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Hey everyone. I found the bug below in significant numbers on about a dozen plants and was hoping someone could identify it. The plants are week 7 in flower and appear fine but these little guys just showed up Any help is appreciated!

After finishing my first grow in a no-till soil, i sent samples to Logan Labs and to soil Savvy to help with my re-amending the soil. Results are in, but i'm honestly not sure what to do with them and was hoping to get some input. My soil: 20 gallons Sphagnum 20 gallons EWC 10 gallons Pumice 7...

My last 2 harvests came in with dramatically lower thc levels. One cultivar that is typically 21% came back at 8% and another that is typically 20% came back at 6%. These were planted at the same time, harvested about a week apart. Harvest date was determined by trichrome inspection and the...

Found these guys in flower today. We’ve never had them before, they are only on one strain, and they are all over the leaves and in the flower. The plant itself seems to be doing fine. I took a ton of pics and these were the clearest I could get. Any help would be appreciated!

We had some spider mites about 3 months ago that were hard to get rid of. We are a fully organic grow and only use omri listed insecticides. I used spinosad sprayer 3 weeks into flower and it worked well. Spider mites disappeared and haven’t been back. Unfortunately we tested that flower this...

We've been growing the same dozen or so strains for about 1 1/2 years now and harvest at the first signs of amber. This typically had ended up being day 60-65 of flower. We transitioned from an a barely amended soil fed organic bottled nutrients to a heavily amended organic living soil given...

Hey all, I've been transitioning to no-till and i've got cover crop seed on the way. My question is, once i have a cover crop, how do i top dress? Can i just drop it on top of the cover crop and the crop will grow through? Just wondering if the top dress will kill the cover crop Thanks!

I'm needing 5000 red wigglers. I've been watching Uncle Jims for over a month and all of the 1000 or greater options have been sold out every time ive checked. Anyone have a line on volume purchasing of red wigglers from a reliable source?

Hey all. I finally started my worm bin this weekend and should finish it today. I decided to post pics and I have a question on getting started The bin is 6’x3’ and approximately 4’ tall. The worm box is 25” tall. The bottom will be lined with solid cardboard to make a floor with shredded...

Well, I found out today that organic nutrients insect frass is about to be harder to get. The places I have been using will no longer carry it. I’m hoping I will still be able to get it but need to start preparing for the worse, so.... what frass are you guys using and where are you getting it...

Rice hulls look like a nice alternative to perlite for aeration, but every time I see them used it always seems to be in conjunction with perlite. mare rice hulls adequate as your sole aeration component or do they need to be used with a second component like perlite?

I went to get some basalt and discovered it appears to be growing fungus? Is this a common thing? Am I storing it incorrectly? Is this a problem?

Hello all. I had a plant In veg start drooping Tuesday and then yesterday afternoon, as I was leaving noticed two more. My first thought was they had been over watered, but am worried something else might be going on so was hoping to get some advise. They are on three separate tables and the...

Are people using both labs and compost tea? Do these serve different purposes? If I'm building an organic living soil with compost and ewc's and watering periodically with compost tea, is there still a benefit to labs? I've read all kinds of discussion on each but never anything to indicate if...

I’ve read multiple times that a lot of bottled nutrients can kill the beneficial microbes in living soil. I’ve been feeding age old bloom and grow and am wondering if this is one of the ones that will harm living soil? https://www.planetnatural.com/wp-content/uploads/age-old-bloom.pdf

I plan on using gypsum as a soil amendment. I've found prilled and agricultural grade soluble gypsum. Is one better than the other? Im mainly wondering if the soluble will wash out of the soil faster making the prilled a longer lasting option. I may be overthinking it ;)

I've been using only RO filter, but would like to switch to tap. I'm on rural water and my tap water comes out at around 80ppm and 8.0 pH. I checked the website of my rural water company and the report they had is in the first link. It was old, so i called and received a link to the second...

When making tea i was considering part compost, part ewc and part bat guano. I have down to earth bat guano and my question is, as a commercial product would it have been sterilized and if so, wouldn't that render it useless for the purpose of make compost tea?

I have a 200 gallon stock tank similar to this https://www.fleetfarm.com/detail/freeland-300-gal-poly-tuf-stock-tank/0000000033232 Was wondering if i could use it as a worm farm without punching holes in it? Just a layer of damp shredded cardboard bedding, throw in some worms, cover with a...

Was piecing together my own soil recipe and came across this: https://agron.io/products/mother-earth-meal-mix-grow-5-2-2 Looks like an amazing mix to go with my base of promix, ewc and insect frass. I was wondering if anyone has any first had experience with it?