Hawaii Growers

Hawaiian pest control lol

Purple Goji x (OGKB x Wet Dream)

Start of week 2 flower

ChefT808 said:

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Looking good Chef! Man that plant is showing off some leg with those petioles huh? I like the two branches reaching way out there too. I'd get some support on them if they start getting heavy.

Thanks! Will do

ChefT808 said:

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Look awesome! Isnt that lil buddy eat your flower? I have a small lizard, he eat leaves tho

Nah man he was just sleeping til I woke him up

Looks even better today lol

More flower shots

My white lotus crosses are coming along. I have to rig something to cover because it rains nearly everyday and mold will be an issue in the coming weeks. Hope everybody's garden is doing good. Finally started making my own soil mixes and I realize it came out much better than anything I have ever bought in any hydro store . Insects don't seem to effect the plants as they did in the past with other mixes. The neem cake, diatomaceous earth and seems like crustacean meal also helps keeping bugs away.

Yup coming along nicely 3.2 wks into flower

Anybody use Hawaiian bud and bloom? Like it? Hate it? Got some from a friend

ChefT808 said:

Anybody use Hawaiian bud and bloom? Like it? Hate it? Got some from a friend

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Sorry, I've not used it, but I would like to know what others use. I believe I didn't think the NPK was worth trying the Hawaiian Bud. Thanks for asking, I'm looking forward to hearing about this too.
I'd love to find a few basic easy mix dry nutes to use.

Curious as to your rainwater pH. When I tested it on Oahu it was 8.2, I think. It was back in June. It looks like a nice tree.

My rain is 7.3 ph on Oahu no good. Def looks like a ph issue maybe mag deficiency also u got leaf miners but ppl usually say ah minahs lol (about leaf miners)

I think the spider mites were more worrisome than the leaf miners. Both stink.

mmjmon said:

I've been having some problems with flies on my plants. I think they are what are causing these spots on my leaves. I'm wondering if I have to start looking at the PH of our rain water.​

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My tap water is slightly alkaline and rain is almost neutral with maybe 8 ppm. Never had any issues using it straight with organic soil but if you are using a synthetic nutrient line it will keep certain elements unavailable to your plant.
Are you doing any foliar sprays? Looks more like foliar spray damage to me

Thanks. I've been trying different things for a while now. I used to check my ph but stopped about a year ago or so when my pen died. Maybe the rain is a little more acidic because of the volcanic activity or something. I used to mix nutes with the county water and use the rain water on the plain water days. The Pahoa county water has been a little smelly, so I stopped using it a few months ago. I'll get a new pen and start checking it again. I have the issue on one of the A/N plants as well as a couple of my Jack's nute plants.
I don't usually foliar spray, but I did a last spray for bugs when they started flowering. I also have open sides where my plants are, so my plants do get wet if it's windy and rainy. I've been noticing flies on the plants quite a bit. I was wondering if they were somehow biting the leaves making the spots.
As for the leaf miners, I don't usually try to do anything.
Thanks for looking.

I thought I might also update anyone who saw my posts on using target bags to grow....I didn't like the target bags, as they have a coating of some sort that prevented the bags from breathing as I wanted.