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Congratulations on making it to harvest!

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Happy to help!

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That’s hard-core IPM lol. Nice work. I think you should just be able to take some string and tie the branches down to the trellis. If that doesn’t work then minor root disturbance shouldn’t cause a huge issue. When you break a root it creates new offshoots so you should be fine with the stakes.

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Ahh, I misunderstood the question. MrGrowIt got you sorted though. Hope the rest of your run goes smooth. Moving plants can be a hassle.

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Honestly, that looks about ready to me from the pics. Great work.

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@SeasonsLater good find. I looked up the material safety data sheet for it and it looks safe. The only thing I was unsure of was sodium lauryl sulfate, but I found a peer reviewed paper demonstrating its safety. The MSDS even states that the cleaner shouldn’t cause issues when inhaled. I would be careful spraying it in flower because it’s 30% soybean oil. I wouldn’t want that in my buds causing bud rot. As far as its safety, it can’t be any worse than smoking cannabis oils. Bud washing should get rid of most of it after the fact though.

With the fruitflybarpro, it’s not something you want to be in the same space with for any extended period of time. It is a toxic gas and can give you a headache. It is more of a knockdown and get rid of it kind of thing. I just prefer it because it doesn’t leave residue behind like sprays, nor does it add extra moisture.

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If they are spider mites in week 4 then there are only 2 things I suggest. If you have never dealt with them before then be ready for a struggle. Most people will suggest killing the plant because it’s so hard to get rid of them safely.

 

1st thing I would try is something called fruitflybarpro. You probably need like 4 of them. They produce a toxic gas that will suffocate the spider mites, though it does nothing for the eggs. You would need to put the plant in a small closed space, even a large plastic bag would do and put a fan blowing at your plant. Then you just hang them on the fan. All the adults and larvea will die. Then you’ll need to do it again in like 4-5 days and that should take care of most of them.

The other option, which is substantially harder but will save your plants, is to find a way to hang them upside down and place sticky traps in a tight cylinder on the main stem near the bottom. Spider mites web up your plants to try and catch wind currents to more plants. They fly on their silk. They will always climb to the highest points of the plant for this. If the plant is upside down they will crawl towards the pot and get stuck on the sticky trap. If and of them make it past the trap then they will congregate together and you will have the extreme satisfaction of burning the little bastards with hellfire.

 

I wish you the best, just know you are in for one of the most disheartening fights of your life. Spidermites is a swearword at my house.

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Just be careful about bringing bugs inside. Bugs thrive in tents without natural predators.

As far as the dark thing, cannabis builds a hormone called floragen(idk if I spelled it right) when it is in darkness. That hormone builds up based on number of hours without light. Once you reach the threshold for that particular genetic, it starts flowering.

Since you are coming in from outside in NE, I’m guessing the plants are already in flower, so I wouldn’t give them extra darkness. The only thing you need to watch out for is making sure they get a solid 12 hours of darkness. The extra darkness won’t really do anything but prevent the growth that would have happened that day.

Long winded way to say no, but I like for people to know why instead of just saying no.

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Looks like you are starting to get a good mix of clear and cloudy 30/70 just eyeballing it. Maybe 3% amber. Great job with the pictures! I know you must be stoked to try it soon.

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Part way through week 3 flower. Still haven’t changed the res water since the start of the grow. Plants look perfect. Going to do a very heavy defoliation this weekend because my rh is over 70%. Started to add 25ml of the Stash Blend/ water mixture with every 5 gallons of water. I’m making the ppm between 700-850.

How’s your experiment going?

 

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@GrowerGamer outside can be brutal. Don’t think I could ever finish an outdoor run where I live without any issue.

I’m tempted to suggest hitting her with a mix of water and peroxide and follow that by the southern ag later, but adding more moisture could exacerbate the issue. The best way to avoid this, or mitigate it in the future is to make sure your plants have strong cell walls. Calcium and silica are what do that, but it’s something you need to build up from the start.

More of a next time thing.

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Are you guys typing @ to link people. I have tried everything lol.

Glad that got cleared up. I was trying to understand how it would be bad lol.

Did you already chop gamer?

 

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The Sothern Ag product? It’s just concentrated bacillus bacteria. I tried to comment yesterday but the robot check can’t do math correctly lol.

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Your best bet is finding strains that are resilient to it. Silica can help too. If you get monosilicic acid and mix it with water it can strengthen the cell walls of the leaves considerably when used as a foliar spray, which can help prevent pm too.

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That is what it looks like from the photo. You could try a stronger milk spray. Truthfully, unpasteurized milk is what you want. I believe it’s the white blood cells that kill the bacteria. In pasteurized milk everything is dead. You can also use a spray from southern ag that is concentrated bacillus amlyoliquefaciens. Those are the only 2 safe methods I’d use. I would budwash regardless.

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