Shiva Grows

[shiva82]

in my mini pollen chucking tent . i have three male plants , that are flowering at the same time pretty much , if in doubt , use them all method. i dug them up , so a little stressed but so far they are all sexually stable .

 

[shiva82]

i best try and get some sleep.
thanks a lot everybody, your advice and support is dearly appreciated.

listens to all advice and buys nematodes . god bless you boveda

 

[shiva82]

i think i'm set with the female test plants too . males pulled and cleared , and being used . just females now.... sexually stable hopefully .

 

[Old Piney]

yeah, and maybe freeze some for whatever other situation.

I was just going to post that . I collect it on tin foil ,let it air dry for a day , cut it with some flour wrap it up and freeze in a jelly jar with a silica pack . So far I’ve used three year old pollen no problem. Yes it come in handy even when you don’t know why at the time

 

[shiva82]

many ways to skin a tortoise

 

[shiva82]

the world is your lobster mr boveda . good night sir

 

[shiva82]

nothing is more valuable than ones time.

appreciate the input from everyone . very much

 

[Dime]

 

[zaprjaques]

listens to all advice and buys nematodes . god bless you boveda

just dont tell my wife she'll be sleeping next to pots of worms...

 

[zaprjaques]

sticky traps i'm getting first thing in the morning and I'll see what else they got laying around at the store... weed barrier they should stock. and then its work work work.
unfortunately i cant do anything inside the tent until i get back home from work. pots should be nice and dry by then. hope i dont get welcomed by a black cloud of gnats haha

 

[zaprjaques]

sand should be good too. i see they have the fine shit 0.1 to 0.4mm.
only large rolls of weed barrier fabric
stickytraps 8€
neem 15€
and sand 5€ for 25 kilos or 8€ for 5 kilos haha

 

[shiva82]

sticky traps i'm getting first thing in the morning and I'll see what else they got laying around at the store... weed barrier they should stock. and then its work work work.
unfortunately i cant do anything inside the tent until i get back home from work. pots should be nice and dry by then. hope i dont get welcomed by a black cloud of gnats haha

don't dehydrate your plants for the sake of a gnat

 

[shiva82]

gnats lay eggs larvae on dry soil too , the larvae won't hatch as readily though

 

[zaprjaques]

time for some poetrY

 

[zaprjaques]

don't dehydrate your plants for the sake of a gnat

they wont mind i'm sure. they should be more comfortable with dry shoes than wet, thos mocros.
ill slam some sand on top and bottom water them. itsa trap!

 

[shiva82]

they wont mind i'm sure. they should be more comfortable with dry shoes than wet, thos mocros.
ill slam some sand on top and bottom water them. itsa trap!

the larvae pass through sand like knife through butter

 

[shiva82]

not all 'sand' is equal too

 

[zaprjaques]

damn
there comes the cheese situation again.
then i'll get the barrier fabric. its reusable right?

 

[zaprjaques]

i'm sure i'll come back from the garden store with completely different stuff like a funnel, some scotch tape and bags for my vacuum cleaner.
cant self smart other people uncle shiva. i thought i knew you...

 

[shiva82]

the sand just gives a layer for the larvae to pass, as it would the soil , eventually the organic matter will leach into the sand zone anyway . the adult gnat does not care, will land on the sand, lay its eggs, the larvae form and can pass sand particles every easily, i have tried every aggregate and experimented with particle size.

the weed barrier sheet wins every time. you can even cut out disc shape to pack in the pots before you add the sand or stone. that would work. the stone would just hold the fabric in place securing your roots