justnblazeweek 6
I just want to thank everyone for being so helpful. First I’m going to try topical cold press neem oil. If that doesn’t work I’ll go to bio route and try the nematodes. So far I’ve just been routinely checking in and removing any visible signs of them. Pretty much find one or two every 6 hours then no signs of them. Lol I may be the best pesticide for the plant. I’m pretty bummed I got them in there at all. Everything went so smoothly last run. Eh chalk it up to a learning experience and will definitely be more preventative in future runs. If worse comes to worse I will toss and restart after I sterilize the space (absolute last resort, hope it doesn’t end that way)
CRiSPrGrow
CRiSPrGrowweek 6
hey there are a few things you can do against thrips , some work some don't... folks sometimes spray neem oil on their plants, but you have to do it quite often, and it basically doesnt work and makes your but taste wierd at the end. There's also the non-bio pesticide approach, you buy a "fogger" some sort of smoke grenade that will make the thrips sterile, but since your soil will be contaminated with eggs you need to wait a few days like 5 days and fog again just to be sure. tHere's also the non pesticide way which is to buy loads of sticky strips like LOADS of them and put them all over, like over the soil, around the pots, and at various heights here and there in the grow room. You're trying to catch them before they lay eggs basically. takes a longer time but it does end up working... again you need a lot of strips. Then there's my favorite way, which is to introduce a sort of bacteria that kills off or makes the thrips sterile. look for Steinernema feltiae you just basically spray it on at a higher concentration than you would for preventative measures and in a few days they will die off and further contamination will be prevented - just follow the instructions on the packet. Biological warfare is the most effective way. Hope this helps bro. 🚀
Justnblaze
Justnblazeweek 6
I’ve removed all that are visible. Luckily the other plants in my tent are of no interest...lol super hot peppers probably aren’t what they wanna be eating. So far very little effect on the plants themselves. Matter of fact they could’ve been there for a few weeks now so I’m not sure what they are but they need to go, even if it’s only a few.
OutForReal
OutForReal
@Justnblaze,Take a look at what neem oil can do on Google, you will be surprised. Those who never tried can't know
Justnblaze
Justnblaze
@CRiSPrGrow, haha yes!
CRiSPrGrow
CRiSPrGrow
@Justnblaze, you know starship troopers ? "i'm doing my part" www.youtube.com/watch
DILLIGAF
DILLIGAFweek 11
looks nice , how much did you get off your first try
Justnblaze
Justnblaze
@DILLIGAF, about the same ~2oz’s but chopped down the first run at 9 weeks. If I had waited another 2-3 like I did this time I’m guessing it could’ve been a lot more. It was a monster plant about 4.5ft tall compared to this runs nearly 3ft more compact plant
LockDownGrow
LockDownGrowweek 11
Omg that looks amazing
Justnblaze
Justnblaze
@LockDownGrow, thanks this turned out to be some good stuff!
Federikush
Federikushweek 11
nice buds! what type of led do you use?
Justnblaze
Justnblaze
@Federikush, it’s just a 400w full spectrum LED off amazon. ~ about $100
CRiSPrGrow
CRiSPrGrowweek 11
hey Justnblaze , hope i answered your question : anything else just let me know 👊
Justnblaze
Justnblaze
@CRiSPrGrow, that’s some great info I really appreciate it. Today’s the last day I’ll be letting her bask in the sun then I’m going to let her chill in the dark for ~24 hours and take her down on Saturday!
HerbalEdu
HerbalEduweek 9
Yummy, nice job !
Justnblaze
Justnblaze
@HerbalEdu, thanks I’m excited to see what a difference 2 extra weeks does for this strain. Last time I chopped at 9 weeks this one is going to be at 11...hope it’s a more stoney couchlock
Fast_Buds
Fast_Budsweek 1
Good luck with your Girl Scout Cookies! Thanks for choosing our genetics. Happy Growing! 😀
Justnblaze
Justnblaze
@Fast_Buds, thanks looking forward to seeing where this one takes me! Last round was good but got a lot bigger than i would've liked for my tent. Oh ya and you guys need to figure out US shipping, I know where to get them from authorized retailers but they don't pass on the deals you guys do directly!
HighTV
HighTVweek 6
@Justnblaze Just spray the leaves with all natural neem oil for 3-5 days to kill the thrips. They wont be able to eat the leaves and they will just simply die 😎