Round Infinity

[Seaf0ur]

Reposting this here since your folks will likely get a kick out of it...

So after seeing what a friend was up to, I also started a rove beetle farm.
I've been buying these guys periodically for years and they are not cheap to ship.
Its mainly filled with peat and rice hulls with some old soil that had a nice population of springtails and fungus gnats.
I mixed it up and covered it with a sprinkle of milled flax seed meal since I had no oatmeal on hand.
I had some clones that were unneeded and when I picked them up, there were rove beetles on them.
Those beetles (maybe 20) on those shitty cubes the wife got, were the beetles that started off this farm.
I now have a nice fungal mat, and whenever I move the mulch, I see multiple beetles within moments.
I shouldnt have a reason to buy these again, and as my farm gets crowded, I'll have beetles to trade with local friends.

 

[Avinash.miles]

fuck yhea, c4
dang rove beetle wrangler

 

[nameless]

good stuff seafour, i dont even know what a rove beetle is... off to google

 

[Avinash.miles]

good stuff seafour, i dont even know what a rove beetle is... off to google

flying helicopter jungle dragons or some shit..... lions of the soil.... they will even bite YOU
don't think i have many in my soil.... at least not aware of them.

 

[nameless]

they look scary. im getting some ladybugs soon. gonna see if they stick around if i build them a little fort in a tray/dome.

also c4, that is an interesting looking dome there, ive never seen one like that

 

[Seaf0ur]

flying helicopter jungle dragons or some shit..... lions of the soil.... they will even bite YOU
don't think i have many in my soil.... at least not aware of them.

These are a soil species... they do not bite you.
Their jungle cousins are larger and can hurt your feelings.

I'm working out a way to get a medium of peat & rice hulls into a container of sorts with some way of enticing beetles into colonizing that container to be able to get them to people.

they look scary. im getting some ladybugs soon. gonna see if they stick around if i build them a little fort in a tray/dome.

also c4, that is an interesting looking dome there, ive never seen one like that

Ladybugs like to wander off and also fly right into lights when possible... they're better as a portion of a multifaceted approach, I add em now and then, but they do not stay like rove beetles. If youre trying to breed ladybugs, you'll need to simulate the underside of a leaf for them to lay eggs and probably pollen would be the best food source...(http://www.ebay.com/bhp/bee-pollen-powder) containment has always been the issue for me.
Also, when taking in dirty root aphid infested cuts, my existing population of rove beetles wiped them out, I never treated for the aphids, but I did see 3 aphids walking along the edge of the tray the solo cups were in. I was monitoring them, knowing that any fliers had hit everything the way my old cramped setup was. I was deciding on my action thresholds and which actions I might take, but the beetles got em and I simply never had to do anything.
If you use organic soil, specifically recycled whether tilled or not, you should have these.

 

[Avinash.miles]

If you use organic soil, specifically recycled whether tilled or not, you should have these.

agree
but like you said the lil bastards ain't cheap....
so... when u get that rove farm up and running i wana be your first customer, i'd be happy to pay that premium price to YOU

 

[BusinessFactory]

Hmm interesting, I got rove beetles naturally... maybe through compost or worm castings? They are in all of my pots and seem to thrive. I'd think once you get a few in there, they would keep a population up. Cool to seem em have their own little place to chill and snack on gnat larvae!

 

[nameless]

i dont remember if i thanked you in the rep or not c4 but good tip, gracias

 

[Avinash.miles]

kiddie pools are empty and entirely removed from the big room
plastic floor is removed, carpet torn up - started the job of scraping the padding off the concrete floor; starting to think over large soil bed designs for the room

meanwhile...
i've started to get some bud pics back from peeps testing my seeds:

^^ mazaar guerrero x bubba jam

^ white99 x flo scout

^^^ grapestomper og x bubba jam

meanwhile; out in the 4x8 tents;
i've just now flipped the tent with the "kush bed" and single glue

^^ gorilla glue #4
single plant, single light, about 100 gallons (or more easily) of soil

^ gg4 canopy

 

[heady blunts]

round infinity is my fave thread on the mag rn

 

[Avinash.miles]

round infinity is my fave thread on the mag rn

give thanks HB, that means a great deal coming from you
i remember when YOUR thread was my fav on the mag....

starting to trim the plants from the big kiddie pools today

 

[catalyte]

Great thread!

lots of detail and high quality photos.

thanks for sharing A.m. I'll be subbed in for the future....

 

[Avinash.miles]

Great thread!

lots of detail and high quality photos.

thanks for sharing A.m. I'll be subbed in for the future....

good to have you tg, welcome to the show; i try to be as detailed as possible

 

[Avinash.miles]

coming off the trim tray:

^ lime cookies bubba - smells like blueberry and bubba kush
see those poorly trimmed buds in the mix? those are mine, i'm super quick but leave a few scragglers from time to time - i apologize

^catpiss moontang - smells like eucalyptus with hints of sour d
some kind of photo shenanigans going on after the edit... you get the idea tho....

prepping the field irrigation during the day and trimming at night as long as possible

 

[Seaf0ur]

coming off the trim tray:


^ lime cookies bubba - smells like blueberry and bubba kush
see those poorly trimmed buds in the mix? those are mine, i'm super quick but leave a few scragglers from time to time - i apologize



^catpiss moontang - smells like eucalyptus with hints of sour d
some kind of photo shenanigans going on after the edit... you get the idea tho....

prepping the field irrigation during the day and trimming at night as long as possible

I think I need to revisit that cut of cp x mt... what I have been smoking on has been quite good... shoulda took a cut before flowering.
I'll post pics of my lime cookie bubba in my thread when lights come on at 11

 

[nameless]

that cardboard geeks me out every time. piss tang so crucial you glitched the matrix!

 

[nameless]

 

[Avinash.miles]

that cardboard geeks me out every time. piss tang so crucial you glitched the matrix!

ya that cardboard riser is crucial, easily doubled the volume of those small kiddie pools

 

[nameless]

so you keeping those kiddie pools going or what? beds at every site?

couple of these bad lucys and bang! zoom! straight to the moon!