First Journal

[smokster42]

Vapir.com, vapornation.com I love my Vapir, but it sounds like a hair dryer. Use it every day. Only thing i use really.

Hey Rosie. I've been looking at vaporizors but really wasn't sure about how they made the MJ taste and what not. I didn't want to lay out a bunch of money on something that was either a waiste of money or high in maintenance. So does MJ taste the same vaped as it does smoked. High the same, ect. I use a one hitter and don't waiste any of the MJ like joints or pipes do. I'm also pretty old school about the smoke pleasure. I'm using the vap cigarettes and they just aren't the same as reg cigs butt they are helping me cut down and I do see that I will quit 1 day soon. I don't want to quit my weed though. Hahaha. Anyway, if anyone has a little input on the subject I'd like to hear it.

Hemperfi. Sorry, not trying to butt in on your thread. I'm rooting for ya on the mite situation. Would like to see some pics now that you have treated them. The last I saw they looked really sweet. You da man.

 

[Rosebud]

Marijuana tastes the best in a vaporizer. There is no smoke. When i quit smoking cigarettes I was still coughing so first I got a 99.00 rip off box vaporizers. The heating unit went out in two weeks. Then i got this one and it is loud, but it is all i use. The high is a little different. Cleaner. not as fuzzy. weird to describe. I have used mine 5 times a day for 11 months and i won't look back.
Thanks for the time Hemper.

 

[HemperFi]

Something I wanted to know as well, Rosy, thamks. Hey Smokster, How ya been -- hope all is well. I still have a crop. It just isn't all it could be. Here are a few shots:

 

[Hick]

"Spider mites are eggs for 48 hours, they mature in another 48; females lay 12 eggs which will be all female unless fertalized by a male." In one week, one female Spider mite can produce 20,736 offspring. No wondewr they are so hard to get rid of. I still can't find any alive. I have been concentraiting my search on the WP which was the worst of the lot. I was told they went after the WP because it was weak after my over nuting. Makes sense to me. I fed the smallest Poison Mighty Mite and gave her some Cha Ching -- I also fed the AK47 with the same batch of nutes. (I'm writing this down so I can come back in here and remember what I have done)

peace

hxxp://www.backyardgardener.com/tv/spidermite.html

What makes this pest truly difficult to control is its rate of reproduction. Each female will lay up to 12 eggs per day. Mating is not required for egg production. At 21ºC, these eggs will hatch in as few as 3 days and will develop into adults in only 14 days. If left unchecked, 10 spider mites in May will become 100,000 by July!

What makes this pest truly difficult to control is its rate of reproduction. Each female will lay up to 12 eggs per day.
Mating is not required for egg production. At 70º F, these eggs will hatch in as few as three days and will develop into
adults in only 14 days. Adult females also ave the ability to go dormant for a time after the photoperiod (daily hours of light)
shortens, then re-emerge to lay more eggs a few weeks after the photoperiod lengthens again. That's one reason Spider Mites
keep reappearing crop after crop on indoor plants.
Life Cycle and environment
In a given colony of two-spotted spider mites, both adult males and females are present, however females usually out-
number males three to one. This factor accounts for their high reproduction rate as a single female can lay on aver-
age over 100 eggs in her life time. Females normally lay eggs on the underside of leaves. The rate at which a two
spotted spider mite develops from an egg to an adult is greatly dependent on environment. Their life cycle is accel-
erated at higher temperatures. This is one of the reasons that these mites are such large greenhouse pests. In the
artificial environment of a warm lighted greenhouse or indoor grow space, the mites are able to reproduce quickly and
to be active throughout most or all of the year

Spider mites are less than 1 mm in size and vary in color. They lay small,
spherical, initially transparent eggs and many species spin silk webbing to
help protect the colony from predators; they get the 'spider' part of their
common name from this webbing. Hot, dry conditions are often associated
with population build-up of spider mites. Under optimal conditions
(approximately 80oF), the two-spotted spider mite can hatch in as little as 3
days, and become sexually mature in as little as 5 days. One female can lay
up to 20 eggs per day and can live for 2 to 4 weeks, laying hundreds of
eggs. A single mature female can spawn a population of a million mites in a
month or less. This accelerated reproductive rate allows spider mite
populations to adapt quickly to resist pesticides, so chemical control
methods can become somewhat ineffectual when the same pesticide is used
over a prolonged period.

(see attachment)

higher temps and lower humidity accelerate their reproduction cycle. Lower temps and higher RH impede it.

View attachment spider_mite_primer.pdf

 

[HemperFi]

Thanks Hick -- some pretty scary stuff -- think I'll go spray down the plants and lower the temps -- If the eggs take three days to hatch then they will show theirselves again today. I am keeping an eye on things, but they may be beyond my control. I'm hoping I can keep them at bay until I can harvest the buds growing in the tent. I can't put anything on the buds that is real strong, but I can dose them agasin w/ the SNS217. I will do that today. No wonder they are refered to as the Borg. Sheesh, I didn't need this on my first grow.

