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Hi Tonatuih....Fantastic shit man.Happy Brother search brought me here and the quality of work kept me here for over an hr..Thanks for the entertainment.your garden and strains are the schnizzle.
thanks everyone for the good vibes and compliments,sorry for the hiatus,grow has me extra busy the last couple weeks....unseasonably warm temps out my way have had me gettin the a/c back on and running...also im battling gnats like a mf,ive tried a few things so far with no success...tomorrow ill give the ole cider vinegar and dish soap traps a try,from what i have read and heard this will work.if anyone has anything better that they have used for gnats please holla at me and let a playa know so i can get rid of these things and shake this headache.lil fuckers are annoying.
transplant day is tomorrow,ill be emptying the cloner,gettin the new moms into cups,and also putting the cups into 3 gallon bags...the straw d,blockhead,tk,and tangi haze all are looking really happy and will be even happier after they get up-potted.
the a/c is pumpin real nice,got the temps feelin perfect.was getting warm in there for a few days.cant wait to get the group out of there that had the light leak,them mf are uglly yo,but f it,i couldnt bring myself to take them down after the time i already had into them.the group behind them are lookin real nice though, a few ffa stretched a litlle more then i would have liked but tht aint nothin new w ffa.
got the okiefe tube on the way,the tripple chamber one,should be able to run a shitload of oil thru it and have some nice pics for u guys.ill get a bunch up tomorrow of flower,the transplants and of the dry nugs from the last couple runs.i really wanted to get at the pics tonight but i was buildin my a/c box,switchin out my 8 inch fan for a 10 inch to help the a/c breathe....and more bs tht came along with that.
you guys are the bomb man,you keep me motivated like crazy ...
not only with the kind words that u give me,but also with the threads that i see from you,and the rest of the boards.sometimes i feel lazy,like i just dnt feel like fuckin w the grow that day.then ill get on here and see u guys puttin in good work at ur spots and makes me get off my ass and go bust out like 4-5 hrs work...some pandora radio and im in a zone.
so thanks for keepin some of the best grows ive ever seen,and keepin me on my toes.
peace-T-
nice on the triple tube come up
i just got a double form extraction experts....
they say 60g can be stuffed in there idk im getting 45-48 gs. maybe hahaha
Some shops carry it. But if they don't check a nursery supply.. It's called( Gnatrol ) it is a strain of BTI, it will kill all the larve.. One or two aps of it and they will b gone buddy!
I have also used red table wine mixed with vinegar in the past, in a day or 2 there will hundreds floating around Sounds like it will work the same as your concotion above though. Much love, SL
Azamax worked for me. I run coco and always seemed to have those fuckers floating around, tried gnatrol, and DE. Azamax seemed the only thing to stop them from coming back. Just started using it as a preventative now whenever I transplant.
I did not have any luck with gnatrol.
Needed reappling more often than my soil needed watering...
I found DE is a good deterent.
But not much of a cure.
I've beaten 'em with neem oil soil drench. (@ 2 Tbsp/Gal) (in LC soil mix 1, at the time)
Worked real well. But takes alot of product. (every watering, for 2-4 wks...)
Target the babies!
...gnats are just a symptom...but ikno ukno dat...
I switched to straight pro mix bx to avoid 'em.
(That &, I'm too hurt to mix dirt!)
just stopped in to vent,next run out is lookin like its gonna be shitty....the ones tht had the light leak,some snapped back and some are full of popcorn from top to bottom.i knew i shoulda murdered them and started fresh.too late now,gonna be a pissed off Tona come chop time dealin w tht bs.
right now im bombing the rooms w pyrithium.i took the bpp,and cheese in 10 gallon pots that are about to be done out while it gets bombed.soil drench w azamax is next to get the larva...i hope.
pics are on the cam already but im gonna have to get them up tomorrow night,i just wanna smoke weed and oil tonight lol
greyskull-hell ya bruh,it works like a champ too..i have some nice lookin earwax right now,ill snap a few shots of tht as well.
peace-T-
OSBC-thanks for chimin in w the info bruh.
peace-T-
vstagger-hell ya bruh,its wrkn but i think there are too many to depend on this alone.
thanks for chimin in w ur experiences brotha.
peace-T-
AOD-azamax is the go to when i need to drench some soil yo,idk why i didnt do that instead of the mosquito dunks....shoulda trusted my instincts.
peace-T-
peat-ryt on bruh,thanks for the advice.im seriously thinking of switching to promix myself brotha.seems like ffof always has a issue,like quarterly lol.
what do add to ur promix,if anything?also do u feed everytime after that or what?because i know promix is pretty much just blank no?
thanks in advance.
peace-T-
the aza drench should get those gnat babies!
