Organic Growing: An Introductory Guide

greasemonkeymann

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Haha fucking awesome. Well in tribute to you bro I am unusually wasted to be on here lol. I had some broad mites and two different kinds of spider mites from some clones I got from another grower so I had to get rid of some mothers so I'm definitely in the position to be poppin some new genetics!
dude, gotta try out the forest queen!
i'd get that one, the sunshine 4
and the pink lotus as the freebie, or the Appalachia superskunk...
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fuckin hell, I had to close the fuckin webpage
 

Rasta Roy

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Skipped the solo cups? Those look like half gallon pots.
A few of them had already been in a solo cups (they would have been clones I sold had I not had a mite infestation but they were redesignated as mothers), while a handful are from clone cubes...But I've never had an issue skipping solos for gallons pots. Bigger than that I might get some uptake issues but they resolve in under a week.
 

Rasta Roy

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been there man, been there..
I've lost a couple strains to mites
for sure
Losing my Pakistan valley pheno hurts the most! I've got a couple seeds of it but I doubt the pheno will match, I never have that kind of luck with phenos and multiple seeds before. I lost my headband and blueberry mothers but luckily I have them in veg in my 100 gallon pot room but they are also experiencing issues but I think it's not mites but just some watering issues. I'll know for sure in the next couple days.
 

Jubilant

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Losing my Pakistan valley pheno hurts the most! I've got a couple seeds of it but I doubt the pheno will match, I never have that kind of luck with phenos and multiple seeds before. I lost my headband and blueberry mothers but luckily I have them in veg in my 100 gallon pot room but they are also experiencing issues but I think it's not mites but just some watering issues. I'll know for sure in the next couple days.
That is such a loss brother :(
I hope you find some new killer keepers in your adventure of poppin new genetics soon though! :bigjoint:
I have two Pakistan Valley's going great these girls really fill out quick and recover from stress almost instantly :hump:
 

Jubilant

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Hey there! I need some advice please ;)

What does one do when one mixed a soil a little too nitrogen hot. One of my strains is looking pretty N toxic (one girl in particular is taking it pretty hard) the other strains actually look great but I was wondering if there is any sort of remedy aside from just transplanting the baby :hump:
 

ShLUbY

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Hey there! I need some advice please ;)

What does one do when one mixed a soil a little too nitrogen hot. One of my strains is looking pretty N toxic (one girl in particular is taking it pretty hard) the other strains actually look great but I was wondering if there is any sort of remedy aside from just transplanting the baby :hump:
you could try mixing in some uncharged bio char to absorb some of the nitrogens... ???? even if you just got it into the top couple inches of soil... it would be better than taking out nothing!
 

Rasta Roy

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Yeah adding some straw or some biochar would hopefully draw some of the extra N, but I'm not sure how well it would work if you couldn't fully mix it in. So your best bet might be to transplant it to some soil with a little less N.
 

Rasta Roy

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Hey there! I need some advice please ;)

What does one do when one mixed a soil a little too nitrogen hot. One of my strains is looking pretty N toxic (one girl in particular is taking it pretty hard) the other strains actually look great but I was wondering if there is any sort of remedy aside from just transplanting the baby :hump:
How old is she though? Transplanting or mixing in something to draw the N would work, but if she's young she'll probably shed the N toxicity soon enough even if you don't do anything (obviously just hit her with plain water).
 

Jubilant

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How old is she though? Transplanting or mixing in something to draw the N would work, but if she's young she'll probably shed the N toxicity soon enough even if you don't do anything (obviously just hit her with plain water).
I was thinking this as well
Shes about 7 weeks in Veg and I'm not strapped for time. I got a couple of autos about to harvest that will hold me over for smoke. I can just keep veggin em out and see if it straightens :D
 

Jubilant

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How bad is it? Pics?
I'll get some up :)

Actually I heavily watered yesterday too and she's is perking back up, one Critical Jack Herer almost you can't even tell the other not great but definitely better. First issue at all with my living soil so I may have just freaked out a bit (:
 

Rasta Roy

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I'll get some up :)

Actually I heavily watered yesterday too and she's is perking back up, one Critical Jack Herer almost you can't even tell the other not great but definitely better. First issue at all with my living soil so I may have just freaked out a bit (:
Been there!
 

