BigMike55 and MarsHydro Go Crazy

Release the lady bugs they will kill them all. Then you just sweep up the dead lady bugs.

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Lady bugs, predator mites, lacewings, there’s a lot of bugs that will kill off an infestation of spider mites. But also there are times that infestation is even beyond their control!

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The dead ladybugs may have been killed by swarms of spider mites! What a way to go!

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lol Usually it’s the lights themselves that end up killing the dumbass Lady bugs.
That’s the older HID lights (MH & HPS) the LEDs aren’t so lethal to them.

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Yeah, I know but that’s not as funny. lol

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I am really lucky on my outdoor. I got predator big spiders that shoot their webs from my Douglas firs to my garden plot. The eat anything that moves on my plants. :sunglasses: :metal: :metal: :metal: :metal: :peace_symbol:

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I always put screenwqire over the vent opening on the HID light fixtures to keep the bugs from going into it and dying!

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Those big black and yellow spiders are always all over our outside garden. I wonder if that’s why we don’t have many pest problems. Those spiders are thick around here.

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Yep leave them alone, Hometown buffet lol

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A lot of spiders will eat the SpiderMites, that’s why I never minded them in the barn/grow The boss lady, however, lol she refused to allow them spiders to be there!
I’d try to warn em if she was going out to the barn, but my mental projections never reach them in time! I think 'HIDE, HERE SHE COMES! but too late lol :rofl: :crazy_face: :scream:

I tried to tell her, the spiders will eat all kinds of nasty pests, not just spider mites. But she doesn’t care, if there’s a spider in sight, it dies!

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I had a big spider that was living in the top corner of my door to my shed. Every morning I come out its got a web spun in the corner top of the door. I catch my head on the web every morning. So I told him/her you have to relocate. Days later still catching this web on my face. I took a piece of paper and moved him/her around the corner to the foliage. That spider immediately headed back to the door. The last thing he/she saw was my size 12 shoe. Tried to reason with you.

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@ColeLennon brought the hammer down…:grimacing::grimacing::grimacing::grimacing:
I hate spiders, but if they are keeping the garden clean. I am all about it.

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Done to the tune of ‘Hammer Time’ lol

What?! Surprised an old fart like me even knows about any rapper stuff? lol

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"Hammer Time @JohnnyPotseed “??? I thought you were talking about 7:00 AM. That’s when we used to start swinging hammers. Usually nine pound hammers driving 12” spikes building one of hundreds of retainer walls. I used to go home, eat, get cleaned up for bed and dream all night about swinging that dang sledge hammer!!! Then get up and go back for another 8-10 hours.
Is it crazy that I miss it still? lol

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Love the looks of the Buddha’s Cane and the Ice Cream are all the buds are huge! I can see why you want to fire her up! I missed what does she smells like?

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I went ahead and clipped a bud off each the Ice Cream Cake and the Skywalker to dry and sample.
Here’s what they look like with a quick trim.
ICC

Skywalker

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Man! I’m the world’s worst when it comes to explaining smells. All I can say is the Skywalker has a sweetish smell. And the ICC is more earthy and spicy.
Iask my wife what it smells like. She says. POT. I say No, the undertones. She smells again and says it smells like pot. Some is skunkier than others
Maybe if I was not running four different strains all crowded in the same tent, I might be able to discern individual aroma better. Hehe.

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The ICC buds look a lot like the Gelato I grew not long ago. It wouldn’t stop spitting out pistols either.
ICC = Wedding cake x Gelato 33, so it makes sense. Lol

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Hey Mike, I’m the same way I can tell you if it’s in your face citrus or musky and skunk but forget about it if it’s a complex smell. My wife is pretty good at explaining the undertones Lady Z used to work with perfumes and oils, so she’s much better at the subtleties. Again nice grow man!

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Lmao… my wife’s eyes glaze over if I get into annnnny details at all about growing… I ask her the same things… and get the same exact answers lol!!! Funny stuff man! :rofl: @BigMike55

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