@AAA No, it’s a cheap Wilson, bent steel frame, yes to plastic strings. No, I don’t play.
I will be spraying BT for caterpillers, but not yet. I have a cherry tree with massive aphid damage, and cherries get fruit fly larvae that needs Spinosad BT, so I’m using up all my neem oil and Spinosad on the cherry.
These may get huge. Probably veg growth for another 4 to 6 weeks.
@AAA This is an outdoor grow in Northern California. All my plants are photo strains, and should start flower cycle when the daylight is about 12 hours, which is mid September. But as the sun gets lower, my plants will be in shade early mornings and late afternoons, so maybe that changes the 12 hour rule. I think the 12 hour rule works in controlled grow rooms with grow lights on timers. So I don’t really know when my plants (different strains) will start to flower. I do worry that October-November will be an epic battle with mildew.
I’ve seen photos, and I wouldn’t mind having a plant 10 feet tall and 10 feet wide, just saying…
My neighbor has a bug zapper “tennis” racket that makes snap sounds when he swats and vaporizes a bug, but my crappy tennis swing never hits the white moths, which are constantly changing direction. So if I was a good tennis player, maybe I could hit those moths.
Still haven’t decided where to move these 12 plants to where they get sun and have room to grow. I can’t be blocking the sun from the vegetable garden.
I do a daily bug hunt. Not having problems yet, but I do spray Spinosad Bt to keep the caterpillars from causing damage. My colas are growing and putting on weight, I think maybe 4 weeks until I harvest the 4 plants in flower. Northern California weather has been good; no rain, no mildew.