Vnsmkr

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There are a number of plants you can add to your garden that repel pests. These include:

Basil – asparagus beetles, tomato heartworms and thrips
Green Bean – Colorado potato beetles
Nasturtium – Colorado potato beetles and squash bugs
Tomato – asparagus beetles
Wormwood – slugs
Rue – aphids, cats, dogs, Japanese beetles, onion maggots, slugs and snails
Anise – aphids, snails and slugs
Borage – cabbage worms and tomato heart worms
Sage – cabbage loopers, carrot flies, flea beetles, imported cabbage worms and tomato heart worms
Thyme – cabbage loopers and white flies
Radish – cowpea curculio, cucumber beetles, harlequin bugs, Mexican bean leaf beetles, squash bugs and stink bugs
Garlic – aphids, cowpea curculio, flea beetles, Japanese beetles, Mexican been leaf beetles, root maggots, spider mites and squash vine borers
Onion – bean leaf beetle, cabbage loopers, carrot flies, flea beetles, harlequin bugs, Mexican bean leaf beetles, mice, rabbits, spider mites and squash vine borers
Potato – bean leaf beetles
Turnip – bean leaf beetles and harlequin bugs
Oleander – codling moths
Catnip – aphids, corn earworms, cucumber beetles, flea beetles, Japanese beetles, squash bugs and mice
Marigold – aphids, corn earworms, leaf hoppers, Mexican bean leaf beetles, rabbits, squash bugs, thrips and tomato heartworms
Hyssop – imported cabbage worms
Oregano – cabbage butterflies and cucumber beetles
Rosemary – imported cabbage worms and slugs
Dill – aphids, cabbage moths and spider mites
Lavender – mice, mosquitoes, moths, rabbits and ticks
Fennel – aphids, slugs, snails and spider mites
Pennyroyal – ants
Mint – ants, aphids, cucumber beetles, flea beetles, imported cabbage worms, rodents, squash bugs and white flies
Tansy – ants, cucumber beetles, Japanese beetles and squash bugs
Coriander/Cilantro – aphids, Colorado potato beetles and spider mites
Horseradish – potato beetles
Geranium – Japanese beetles, leaf hoppers
Butterfly (white) Sage – asparagus beetles
Larkspur – Japanese beetles
Chives – aphids, Japanese beetles and spider mites
Cloves – cowpea curculio, spider mites and squash vine borers
Lettuce – carrot flies
Petunia – leafhoppers, Mexican bean leaf beetles and squash bugs
Parsley – asparagus beetles and carrot flies

Companion Planting

There are a number of plants that can protect other plants from pests and disease and improve the flavour of certain food plants. Some examples include:

Basil planted near tomatoes improves flavor and protects against a variety of pests.
Oregano planted near cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, cucumber or grape vine repels pests that attack these plants
Garlic helps prevent disease in rose canes and raspberry
Borage repels pests that attack tomatoes and attracts pollinators to squash, tomatoes and strawberries.
Horseradish planted at the corners of a potato patch with beans also planted nearby repels potato beetles
Chives planted near apples help to control apple scab.
Chives planted near roses reduce the risk of “black spot” and repel aphids.
Chives planted near tomatoes and carrots repel pests and improve the flavor of the vegetables
Petunias repel pests that attack beans

Make Your Own Non-Toxic Pest Repellents and Insecticidal Soaps

North Carolina’s Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance offers a number of recipes for non-toxic pesticides that you can make at home and apply to your plants with a spray bottle, including the following:

Grind 3 large onions, 1 bunch of garlic and 3 hot peppers. Mix with water and leave overnight in a covered container. In the morning, strain through fine strainer or cheesecloth and add sufficient water to produce approximately one gallon (16 cups) of pesticide.
Soak 10-15 diced garlic cloves in a pint (2 cups) of mineral oil for 24 hours. Strain and add to a spray bottle.
Annie B. Bond, Care2 Green Living Executive Producer, offers a recipe for all-natural insecticidal soap spray, which uses 1-2 tablespoons of a natural liquid soap such as Dr. Bronner’s Pure-Castile soap in a quart (4 cups) of water. Once this solution is mixed, it can be added to a spray bottle.
 

Jubilant

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Hey @Rasta Roy how soon do you recommend using a Sea Bird Guano tea for my girls just flipped to flower. It's the first run of this soil mix (the one I posted earlier off your OP) so the soil is about 10 weeks "old" The girls vegged in it for 8 weeks and I fed it a couple compost/kelp/neem teas and just finished their first week of the flip.
 
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