From a fellow grower: Strain—Orange Runtz
Type—Regular
Climate–Indoor
Medium — Soil
Don’t know pH
Nutrient mix strength—Stage 1 Seedling Booster
Sunlight and plant light 14 hours
Temperature —70 and 68
Humidity—humidity trays under plant
Ventilation—overhead fan running all day
No AC
No Humidifier
No dehumidifier
Don’t know Co2
I’m using the pot for a pot with the soil mix provided.
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The one thing you absolutely need is a pH meter.
You will have endless problems until you know the pH of the water you give her.
Overall its looking pretty good.
Temp low. Shoot for 80 top 70 bottom. That is a good range. Up the light time to 18/6 probably. They are old enough for a solid soaking of that fabric and then your wet/dry cycle. Ph is a must. Cannabis a picky plant on that. It does not forgive ph discrepencies well. Being a reg bean you have a lot of time to tweak her before you flip. Just my thoughts.
I just checked the temperature and it’s 82. Go figure.
You may want to get your magnifying glass out and look under the leaves for gnat eggs. I say this because I lost 3 flowering plants where the leaves looked like this and it happened very quickly. I knew it couldn’t be nutrients or lights and sure enough, there were eggs and miniscule gnats living under the leaves. Just sharing my grow experience. I do hope it is something easily corrected.
Spider mites. On the young upper leaf the dots are arranged along the leaf vein. You’ll want to treat with something like neem oil or capt jacks deadbug.
I sprayed it with a combination of neem oil and safer soap that I had for my orchids that get red spider mites… That didn’t seem to work, but I’ve ordered Capt. Jacks Deadbug and Safer Oil RTU (fungicide, miticide and insecticide), I only want to grow one or two indoor plants and I’ve spent a lot of money between the pot in a pot and the beginner’s bog ($179). This plant was a seed given to me by a friend. Unfortunately, I can’t find a place to put it at night–my kitchen and the sunroom both get down to 68 degrees and over 80 during the day. The weed plant is going to have to adjust. How often should I spray it?
The weed plant will need to adjust to my accommodations and it shouldn’t be so hard. All of this for one or two plants. LOL
@Bertram, you need to break their life cycle. The eggs generally survive the insecticide/repellent. Adults begin laying eggs within 3-5 days after hatching, and it can take about 2 weeks for them to emerge.
So, you have to hit them every 2-3 days, for about 2 weeks. You’ll want to treat the orchids and all other house plants on the same schedule. Otherwise they’ll just hide out in the other plants and come back.
Good luck! You can do it. Most of us here have been through it at some point.
Thanks for your encouragement. I’m feeling like they are just weeds and should be heartier!! LOL
Looks like spider mites to me. Probably will have to burn your house down to get rid of them, and then start over :). Seriously, they’re really tough to get rid of, but at least your plant is small, so easier to treat.
Thanks, Dexterado. I really don’t want to burn my house down! I didn’t see them with a magnifier, but you must be correct. I sprayed 2 days ago with the combination spray from Safer and today with Jack’s.
I like the idea of the combination, but I’ll rotate between the 2 different formula sprays.
I sprayed with the Safer spray on Friday and the Jack’s yesterday. The new leaves are not showing any spots. Thanks for all your good advice. I guess I have to spray the orchids too. DARN!!!
Yes, when I sprayed every other day. I’m away for a week so all bets off. Thanks for asking.
B
