Ok our pots are finally dry after a couple of very warm days. I will be watering and feeding today. First I gather all the things we will need.



I like to feed a weaker solution more frequently as opposed to a stronger dose less often. It helps me keep burning under control. I don't mind slightly burned tips. I will be force feeding these plants all they can handle throughout their lifecycle. For today's feeding I will use a starter dose of one -quarter capful of Growbig.



I throw it into the gallon jug and shake well for about 5 seconds. Then I Ph my water as described previously in this journal and watered each plant with one twelfth of a gallon, which comes out to 315ml. This isn't all that much water but after waiting a week for the previous water to dry out I want to see how this goes.



I will be feeding at least once or twice a week with stronger doses from now on. The plants may get white or slightly burned tips at some point. Nothing major and there is no reason to worry.



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During yesterday's feed + water, I noticed that a couple of the plants had some very tiny nibble marks on the leaf margins. Nothing major, but enough to notice. So I broke out my Safer spray. I have used many products including various Neem formulas to fight pests, and personally I have found this Safer Brand Fruit and Vegetable spray to be the most effective while being completely organic and extremely safe. It is about 6 bucks a bottle in most home and garden stores.




You cannot be afraid to use plenty of this stuff. Do not worry, it will not hurt your plants. Be aggressive when fighting pests or they will give you major problems. I spray each plant until it is dripping with the solution, sometimes to the point of bending over due to the weight of the fluid. They will dry out and bounce right back.



The other important thing we need to do is to spray every inch of the plant. Every nook, every cranny. Every node, every inch of stem. Of course we also need to hit the tops and bottoms of every leaf.




I spray each and every plant completly with the solution. They are dripping wet.




I used about half the bottle on this run. I will use the other half in 3 days just incase any eggs are on the plants. Tomorrow
I will mist them with Ph'ed water to rinse them.






Overall they are looking pretty well. The next few days will be cooler and they will be back into full sun all day. That's it for today.

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This update is for 4-29.

I checked the plants today. The little spots are worse on some of them. I haven't seen any mites yet, but I have seen some single strand webs. I will spray them again tomorrow. I will also water tomorrow.


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The spots and blemishes on the leaves are a little worse. I sprayed again this evening with the Safer spray. I still have not figured out what is eating the plants. I looked over them very carefully and saw nothing. I will give it a few days and see if it gets better. If not, I may try another product. I watered lightly again today, using 1 gal. for the whole lot. I added a half a tsp of Epsom salts to tap water instead of distilled water to help with magnesium and calcium levels just incase.














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I gave all the plants a good rinsing with Ph'ed water this morning. I may go grab some neem today just to keep it around. Whatever is/was eating them is still a mystery. Many of the Purps are so bad that I am condsidering starting new seeds and destroying them. The WR are doing better. I also may spray the whole backyard with something organic this weekend.

Well, I am off to the home and garden store to look for some poisons.

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The WR are growing and still doing better than the Purps. Of the twelve, seven are still growing fairly well. I will give the weaker, more damaged Purps a little time to bounce back. If they don't, I will pull them and I have an option on some clones.

I do not feel like starting any more seeds this season. Tomorrow I am going to clear out some of the garden plants in the backyard and spray everything down with neem to help make the yard more MJ friendly.

Here are today's pics:




White Russian- some pest damage and a little nute burn:




One of the more damaged Purps:




That's it for today, hopefully the plants will keep growing well, and the bugs stay away from them. I will keep spraying them regularly for the next couple of weeks.

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I sprayed everything down with Neem. The pest damage seems to have halted for now. No water today.


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Along with the Neem concentrate I bought, I also got some pest strips to put around my plants. I will put them out tomorrow. I have a feeling whatever was eating my plants has wings and flies around.

Despite the recent problem, the WR show lots of new growth. The Purps are not so lucky.




Here you can really see the size difference between the two strains:



...And the obligatory close-up:





No water again today...

That's today's entry. If the Purps do not perk up by Wed. or Thurs., I may pull most of them and replace them with some other strains.

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I cut up the pest strips and placed them around the plants today. No new pest damage. It was very cold today, and is suppossed to be the same over the next 2-3 days. There is a small chance of rain tonight so I moved the plants under my patio cover.

I decided not to water today. They are getting pretty dry but it has been cool and I wanted to make sure they are dry before I water again. I will throw some molasses in the next batch of water to provide some carbs to hopefully jumpstart them back up.

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So today I killed off 2 of the most beat up Purps and replaced them with sage and sour, and bubba kush clones. Based on size, I will be throwing the first wave of plants into flower as early as this Saturday.

Once the first wave is sexed ( and the sage and sour is flowering ) I will sex the rest of the grow and get the bubba kush going.










Here is the S.A.G.E. and Sour clone. A little leggy but lots of new growth. Hope she does well:




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