The Fruity Donutz ladies started blooming a few days ago. And with the bloom, they vigorously grew in height as well. Unlike last grow I now stopped with the Alga Grow in time so there's no sign of Nitrogen burn, just really abundant growth. The nematodes are doing their job in the soil and the black fly polulation is slowly decreasing ๐ . The plants do not stretch as much as I feared so I'm going to let them grow without LST. The branches are naturally filling up the empty space in the GTools so I'll let nature follow it's course (as long as the course leads to rock hard buds obviously ๐ ). Stay tuned for more pics and updates later this week โ๏ธ๐
Itยดs not only about sticking-traps . You need to eliminate all the larvae , cause they are the problem . Just use some nematodes , itยดll work quickly and safe ! Good luck , Growmie
@Zengrower, welcome , buddy !! Yeah , i tried mites just once , as i found nematodes to be the terminal solution ๐๐๐๐ . And yeah , most times itยดs much more than expected . The yellow stick-traps are mostly for controll of infestation and also to catch the adult gnats ( black fungus gnats / bot. Sciara analis) , but dem larvae are (imo) only really affected by nematodes (you could also use Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis , but more as prevention) . So if you have many adul gnats , there are a bunch more larvae . Also you should watch your watering , as too humid substrate will get all those gnats round you attracted ๐ณ
Edit : those yellow stick-traps loock quite full ๐ if you calculate 1 female gnat will lay up to 200 eggs , you might get a clue of how many of the larvea are feasting on your plantยดs roots (as the larvae normally eat fungi (those fungi helping your plant to live , and as there are not many of those fungi in a pot , as you can imagine , theyยดll switch to roots )๐ป
Yeah lots of cheap soil comes with pests(eggs, larv, ).. i always had to use nematodes to kill em, Canna terra proffesional plus is great soil, without pest so i never have to use thise nematodes again .. (but yeah, always keep using those sticky traps .. those bastards will always be there just have to keep it under controllโ)
.. But i dont think those yellow leaves is bc of lack of nutes btw.. i think she doent need some yet! she got enough! Good luck ๐ฝ
@Hologram, thanks Hologram โ๏ธ Yeah I didn't have pests before when using Biobizz and Plagron soil as well. What do you think could be the cause of the yellow leafs?