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@NomNom, Chuck Norris ! He must have a bigfoot as a pet ... ok I'm out...

@Deeganja, hopefully its not too disappointing. Really screwed the proverbial pooch on this 1. Several times. On separate occasions too. Lol

@Humboldt_Seed_Organisation, well its had 3 weeks to cure and once again it was the winner of the bunch. it's definitely in the group I plan to grow again. I've only harvested 6 strains so far but the chocolate mint OG is in the conversation for my favorite overall. It's the best smelling strain I've ever had. That, superglue and strawberry banana are my 3 winners. I'll post my harvest info next week after its cured for a month.

@Deeganja, I only ended up doing about 36hrs. Sorry it took so long for me to get back to u. I dont think I've even been on since I harvested. Wanted to wait until it cured for a month to do my final assessment. Unfortunately I thought I'd just remember everything so I didnt bother writing anything down lol

@CRiSPrGrow, it's all good bro, I cleaned every inch of the inside of my tent yesterday. Vacuumed the floor and walls and top+bottom of the liner. Sprayed it down with dish soap water then then scrubbed it off, then did the same 99% isopropyl alcohol. Thick layer of diatomaceous earth between the tent and liner plus dusted the whole bottom of the tent before I put the liner back in. Rubbed it onto the seam on the top walls of the liner and brushed it into the fabric around the whole bottom of the outside of the tent and around all vents and zippers. I mixed some into the soil when I transplanted all my new 1s + dusted em + brushed it into the bottom of the grow bags all the way around them. So now the little bastards will have to crawl through several layers of diatomaceous hell to even get there. As long as I dont bring them in and deliver them and I cant see how they'll get in there now. I'm also curious if it would be possible to amend the soil with some kind of pollen to feed predatory mites so they could breed and establish their own infestation. Then I could reuse the soil and replenish the food supply and have an army of anti spider mite soldiers protecting them from beginning to end. That would be neat lol

@Beans, Try also Bacilus Subtilis, or better yet a combination of B.T. and Trichoderma Israelis - these will affect the afids directly, but you might need to spray the leafs too... idk : prevention is the best medicine right? i just bought loads of beneficial myself, clearly it's easier to prevent than to combat an outbreak... sorry man....

@Mrs_Larimar, why thank you very much. This was my 1st erotic photo shoot so I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it! :grin:

@Deeganja, thank u! I've read several articles and talked to a few people and the consensus seems to be that there isn't any scientific research that supports it, but everybody who does it seems to think it makes a difference. I did it on my 1st grow but I have no idea what it did or didnt do. I gave them a longer night before I harvested today just because I remember reading it's better to harvest in the dark so they arent processing the light and making more chlorophyll. Thought it was a solid point. I'm going to try it my next flower cycle for a full 2 days and see what I think.

@Iop420, thank u, just harvested so I guess we will indeed see soon:v:

@CRiSPrGrow, the hardware store here sells em in containers of 1500. It's not a paranoid melt down if it's real. Then it's a heroic act to protect a bunch of females from harm. I dont use anything on the plants that isn't organic to fight bugs. But once I got the tents emptied out, I'll put the littles in veg out in the garage for a few hours and put the cat outside and unleash chemical warfare on the entire house. I'll do the yard and garage 1st so the cat doesnt bring any bullshit back in and neither do the plants. Then I've considered double sided tape around the bottom of the tent with a nice dusting of diatomaceous earth on the outside. Kinda like a razor wire fence for bugs maybe? Lol. Then also cover the stalk in it and dust the bags good too. Then when I win the lottery I'll set up dish soap misters all through my house and yard that spray everything with dish soap every 30 seconds and I'll have a class 100 cleanroom built 100ft underground with 10 cleaning stations that blow u off with compressed air, then vacuum u, then wash u. Then I'll stop growing and just live down there in fortress where no spider mite can ever bother me again:eyes:

@Beans, you sir, have made me chortle so you're just a guy that orders 1500 bugs because of reasons right? not because of some paranoid meltdown again. shit man i dont like all that pesticides, main thing is intake has a fine mesh on it and no outside clothes in the indoor grow ever... i used BS, BT, various Trychs , and one point could've been an outbreak of white flies when i overwatered the once but they died out, what i like about the beneficials is that if you do the treatment right you dont have to repeat it as much , and BS prevents mold, so what's not to like?

@Puffer_Bill, I didnt even know that existed, that's awesome. I think they woukdve been fine and had I caught them early enough I wouksve just plucked em off and kept an eye on it. Tent was too crowded and had a couple open flowers when I found them so I just yanked them out. Didnt want any more pollen anywhere and didnt have the energy to check them all everyday on too of everything else