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Seems great so far, after the provided Enhancer, Valentina started growing fast again
Had some problems with pests, mainly thrips, some spinosad killed them right-away
The next day, there was no new spots caused by thrips so Spinosad worked!
After some trouble with pests, the plant did speed up and now she’s growing faster than ever!
I noticed that the Enhancer is awesome, it does really help our plants
Strong and light winds this week, until I put her in the other balcony, she can’t get over 8+ hours of direct sunlight so that’s why she’s kiiiiinda slow
This month is too windy to be honest, can’t wait for June!
She’s fine and robust, at least the wind is making her stalk thicc
As of day 25 I noticed a lot of fungus insects (those tiny black little flying bugs) and by a lot, I mean a LOT, wandering on the soil
So i bought some neem oil and should arrive in 3-5 days, meanwhile I’m trying to push her without water until she awfully needs it, let’s see what those bugs will do
Day 29: Used enhancer because I saw her a little flimsy, still need neem oil kinda slow shipping
Finally i got neem oil (Neemazal), sprayed on the leaves and via watering, it’s awesome! Those bugs are still flying around Valentina but they can’t go on the soil or on the leaves because of the neem oil! Wow!
Moved her on the balcony with most direct sunlight time, surely feeling better.
Sorry for the lack of photos this week, I was super busy I couldn’t even take photos!
Phew! Sorry about my absence, was having problems with positioning because she's too tall! Don't wanna do stress things and stuff right now.
By the way, she's going strong, losing some leaves at the bottom but still going strong.
Noticed pistils, so flowering guys!!!
Still spotty presence on Growdiaries but still going strong, she's taller than ever,with the pot she's taller than me lmao
btw, on 21st July I gave her the first round of BioBloom, next week going to put some more of it
Really love how she's looking and love her bud spots
She has some company now: Genoa's Basil, Common Basil, Lavender and Mint
This week is giving me hope and doubts at the same time
Valentina is going strong, trichomes are finally populating bud-sites and buds are getting fatter and fatter
There's just one problem: I'm losing leaves
Don't get me wrong, I started losing leaves since week 4-5 but now it's accelerating, sign of the end? Never had plants losing leaves though.
However, tonight I'm going to give her some neem oil in order to reduce insect population on the plant, even if she's in flowering, there are just too many insects.
Stay strong guys! :P
Hi Bro, this is normal cycle of life, the plant is going to the last stage of her life, leaves yellow and fall down expecially from the bottom canopy. Your girl is gorgeous and plenty of life and like my three beast girls yours shows the signs of age. Check my outdoor diaries, our girl are growing very similar. Good luck and stay relaxed, all will be fine. 👊
So this week I discovered these bugs:
- Spidermites (yikes)
- Some black insects roaming around leaves
Still having dying leaves
She's in flowering, I know that, but I had to spray a pesticide because the spidermite situation was too out of control, so I sprayed BORNEO which is a pesticide indicated against spidermites and their eggs, seems ok so far
I'm going to spray neem oil later this week in order to remove other bugs
This means to me that I'll have to wash her a lot during harvest, likely in a bathtub with lemons, to remove all the dirty and gross stuff.
So far so good, actually! She's strong AF and building some fat buds
Edit 04/09/2020 DAY 126:
I decided to use another round of
- BioEnhancer
- BioBloom
So I put some BioBloom on top, watered with water + BioEnhancer
So basically this week made me think of the overall progress of this amazing plant.
I've certainly lost my war on spider-mites, they're actually on every leaf lmao, I had to cut decaying leaves and severely impacted by spider-mites leaves. (last pic)
What I'm going to do is waiting to see how much I can actually achieve from this plant even with this problem (going to hang wet buds branches upside down to remove spider-mites, then a bath with water and lemon).
What do you guys think? Suggestions are highly appreciated.
Spider-mites in flowering, they're actually on every leaf, what should I do to counter-attack?
That specifically-designed for spider-mites insecticide did somewhat work, then they came back angrier.
Now she's in late flowering and can't really do harsh stuff I guess.
Hey there!
Sorry to hear of your recent infestation.
Your best bet would be to hang some Yellow Sticky Traps and sprinkle a top layer of some Diatomaceous Earth.
Predatory mites are also a possibility but I can't speak from experience in a indoor environment.
Since it's this late in-flower, I would refrain from using any foliar sprays.
Hope this helps! 🙏👽
Valentina is coming to an end, I have an infinite love towards my plant so I mashed every photo of her into one video in order to see how she has grown over these 4 months.
No nutrients, on October 5th i'll start flushing/watering with lots of water, it's time.
Has been a great journey, never had a plant this big and I'm really proud of her.
Thanks GHSC for this extraordinary genetic, I owe you :P
Here's some pics of this week, a really violent week because of strong winds, in fact she's a little bent lol
Some dates:
October 5th: Flushing
October 12th: Harvest, manicure, drying
October 16th: First prototype
October 19th: Curing
October 31th: The final product
Really hard to cut, so hard that I had to do some kind of wet trim to complete when dried because there were that many leaves :P
Phew! Another 10 branches and we're done with cutting!
Soxasora