...might have to re-drench every couple of wks tho...
I use promix bx right out of the bale.
No xtra perlite. No extra lime.
No organic composts / gnat habitat.
My tapwater has high EC & pH. So I switched to straight RO.
I'm currently dialin in Pure Blend Pro / Liquid K / Cal-Mg / Silica Blast.
6.0 pH (w/ drops. Fuck pH meters!)
I used to fert w/ every watering...eventually got some lockout issues...to put it mildly...
But the last few months, I've been vigilantly recording the drainage EC of each individual plant.
Fucking tedious, but I cant argue with the results.
I'm finding that I can fert every 2nd or even 3rd watering, as long as I dont get too much drainage (= flush) (= fert more often.)
btw, straight promix + RO = drainage of ~0.88 EC
There's some "starter" nutes in there.
Gnats, what a pain, and coco is just the perfect medium for them...always a little moist.
I have battled them for years from hydro to soil to coco....from Pyrethrin, Diamataciuois Earth, Azatrol, Mosquito Dunks, and finnaly Gnatrol WDG (water dispersed granual).
I had used liquid Gnatrol back years ago with little luck. But when the chips were down and the gnats were still wining I found the WDG formula...and finally it worked.
Here is what I swear by, take it or leave it.
First, you need fresh stock.
Apply at every watering, 2 to 4 grams /gallon, After a week back it down to 1 to 2 gram/gallon every watering until flush.
Sounds to simple, but you have got to keep application rates up to kill all of the larve. and this is going to take weeks. The adults are harmless, but they keep fucking and breeding so be strong and keep on dumping the gnatrol on. In about 2 weeks your going to see a major drop off in gnats.
Stay the course with 1 gram/gallon doses, even in veg, and it will work.
Disclaimer:
M Dunks just are not fresh enough or concentrated enough to do the job IMHO. Buy a 5 gallon bucket of the WGD and dont look back.
You will never kill them all. Consistent dosing will get most all of them. but their will always be a straggler to start the cycle over.
I shut down for 2.5 months, broke down and rebuilt with out a plant at the grow. Started back from clone. One week into flower
and I saw one sitting on the edge of a pot. But just one.
peat-thnx for the info bruh.azamaxxed them the other day,they are way down in numbers but still there,im gonna have to get at them w the aza again in a week or so.
peace-T-
pie-lol,i dnt use coco bruh,too much watering involved.if i had a smallER garden id try it but i aint tryin to water everyday,twicE a day,whatever.....w drippers ya maybe,but not w out.but there aint no denying the performance of tht coco fasho.
peace-T-
caljim-bro,thanks for stoppin in and sharing some knowledge with me.always appreciated.
sorry if i sound ignorant but what is the WDG formula??a link would be coo,i can read on from there...thanks in advance,
peace-T-
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okay some pics,sorry it been a grip since i dropped some but,the ones that are farthest into flower im not happy with and, the 5 pics a post thing slows me down for real.it aint much hassle but just enough to make me rather smoke one and chill then post 5 posts just to put pics....wow cant even add smileys w pics,too many images....LMAO
sooooo,since this update is long overdue ill start out w some veg shots.....
some cups of next run and new started moms...
on the left are all jack the rippers...right is all new moms from the harem i already had,and the last row on the right is new gear tht will be the moms...
blockhead,straw d,tang haze...the TK is already in a five gallon pot,and the other cuts of the rest are in 3's gettin ready to get flipped.
some cuts for the next runs,sfd 10,jack cheddar,chem dd,and jtr
next to get flipped,row to the right is the blockhead,straw d and tang haze ...
some moms that need up-potted and the next group in
whats at three weeks right now,this run should get me back on track and rid of the stretchy bs,a few ffa got tall but tht aint nothin new,thats what they do...ill be able to get these spread out better and get some more decen pics as soon as the big 10 gallon girls are out this week.
here a shot of the stretchy side tht had a light leak,cant wait to get these headaches the fuck outta my room yo,they make my room look ugly as a mf....but they are frosty as a mf though hehehe,gonna be some fire regardless...even as ugly as it is.