I am near harvest time and I have had issues with the batch of plants in this tent the entire time but the buds look fantastic. Ugly leaves constantly. I have seen no signs of bugs. Nothing on the leaves. When I examine closely and no flying insects. Throughout the grow, I have noticed a dust-like appearance on the yellow sticky cards and I chalked it up to dust kicked up when the water hits the dirt. But today I looked closely with a 30x and 60x loop and the dust-like things are definitely bugs. I have no clue what they are. Can anyone help? One picture is 60x, one is 30x
Hard to say for certain, so small. Look up springtails and thripsā¦kind looks like could be either. Thrips will damage your plant and springtails are basically just a nuisance. So process of eliminationā¦thrips for $10 Alex.
Thank you! I looked up springtails and it seems to be that. Especially since I have seen this type of ādustā on the traps for quite a while during this grow but I havenāt seen any other types of bugs. So my logic is telling me I would have at least seen the bigger version if they were thrips. Possibly wrong though and happy for more opinions and will keep researching.
Thank you. My understanding is that if itās springtails, itās not actually bad though and a beneficial bug? If thripsā¦ definitely can see the Capt jacks
Do you think itās necessary? I was hoping to avoid bud washing, it seems harsh. Iām at the plants now, inspecting and looking super close all over. I see no evidence of bugs on the plants or any activity in the soil. Iām goin to put fresh sticky plants down today and see how they look.
I wash everytime since the first time, its not as harsh as you think. After you do it once and see all the crap that floats out, pet hair, dust, bugs, mustache hairs, nose hair, arm hair you get the point.
But of course its not required and your choice. Iām a proponent.
I will look into washing, for peace of mind and possibly just to get the experience in case I ever need it. It. They are five small plants so I could wash one of them. Maybe. I just did a really thorough inspection and I donāt see anything alarming. I put in 12 New yellow sticky traps and will monitor them closely. Depending on how the new sticky traps look within a couple days, that could help me make a decision
Good points from @Pet_de_Chien. I would add youāre very lucky if theyāre not Thrips. I had to toss a run of 6 trying to eradicate those little . I went through 2 bottles of Jacks, soap water, and Spino. Finally gave up, they were in week 4 of flower and I needed to do some serious sanitizing for a new run. Good luck with that
Iām 99% sure itās springtails and no detrimental pest issue but I decided I will do the wash! Kinda psyched. I will take pics and follow up on how it went. I watched the soil today and the plants for hours for bugs and I see nothing but this will be a cool learning experience.
Iām a first-time newbie in did pretty well with the results with the help of everybody here.
I did two plants without washing the rest all washing I feel the washing is a little less harsh.
What I did when I washed my plants two 5 gallon buckets. 1 gallon bucket with a cup of hydroperoxide the other bucket underneath the bathtub faucet. I made sure everything would fit inside a 5 gallon bucket not too big spinning around slowly 20-30 seconds left out drain. On the clean water bucket I always have a little bit of water dripping from the faucet so itās always skimming the top like a pool. On the first bucket if a lot of stuff is coming off I suggest using a sponge and skimming the top of the first bucket so youāre not trans planting it back on the plant when youāre pulling it out.
I feel what youāre saying scared spent many months on this project and now you want me to dunk it in water LOL Iām not drowning my girlfriend. I ended up setting up my scrog and having them all hang in front of a fan cardboard underneath to absorb any water droplets and there will be. After 3-4 hours at most they all came dry like I just cut them. I got a wedryer 5 to 7 Days depending on the temperature of your house. I made Auto burping buckets but I filled them up too much be careful not to fill up too much. I feel irrigation inside the buckets not pack the hell out of it LOL I talk too much Iām sorry
May everybody have an awesome Thanksgiving Iāve been showing a couple of my friends and I believe two out of five are going to try what I tried through this website and I told him it is worth it it is fun even if you fail thereās always next round.
Thank you everybody again I so happy with this forum and this website
Awesome to hear! Before I joined this awesome community, I had never washed my buds/plants. I moved to indoor growing in my garage and tried a bud wash on my 2nd run and as @Pet_de_Chien put it, crap, nose hairs one had me rolling but true. I did notice a nicer texture and the buds dried easier
Iām doing it right this very minute actually! Doing a massive pre-trim and have 3 buckets set up in my bathroom. Iām trimming 3/5 of the plants in the tent bc I think the other 2 need some time but I can already see how this will be nice. This seems like a pain but in the end I think it will be easier. This batch had a lot of ugly leaves that needed hardcore trimming and while I keep a super clean area, it will wipe away all my littl trimmings and save me hours later.
I know these plants are small. I had issues with these non stop and a lot of it was my neglect. Buds look and smell great amazing though. Here comes the dunk!
Also, Iāll have some answers soon on if bugs washed off. Most importantly, Iāll have peace of mind
Checking back soon! Thank you all so much! Wouldnāt have gone those route otherwise.
Right on Brother, yep Iām a mule head too! Those ladies arent small up top, looks like some nice dense buds. Checking back in on the bud wash and what you thought . Changing out nutrients in the reservoirs, āFā upād my sequence of nutrients for start of flowering. Trying MPK for the 1st 3 weeks of flower, a few folks recommended it for building fatter buds . Digging the show on TV Brother