This is my second year growing. I felt like I had learned a lot from this forum and from the first year growing and everything was going very smooth, but then I got hit hard! We had a major heat/humidity wave about 2 weeks into flower. The leaves took a pretty bad turn, I started running more fans and a dehumidifier and that seemed to help. Buds were still growing fine so I wasn’t too concerned. Last Saturday (start of week 5 of flower) I noticed that I had a moderate case of spider mites. I keep a close eye out for pests but I got busy and missed them for what looks like a few days. The leaf damage was pretty severe. I made the decision to defoliate a large portion and then treat with Captain Jacks, and it seems to have controlled them. I will keep treating every 5 days with different methods to try to keep them at bay. All that being said, the buds look much different than last year and my leaves look pretty bad. I’m not sure if this crop is going to be saved or if it’s ruined. Info and pictures below
ILGM White Widow and Purple Haze
Method: Fox Farms Happy Frog with Beanstalk absolute flower nutes
I’m not a pro but the buds dont look affected too bad… I mean don’t go throwing them out. Have you checked for mold or problems in the bud itself? How about trichome production?
I took a small cutting off one of the top buds, trichomes production looks pretty low to me and their are some small black spots, but I think it may be spider mite droppings?
Make sure to wash the buds when you harvest. If those are calyxes you pulled for pictures it’s done. Hard to say 100% how far along is it?
For washing 8-10 oz peroxide(3%) per 5 gallons of water. Literally dunk the buds swish and let sit for a couple mins. Then rinse with any other water. Hang in front of a fan or direct wind source should be dry to the touch, then hang to dry…
That was a cutting from the very top of a cola. Where should I cut from to get an accurate gauge on how far along they are? (As of today I’m on day 47 of flowering)
Here are some more pictures of the calyx from all 4 of the plants. I did live shots instead of clippings and the spider mites definitely aren’t gone yet, but there doesn’t seem to be a lot of them anymore. Any thoughts or advice would be much appreciated
I would just toss it thc production is going to be low and you could get sick or feel like shit if you smoke it or sell it to someone. Theres really not a good reason to keep it imo. You win some you loose some but you live to fight another day criag.
