Organic Adventures

Spider mites HATE Cold, Water & Humidity you say :thinking:

Moved into shower.

COLD showered everywhere incl under leaves.

Left HOT shower head running full blast (away fr plants for safety) AND Nobody is allowed to Pee till humidity is 300% for 2hrs at least.

Photo tracking humidity

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Also, make sure to get those Groves dry. They won’t take well to the dampness and mold up.

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24" box fan mounted 2 feet above them In tent on full blast and 30°c from the lights atta clear up any moisture

Thank GOD these are almost finished… I can really get crazy to NUKE these spiders.

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I don’t blame you, I’ve seen spider mites on a plant I had one time outdoors and it was so bad that you could barely even see the bud! Was completely covered in them.

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Wow… that’s scary shit. :fearful:

I sleep next to my tent, all I can think about is spiders crawling across my face

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Yeah scary ass shit. It wasn’t until that moment that I truly understood why they are referred to as the borg, cause seriously all of them on the plant like that looked like one of those borg cubes from Star Trek!

The worst is when a fungus gnat goes up your nose! I hate bugs with a passion. I’m considered by most to be a big, tough dude lol, but man some bugs just creep me out or sending me runnin!

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Me too. Hate bugs big time. Just cause they are small enough to crawl into my head holes :laughing:

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I wish I wasn’t out of likes half the day, I owe you 20-30 minimum!

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Problem is my environment is inviting to spider mites = Hot & Dry… I need to make it more humide and wet from now on. But that also makes it bad for mold ect.

Hahaha. It’s all good

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Gave the plants a good shake off. Back in tent.

I raised lights high up as possible & at max power. 24" box fan blowing max power.
AC infinity is OFF so I can drive the humidity UP for a while.

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I’m probably gonna have to get a mini fogger or mini humidifier to keep running in the tent.

Is it possible to grow Cannabis without mold at 75% humidity?

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Have read somewhere that for ideal VPD it calls for 70%.

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I only say 75% because I’ve read spider mites start to die off at 75

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DISCOVERED HOW I GOT SPIDER MITES…

FUK YOU RONA BUILDING CENTER…

It ALL over my new Grape Vine, :grapes: & I’ve had some Cannabis plants vegging in that cage, with All My other plants :potted_plant:… FUCKKKKKK. NOW I gotta BATH 20 plants.

With the naked eye.

With the microscopic

Oh OK. Apparently I’m wrong.

According to the Ontario (Canada) Ministry of Agriculture “Tender Fruit Grape Vine Newsletter for Commercial Fruit Growers” (Volume 11, Issue 5 May/June 2007) these are sap droplets called grape pearls or sap balls.

“Grape pearls are small sap-like, fluid-filled balls that are exuded from surface cells of rapidly growing grape vines. They appear most commonly in the spring and are often confused with mite or insect eggs. Some vines have many grape pearls but the pearls can appear singly or in smaller groups. They are usually found on the underside of leaves but can be on shoots as well. Grape pearls, also called “sap balls” are of no consequence to the vine.” https://hortnews.extension.iastate.edu/2009/6-3/grapepearls.html

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No idea how I got spider mites. BUT checking over all the plants in the house, my mini tomatoes had shit loads of them on its leaves.
In the Garbage that plant went. All other plants got super soaking with cold water… I can soak the plants daily in the cage, cause the humidity will never go up enough. The Cannabis is what I’m worried about. Also released Steinernema Feltiae “Preadator mites” in the worm bin as well.

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Since I’ve soaked the buds with water, I figured it’s time to wet trim them to help dry them out, so the buds don’t grow mold…

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Also looked at the tricombs under the scope in different places on different buds.

The OrangeGrove F3s are getting so CLOSE to the finish line.

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Shit dude, that’s insanely close for how long they’ve been in flower. Looks like you’ve got a 7 weeker on your hands! I love how dense and chunky they look!

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They are chunky for sure, all medium density buds and they stak up like how cauliflower grows. Buds, staking ontop of other buds like a mound ,) I’m really happy with how these are turning out 100%. No I’m dying for the finish line.

I bet when these are drying/cureing the buds will tighten up together :heart:

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