NoobyMacDooby's Grow: Less Nooby More Dooby!

[JustinHemp420]

Getting your hands full there bud, plenty good times ahead. When will we see the full light fixture in action.

 

[NoobyMacDooby]

Getting your hands full there bud, plenty good times ahead. When will we see the full light fixture in action.

Most likely in a week or 2. Need some switches and plugs so waiting for the shops to open up. Also need to figure out how to wire it. With my current 2 drivers I can remove 2 cobs and insert 4 boards and have 3000k plus 4000k lights running but not sure if I would need that. Trying to set it so that I can potentially mess around with the lights a bit.

 

[NoobyMacDooby]

I see that the some of the very 1st sprouting leaves are going yellow on some of the seedlings. Would this be a sign of N uptake issues? They are all at most 15 days old, they seem to be growing slightly slower than my previous run of testers. It's been much hotter though on this run so that could be a factor. Don't have much in the way of climate control at the moment. Also using a new source for worm castings, they are suppose to be good quality and not left in the sun or anything. Unless WC with pau pau sprouts just makes for better N uptake

 

[NoobyMacDooby]

or it could be the freakin fungus gnats....about 5 to 6 adults running around on the surface of almost each pot...great. And as the plants are all seedlings I can't use my usual gnat bombing technique

found some more techniques for taking them out:

Controlling Fungus Gnats Organically - Small Footprint Family

 

[NoobyMacDooby]

Garden update:

So apart from temps, humidity and gnats everything is running great..lols. Temps haven't been too bad but there's been some swings during the day mostly into the too hot range. Humidity is a bit up and down too but btw 40 to 65% which is not bad considering I'd like 70%

Watered with tap water for the last 2 waterings but de-chlorinated and ph'd to 6.5. Will switch back to R.O. water this week.







ones in the rockwool:

Cuvee:

and the tester:

 

[NoobyMacDooby]

fungus gnats control - attempt #1 - you say potato, I say fuck you fungus gnats

from the link I posted earlier, trying to capture some larvae to see how bad the infestation is:

 

[NoobyMacDooby]

Well report back: The potato did not attract any larvae, so either it doesn't work or there just isnt that many. The link also suggests a bit of beer or vinegar to attract the gnats so tried some beer, did not do much either.

 

[JustinHemp420]

I'm surprised, . usually works for everything just ask Blaze.

 

[NoobyMacDooby]

I'm surprised, . usually works for everything just ask Blaze.

I know right? Some fussy gnats thinking they all fancy smancy and don't do beer....pfffft.

 

[bignstrange]

Brutal, fungus gnats shouldn't hurt anything, but definitely a pain in the ass. Sticky yellow traps n lots of fans?

Short of sand or diatemacious earth on the medium, those are my go tos lol

 

[Pennywise]

Sticky cards work well

 

[NoobyMacDooby]

Sticky cards work well

Yes they do...until a gecko gets stuck on them and you feel all bad for it. Found one stuck on it with the ants trying to eat it while it was still alive...that's some Game of Thrones torture. Hanging them vertical now.

 

[NoobyMacDooby]

Brutal, fungus gnats shouldn't hurt anything, but definitely a pain in the ass. Sticky yellow traps n lots of fans?

Short of sand or diatemacious earth on the medium, those are my go tos lol

Yeah but they bother me when they buzz around!! It's just bordering on infestation so want to keep it in check. Going to give the sand layer a try.

 

[bignstrange]

Ya that's sad :* poor gecko !

Hopefully the sand works. Gnats are a nuisance for sure, only thing that keeps them away for me is letting my soil dry right out every watering

 

[NoobyMacDooby]

Yeah even tried a mix of fermented chilly juice, the smaller gnats die from it but the bigger ones just seem to shake it off. Going to try get sand this week but damn work is getting in the way.

Plant updates:

Despite the gnats the plants are doing ok. Give them a minuscule feeding today, added so little in the way of food so not sure it even counts. Did a bit of lab and some kelp.

The Cuvee, the one plant is just growing like crazy compared to the rest...lets hope it's a lady and a chocolate cherry pheno:

then the rdwc is also chugging along, roots are out and in the water too. No clue as to how I'm going to transplant these into bigger net pots...

 

[Pennywise]

Roots are looking nice and healthy

 

[NoobyMacDooby]

Thanks

Update on the tester day 8 of 12/12 not really stretching much but the cheapo LED is starting to show it's limit. There's not enough light penetration and the lower grow points are shriveling a bit. Cut some fan leaves off to get light through.

 

[bignstrange]

Looking good Dooby! Off to a healthy start, for sure

 

[Pennywise]

Look good let's hope the defol lets enough light in

 

[JustinHemp420]

This is where I feel the little shit's just take their sweet ass time to get going. Recon they should really kick into gear in the next week or 2. Try get that wet / dry cycle going, I found they really shoot when searching for water