Well, it looks like I have root aphids. I’ve been watching my plants show some leaf symptoms and slow down in flower development and water consumption. I’d been thinking maybe they were starting to get hungry for Ca, but it didn’t quite seem right. Tonight as I watered I noticed some undeniable movement on my soil. I got my loupe out and got one in sight. I’m at week 9 now. All of the plants appear to need more than a week, but flower ripening has slowed down some. I suspect that I should probably just chop them soon and call it good the flowers are just a bit under ripe.
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That sucks. Be careful because sometimes other soil mites look like root aphids but aren’t.
The slowdown in development could just be that you’re reaching the limit of your small containers, despite all your top dressing and teas. I’d suggest letting them go until they’re finished unless you see actual problems reflected in the buds themselves.
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Thanks @nube , good point. They could be running out of steam in their two gallon pots. I fed a little lighter last time in anticipation of them winding down. The buds look healthy, all leaf symptoms are isolated to the fan leaves. Some of that is normal chlorosis that I would expect at this stage.
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I spritzed the top of the soil with my H2O2 solution (~0.75%).
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I recognize that it will not kill them off, but hopefully will knock them back a touch. I could water in either Neem or H2O2 next watering. The H2O2 won’t help my biological life, but I’m almost at the finish line.
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Damn. How do root aphids get into a garden? Amendments? clones? I’m terrified of those
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Don’t chop early . I think you are far enough along that you can make it to harvest.
I also suggest you do everything you can to ID whatever those bugs are .
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Plants are looking alright. I haven’t seen any crawlers in my soil since watering in a weak H2O2 solution (<.5%). I just ordered a small USB microscope from the Zon so I’ll have that for IPM observation and checking trichs. I’m thinking it should prove useful when compared with my simple loupe.
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You gotta be at day, what, 70 since flip by now? That’s a long hauler if I’ve ever heard of one!
Got any pics? Planning to chop soon?
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Day 70 is Friday I think. I’ll get some new pics prior to chopping. Hopefully I can figure out how to get them to upload in a more optimized format.
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Everything came down on day 75. Pictures and updates to follow.
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Pura Vida f2 #1, first two pictures are from one week prior to chop. The last is from chop night, nice easy grower, thanks @nube !!
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Beautiful - nice growin. 
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Looking good. They went 75 days from flip? 
I don’t see any obvious issues from the soil bugs you mentioned, but I can’t zoom in much on the pics. Buds look full and the plants happy. Nice job! 
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Yep 75 days. You know it’s strange to me but once I soil drenched with H2O2 I didn’t see them again. It could have been something in my malted barley or other top dressing material that was reasonably benign.
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Everything looks amazing 
Well done @Chiefer88
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Happy harvest @Chiefer88
Those are good looking indeed 
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How’d they turn out?
Was hoping to see some higher rez pics and a smoke report, but I understand how it is after a nice harvest. You want to enjoy the fruits of your labours and not do a whole bunch more work! lol and most of these broadleafs don’t lend themselves to getting motivated to do stuff! Or maybe they sucked and you’re embarrassed to report it?
Whatever it is, I’d love to hear about your experience…good or bad! And hear about what’s up next for you!
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