Peace

 

[HemperFi]

Well, I have it under 70f in the room. I have sprayed down the plants w/ soapy water. I have looked and looked for new bugs, and I can't find any. I see a lot of dead bugs, but nothing moving. I'll keep looking. Later today I'm going to give the plants in the tent another wash with the SNS 217. I don't want to because it does such damage to the plants, but I will anyway. What a nightmare this is. I was all set to impress the Hell out of people, now I'll feel lucky just to get some weed out of this ordeal. Perhaps on the next grow things will go a little smoother. I'm not going to give up. It may take a few grows, but I will deliver some quality smoke one day -- I swear.....


Peace

 

[Rosebud]

the borg keeps us humble Hemper.

 

[HemperFi]

I know Rosy, I know -- haven't been this humble sinse I was shot in Cambodia. Sometimes it's a struggle; sometimes it works out fine. Lady luck comes and goes. I sprayed all the plants again. I haven't seen a live bug in two days, but I can feel them trying to make a come-back. I'm not real concerned about the clones because I can hit them with something like Forbid or Floramite, or Avid brfore I put them into flower. I will KNOW the borg are gone before I clone off them or turn them. I don't want this to ever happen again.

My phone came in the mail today, but I don't have anyone's number. Hey, it's a start.

A friend was diving under my boat today when I came back from town. He couldn't find my old phone, but that's okay -- it's 43 feet deep here -- they told me they probably wouldn't be able to retrieve the numbers anyway.

Life is an adventure my friends.

Peace

 

[HemperFi]

One of the first calls I made on my new phone was to my cousin. I needed to know my sister's number, so I could get the rest of the families numbers, anyway, we talked about growing. I asked my cuz's husband (grower) if he had any bug problems. He admitted he has an on going prob w/ mites. He seems to believe he has to live with them. He trys to keep them down to a minimum. I told him how I feel about them and what I hear here about them, but he just blew it off -- I'm sure now that is where they came from. We also talked about the way he is curing his weed. He isn't. He just drys it out and sells it. I told him what he sent me smelled like grass or alfalfa, and he said he is working on it. I doubt I will get any more clones, but that's okay, I don't need the problems. I need some seeds.

Peace

 

[Sl4ck3rThcGrower]

One thing I haven't seen on this forum that i have seen on others is any mention of co2 to wipe out mites. Personally i run co2 to boost production but if i ever had a problem is that i viable option? heard u need to just hit the sealed room to 10,000 ppm of co2 for an hour and then clear out to kill the adult ones

 

[The Hemp Goddess]

One thing I haven't seen on this forum that i have seen on others is any mention of co2 to wipe out mites. Personally i run co2 to boost production but if i ever had a problem is that i viable option? heard u need to just hit the sealed room to 10,000 ppm of co2 for an hour and then clear out to kill the adult ones

There is more to it than that and you need to do it more than once. CO2 is a great option.....if you have the equipment and a sealed space, but most don't.

 

[HemperFi]

Puffin, I'm sure you are right about the cuz's weed. I bet they harvested early because of the bugs.

I asked about Co2 at the store, and the guy told me it works, and other people have done it that way, but it is very expensive and they went through a lot of co2 which he sold them happily.

 

[The Hemp Goddess]

If you do it right, it doesn't take that much CO2. But like I said, you need an air tight space and the equipment to regulate the ppms of the CO2 or you might as well forget it.

No offense, but your "guy" sounds like a douche. If he is just selling bunches of CO2 without helping people do it correctly, he is just an ahole in this for the $.

 

[HemperFi]

I'm not offended, Goddess, I don't know the guy. He did say he warned them that it was going to cost them a lot to go that way, but they were "organic" and insisted because of not wanting to put anything on their plants. I can see that too. I asked him if it worked for them, and he said he didn't know -- they never came back with a report. He was actually telling me it wasn't worth the money it would cost to go that route. He seems like a pretty good person to me, but I don't really know him. He gave me the SNS 217 for $35 and it was marked $39. Sometimes a good douche is necessary.

 

[HemperFi]

Have you ever tried preditory mites?

 

[The Hemp Goddess]

LOL--I have been growing so long that I have tried almost everything. I have tried predatory mites, lady bugs, Safer's soap, pepper spray, neem oil, azamax, pyrethrum, no pest strips, Floramite, Forbid, and probably several other things that I cannot remember. Here's what worked: Floramite and Forbid.

 

[HemperFi]

OKAY -- I have just ordered "Floramite" from Amazon.com -- stuff is not cheap, is it? I ordered some sissors as well. Thanks Goddess -- you've nearly got me trained.

 

[Rosebud]

Yes, the predatory mites worked the best for me the second time i got them that is all i used.

 

[HemperFi]

That's good to know, Rosy. And the rosemary oil worked as well -- Everything works for you -- I am going to do whatever it takes to eradicate the little devils. I don't want them to EVER come back. I shouldn't have to deal w/ them out here on the boat. If I ever get another clone from outside the boat she will go into isolation as long as it takes for me to decide she is safe. I have lost all desire for food, and am just generally grossed out over this whole thing.

 

[HemperFi]

Watered the AK and WP -- cal-mag only. Fed some clones mild vedge GH (1-1-1) Am still looking for live mites -- still haven't seen one. *crossing fingers*

Peace