Venom: Infestation - Aphid Rising

TruTraTri Started outdoor. Until plans changed 😅 I tried some new starting pots (~10-20 ml?!) so rather early transplantation. Was not the best choice and a bit harsh. They survived, but got a little bit light in color. Outdoor conditions were not good some aphids at early stage did not help to recover.

TruTraTri Still outdoor. Again transplantation. I planned this to be the final pot and to include them in a SoG.

TruTraTri Still outdoor. The flip was planned for next week.

TruTraTri Everything went wrong (with other stuff). No more SoG plans and everything on hold. Growth was very similar for 3 of 4. Good rate for so many transplantations in such a short time and unstable conditions outdoor.

TruTraTri 3 of 4 still very similar. LST of the larger ones to keep heights of all plants similar. As they grew very fast. I decided for "normal" indoor run. Again transplantation. Pot size perhaps a bit too large.

TruTraTri I wanted to adjust them to the LED light for 1 week and put some roots in the large pots, but after just one day they exploded and I was afraid of height problems. In panic I switched them after just 2 days. Then I had to redefine what "exploding" meant for me regarding plant growth (see 1st picture). In six days my whole space was filled, was faster than my decision on putting a ScroG net for better control or not. 😆 So I thought if they don't care .. I also won't. Raised the wattage a bit higher than usual to control stretch, they didn't care.

TruTraTri Growth is horrible strong in every dimension. LST adjustment everywhere (did not plan for that! 😡). This was really annoying, as I wanted to check out structure and similarity of all plants. Well... Raised the wattage (20% additional to my normal rate at this stage) some more and even lowered the lamp to inhibit the stretch. Still massive. Worth mentioning. Don't know why and how but 15L water for 4 plants per DAY! (probably to the aphids mentioned later).

TruTraTri More LST to keep them low. Still some space left but the stretch did not stop. Without LST, the stretch would be far beyond 2x initial height. It's normal that I don't have much environmental control. But the humidity was completely insane. Did not plan for defoliation, but I had no choice. There was a huuuuuuuge aphid infection on 2 of 4 plants (front left + back right). I did not see any signs, growth was insane. Predator mites were applied but too little too late. Anyway, the Green Poison did not care at all. The only difference was that the infected were very gluey/resinous. Perhaps aphids are a good thing for extracts 😜. Damage was heavy, there were so many wounds that fluid was assembled at particularly affected locations. The 2 non infected had no aphids at all, the plants had contact points everywhere. Result of infection was a removal of much more leaves than planned. I did not expect them to be such sticky and stinky, rosin and heavy smell all over me after defoliation.😈

TruTraTri Another bucket of unplanned defoliation (in sum ~30l pressed material). The aphids didn't seem to have a big impact, but I was afraid of mold because of the massive damage - improved airflow. Luckily, still no signs of aphids on 2 plants, no infections of the flowers or sugar leaves. Numerous counts on stem and leaves. Humidity was still too high. Probably not just the leaf mass but also numerous wounds on the plants. No mold/funghi until now. Impressive for this much damage and humidity 💪👌 Still tightening of LST. Lamp distance is now restricted for the first time ever due the height of my box. I have to say, I did a good job designing my light, no heat burn 😋

TruTraTri Another round of unwanted defoliation. Humidity still too high + aphids. Stretch is slowing down 🙏. Just a few cm before I have to invest in a larger box 😂 Mold jumps on my mind me when I look at temperature and humidty levels, but no signs! Even without aphids I would be impressed. Strong!💪💪💪

TruTraTri The buds began to harden. Fast + nice development. Top buds look macroscopical ripe (crispy and crystalline). Continued LST, during the process some unintentional supercropping (front right). As always, she did not care about anything. Macroscopical they looked finished, microscopy showed some room was left for development. Aphids still present. Humidity still too high. I gave up on continued defoliation, if the plants wouldn't care about aphids why should I, so just removal of heavy infected leaves. After I tried the best I could with aphids and enivornment, front left caught some mold. Sadly at the bottom at the first branch and main stem. Even the mold did not impress the plant much, I saw no visible impact on leaves or flowers on the infected branch. If anyone asks me about mold, I would say if you have some remove it... you can't fix this. If not it will spread around. Well, why the freakin' hell should I care about my opinion..... so I literally carved out the stem and everything mold looking. 😂 Lowering humidity was slowly progressing - and if the mold has not spread around with bad conditions why should it develop any further, right?😏 (💩💩💩I kindly would offer a free of charge bit$h slap if anyone asks me if that was a good idea - stupid).

TruTraTri Still, trichomes do not look ready, despite the optics and feeling of the buds. The mold carving was more or less ?fine? the branch did not fall off and it did not spread spontaneously in the main stem or on other plants. Still, don't do this at home. Rather take a free off charge slap from me. 😂 The non-infected plants looked somehow more exhausted than the two with massive aphid still all over the leftover leaves and stem. Perhaps they crossed a chilli into a cannabis strain. IDK.

TruTraTri The mold carving was not succesful. 😉 Still slow progress. Final ripening week . Chop with first amber around (still afraid of mold) at D4. Regarding aphids.. packed with trichomes.

TruTraTri Outside of the box, you can see that the infected (front left + back right) do not look worse than the others. Not many leaves on the buds. The more aphids the more trichomes spread around. Pressed some rosin with the smaler low quality buds. Nice outcome for a high stem portion. Think I am going to extent curing a bit. After I stored some stuff a bit longer I got the impression that there is roomfor improvement in haptic and taste. Consequently, I'll probably forget smoke report + cured pictures. Well, height was the biggest issue. I am wondering about the outcome withouth aphids. Very high /m² rate. Even without any coordinated training - I just reacted because everything went crazy. The limiting factor was just the height. I can't imagine the final height with an additional Veg- which would have been necessary/essential. Without additional training I suspect it wouldn't fit in 2m with lights and equipment. Overall, I am impressed. Strong recommendation for fast, homogenous, resilient AF. You can train and treat her however you want. Cloning + Reveg was no problem. Good candidate for reliable production from seed and or mother. As smoke, smell, turn are just individual preferences.. I almost regret having given other products 10 stars before, because it puts this one into perspective. Just Outstanding.