You need some of these! Which being spring here are all coming out of hibernation and keep slithering past my feet 
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Thatās all good. I deal with enough rattlers when I go fishing.
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Just now catching up with his thread, the bud rot is inevitable on gdp outdoors, every grow Iāve seen was half rot or more. The blue dream original is definelty more sativa dominate spear type buds. Itās interesting all the blue dream I see grown from seed leans heavy towards the blueberry side while the original is quite the opposite. @Meesh i really got to get you a cutting before next season, it will get really tall though like 9ft + not sure how you will contain it.
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Yeah, this plant is def a trip! Iāve grown quite a few Blue Dreams from seed and clones and they were as you described and honest to dog, you couldnāt smell any strong ass blueberry like this plant. I donāt know shit from shinola about breeding, but this seed was a twin. Wonder if itās possible that the genetics literally split in half between the 2? This plant really doesnāt remind me of the Blue Dream much at all, except for the color. I have to say though, if this is what Blueberry is likeā¦YUM!!! The BD Iāve grown never smelled this damn good and blueberry like. Iāve always just grown it for the high. So far, I found one tiny spot of bud rot. Never had this issue on the others, but like you said, they grew more sativa spear like. This thing is more like a giant indica plant.
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Checked on all the plants. Not too much bud rot. Itās going slow anyway. If the 2 blues stay at this pace, I can get them through until month end for harvest.GDP will be ready then too. So far, strangely enough, the Spectral Tangerine already has a lot of milky trichomes and most of the pistils have changed color. The last one to plant is probably gonna be the first to harvest. This plant certainly made up for the month it missed. Who knew? It really surprises me with itās sativa leaning bud structure. The 2 skunks and the Cheezus Christ look like they will be last, closer to mid - late October. Cackleberry and Orange Goji, somewhere in between them all.
Iāve decided instead of adding more dry nutes to the 2 container grows, I will liquid feed from here on out. Aside from the fade, Bruce still just looks like she has deficiencies, so Iām just gonna pump her with nutes until the end. I do not flush as Iāve never noticed the difference in organics either way.
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So the Blue Gelato is rotting the worst of the 2 blues. Although, I saw a wonky bud leaf on the top cola of the blue dream. I have to get on the ladder to cut it out, but I couldnāt bring myself to do it today after a pulling off a few more chunks of rotten gelato.
As far as the GDP goes, I only had one spot that I thought was rot, but it was actually a caterpillar. Havenāt seen any other issues on it, but that one pillar in one spot. The top bud leaves on her are purple underneath now. My bud from her will never be purple however as I donāt get low enough nighttime temps.
The Spectral Tangerine turned out to be a perfect container strain. I think she would have been huge in the ground, but her long straight spiky spears are holding great in the container. I doubt I will ever have to stake her. She is still sturdy as hell
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Man all those are looking so good I hope you can keep the bud rot under control . My Blue Dream never had any of the blueberry smell maybe you have a Blueberry Muffin . My wife and me both grew Blue Berry Muffin Last season they smell so good .
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This is the first Blue Dream Iāve ever grown that had much smell, let alone how much this one reeks of blueberry. Itās truly the strangest one Iāve ever grown. By looking at it, youād think it was an Indica plant instead of a hybrid. Def a weird one! This one originally had a twin that I cut off. Really think it must have split the genes right in half. My plants are also covered in ashes from fires, although the fires are pretty far from here. Seems like all of Cali is being effected. The air quality is so bad right now.
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I think youāre right about most of CAā¦ maybe the whole west coast. Better than no bud! 
I got the aphid-itis againā¦ went to grow-store & told them my woes; the essential oil product āTough Loveā they had me using was sticking to my sprayer & not going out the wand. Grow-dude said he was sorry to say everyone is reporting aphid apocalypse & nothing safe for flower is working, spray-wise.
This time, today, though I went full strength & added some surfactant āEarth Juice Assistā & hope to see at least a dent in their activity.
Random recall: @Meesh a legitamate reason to use some sugar water on ladybugs for sticking their wings? Indoor 
growing. 
They fly up to the light & catch fire. 
Your buds are really hittin that frustration time now 
cāmon plants!
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Dude, hit those aphids with spinosad! It will knock them right out with no funky oily shit getting in your bud. Itās still organic.
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@PlantShepherd recently posted this & Iād heard it before, & that California Weed Czar forbids it(fails lab tests), soā¦ 
Iāll use it in veg 100% but not in flower.
That said, Iām probably going to rinse everything at harvest so it shouldnāt be too big of a deal. Just hate those fuckers.
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Dude, we both smoke cigs. I wonāt spray from 10 days before harvest and wash my bud. Iāll live. lol Better than smoking aphids imo
Regular old Dr. Bronners soap and water worked on my aphids too. Every day for like 5 days or so and blasting the hell out of them with the hose
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I have to say again how much I love fabric pots! I wouldnāt have been able to keep those 2 plants in a 10 gallon plastic pot through finish, theyād get root bound. However, even with their self pruning, the roots have grown through the bottom and into the ground. I would have to tear them up at this point if I wanted to turn or move them. lol Of course this wouldnāt happen if they werenāt sitting on the grass. lol I only like the final destination to be fabric though. I transplanted quite a few last year from fabric. Tearing the roots out of the bag was traumatic. Not for the plants though, just traumatized me. 
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Actually @cannabissequoia come to think of it, Iāve never had to spray spinosad in flower before, only BT.
I probably would though, at least once if I had aphids. Probably spray it first to kill most, then move to hose blasts in the morning and Dr. Bronnerās in the evening for a week. It killed all mine. Then of course the plant hermed so it was all in vain, but ya know. I donāt think a dose or two this early would hurt, especially with a few days of water blasts after. But now I know not to over do it. I probably used it twice this year total. I doubt itās even a drop in the bucket with all of the malathion Iāve ingested in decades of store bought veggies. lol
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The Amazing Doctor Zymes Eliminator This works great and you can spray right up to the day of harvest . No stink no smell completely organic . A couple of applications and all is good you need to spray the undersides and on top evenings are best no sun just follow complete instruction . Sorry about the large print it must have been the Blue Dream .
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Man, Iām smoking this White Widow my friend grew. It has no taste or smell, but the high is nice. No anxiety and Iām obviously social cuz Iām rambling like crazy. This stuff makes me relaxed to the point of sleepy, but my brain is awake and suddenly I have an opinion on everything! Oh waitā¦ that last part isnāt too different. tee hee 
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