gourmet dish here - and it’s spicy
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aren’t the shells a bit crunchy?
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Chuckle… Call me crazy, but I think its cute in this snapshot (Looks like it’s posing for the camera)…but then again that view would
likely change as I have to wipe the slime from my arm…
(Keep in mind this opinion comes from one who used to love catching frogs and toads as a little boy 
)
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6 months? OMG! You are far nicer than me. I would have thrown sluggo in the jar as soon as that kid started to snore, bought the kid a lego the next morning as a consolation and killed my mother on the way home from the toy store!
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it crossed my mind lol
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Okay, weekly BT spray is done. The last 2 spectral tangerines finally showed me some ball clusters under the microscope. They’ve been added to the green waste. Skunk 1 and Cheese are about 5’7" now. The Orange Goji has caught up to the Blue Dream and Blue Gelato 41 but is much thinner. The pots on the reg seeds really slowed them down. UFS 18 is over 4 feet and the gdp and og kush are still dainty at like 3 feet. I have to say though, I’m not exactly bummed at the smaller plants this year. I’ll still get plenty at harvest. I’m sure it’s already more than the 3 of us need. I am absolutely obsessed with the OG Kush plant. For some reason, I just think it’s one of the loveliest plants I’ve ever grown even with her small stature. I stare at that one more than the rest. It’s funny as I’ll never smoke that plant. Of course, I’ll test her, but the Kush just fucks me up too much. The Kush I grew last year has been practically everyone’s fave who’ve tried it, except me. Anyway, the structure, leaves, color on the og kush are just magnificent and she’s nestled in with the companion plants and just looks so happy there. I’m guessing the gdp and og kush are gonna be smaller plants like the jungle spice that I grew last year. I’m gonna estimate 4 feet. The only thing that makes me nervous is the thin main stems. The orange goji has gotten much fatter, but still not even close to the others that have been in the ground first. Just hope the trellises do a good job and support the bud weight as those stems won’t. If that orange goji had been a fem seed, I think that would have been an absolute monster of a plant. How much it has caught up already blows my mind. Now, I wait for flower to commence. I’ll probably start sprouting some popcorn for transition tea in the next 2 weeks or so. The only thing I haven’t used this year is malted barley for a top dress. @Sunvalley is it too late now? Not sure how much nitrogen it has in it.
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After 3 years of gardening… I’ve decided that neem oil as a pesticide or even a preventive is some wives tale that people still believe. lol The many disgustingly stinky times I’ve tried it, it has failed. I used the straight stuff too. It blows my mind at how many true believers there are. Maybe neem has benefit directly in soil but as a foliar imo is a complete fail. If that crap worked it was probably the dish soap you mix it with and not the neem oil. lol
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I use neem meal in my soil ,
And I’ll take a 1/2 cup I. Two gallon of water always works for me.
Hope this helps
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You can still use barley sprout teas. Give a corn sprout tea followed by a barley sprout in maybe 2 weeks … should be good
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How do you make the teas, just soak them in water or steep/boil them?
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Hahaha…I have also found Neem oil to exude a gag inducing stench, as well as it being largely ineffective.
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For popcorn tea you just wet them and sprout them. Once sprouted gring them up and mix with water
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Then I take it you soak for a few days, strain and dilute with water?
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I wonder what differences are in neem products around the world since ive seen a couple people say neem has smelt really bad for them and it being ineffective. The 2 products ive used here have been really effective as a biweekly foliar application in my ipm both for my mothers and veg plants and although it has sharp bitter nose its manageable. Ive also read on OG a guy picking up skin or eye problems from neem? Cant remember who it was… may have even been discussed on @Meesh last season grow. Ive never picked up any irritations to my skin or eyes. Maybe indoors in a tent i could see it maybe causing some irritations but i spray my plants outside too so it helps. Neem meal is something we dont get here but would love to be able to start putting that into my soil mix.
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Excellent point; The only one I’ve used had pyrethrins(Safer) and wasn’t terrible smelling, possibly had a citrus perfuming component?
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Neem oil is pretty smelly. Neem meal is too. I don’t use either one currently.
“Auto-immune diseases” such as multiple sclerosis (MS), lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus, SLE), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), or other conditions : Neem might cause the immune system to become more active. This could increase the symptoms of auto-immune diseases. If you have one of these conditions, it’s best to avoid using neem.
I don’t know that neem is any better than straight up dormant/horticultural oil. Maybe for PM.
But hey it’s possibly effective for lice! 
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@Meesh, try silica to make stronger limbs. I got mine from BuildASoil. I can tell you of an experience where it really stiffened up the limbs on my outdoor SSDD. It’s good to aid in stresses and pest and diseases by strengthening the cell walls.
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Learned recently silica is a major factor in keeping aluminum insoluble in our soils, too. Funny enough, salicylic acid was the form being talked about.
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Oyster shell provides a long-lasting, steady release of nutrients to help regulate pH levels, improve fertilizer uptake, promote healthy cellular structure and enhance soil tilth. High purity, feed grade Calcium Carbonate processed from Shell high in calcium and low in magnesium. Composition: Calcium Carbonate(CaCO3)no less than-----96.00%
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I personally like the smell of neem meal ! Call me weird!
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