australian bastard cannabis v.2.0

@melly, try using predator insects like ladybugs, lacewing and the Mealybug Destroyer (Cryptolaemus montrouzieri) , just buy some and put it on your plant, should control and defeat the mealy bugs

@melly, try diatomaceous earth mixed with water and spray onto and under the leaves

@melly, Yeah I'm hoping my new batches are sort of like autoflowers (at least just shorter growing period), but they're going to be growing through winter (which I guess, like Aus, is pretty warm still) so I'm not expecting much. Autos are REALLY easy to grow and you generally don't need more than 10-25l pots for them since they just won't grow for long enough to get large enough. My friend has some nice autos, one with incredibly deep pink/red pistils., they're doing great, and he's also a total noob.

@melly, Yeah, I've made a bunch of mistakes and experienced a lot of different problems throughout this grow and it's been interesting looking at your plants too, since your climate is fairly similar to here, shit, even your plants looked similar to some of mine. So that's a lot of useful/valuable information and experience. Watch out for sudden cold/humidity (especially with low rain/watering, somewhat strangely), mildew loves that, it kinda fucked up my one plant, like if the plants are used to nice heat they can't deal with that. Every time the plants were stressed heavily (too much rain, too little rain, too hot, too cold, etc) they picked up some pests/problems soon after. I would certainly recommend defoliation (and maybe strategic pruning, like you say, topping perhaps) though. Those older/dead leaves, when they're dried and then get wet again just cause trouble. They can hold a lot of moisture in bad spots, perfect for mould/rot crap. LST I would only do if it's actually necessary or would help the plant (say, less bunching or crowding) Mainlining, HST etc I generally would stay far away from due to the already stressful conditions. I've harvested 20/24 plants so far, not completely, since I want them to reveg if possible (some are already revegging, btw) and they're all still going (a few look like they're dying though), but yeah the colours are really strange now. Very colourful, purples mixed with green from new growth, typical gold/orange features, etc.

see my photo i just added fucking scale dude praying to god i got em all took up my whole afternoon really hoping she recovers now she isnt covered in these blood sucking little parasites!!

at least i have learnt a valuable lesson for next time ay need to inspect the plants more closely next time!