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[MEGA]Community Growing advice, tips, tricks, & experiences Part 4

SHit ... My plant has what looks like a fruit fly in it...EVERYWHERE!!!! My daughter Bday tomoz and im making a unicorn Birthday cake for her and i am soooo friggen strapped for time, i wont have time to search threads for 2 days....Sooo am wondering if i could grab someones opinion quick and what to buy to kill em...Im sooo friggen slow at using the search tool on here, im prob not doing it right...
Anyone know what it could be?...A slender small fast fly....It could be what Americans call a gnat????...:?
 
You mean fungus gnats? From what you've said it could be a lot of things. It's really too hard to say without a photo.

Is this what they look like?

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Nah bro...I try and find out on google when i get time i guess...It is too hard to tell me by what ive written...Its similar to a "fruit fly"...Tiny little things...Wouldnt notice unless you look hard...They are hanging around the stem/trunk...Have just finished a bleeding cake sooo pressure off me and i mite have time to have a ten min look on net...
 
Also got small white spots on leaves now?????


Ummm seems they may be gnats...I just killed one and with naked eye, i looks similar...Its really really small...I wish i had a magnifing glass...I put some shit on the plant a few days ago and they were prob in that i guess...None left to check now!! Thanks A.E again..You thing they are causing me grief and the white spot on my leaves?
 
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I got a deficiency going on :(
From what I've read it should be nitrogen but I want to have a second opinion before i overfeed or something
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have a nice weekend ^^
 
Miss Kirsty said:
Also got small white spots on leaves now?????


Ummm seems they may be gnats...I just killed one and with naked eye, i looks similar...Its really really small...I wish i had a magnifing glass...I put some shit on the plant a few days ago and they were prob in that i guess...None left to check now!! Thanks A.E again..You thing they are causing me grief and the white spot on my leaves?
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If it's fungush gnats they should be coming out the roots. If I were you I would get neem oil. That way whatever it is, repeated applications (not just a single spray and then forget about it) should help. The need oil residue stops the insects from being able to eat and they eventually starve to death. It needs to be used regularly for it to work but it works well. Organic, cold-pressed is the best. It's especially useful for outdoor plants that are in the vegetative stage like your plant is now.

It would be good to actually see a photo if possible though.

^Xayo said:
I got a deficiency going on :(
From what I've read it should be nitrogen but I want to have a second opinion before i overfeed or something
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To me it looks as if you just need to up the feed a bit, that's all. However, I was wondering, is it literally just those two leaves that are a bit yellow?
 
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Its on the other leaves of the same pair too and moving upwards rapidly...the next set is already getting lighter in color.
 
hahaha AE you have your hands full with everyone's plants blowing up. :D Do you think it would be fungus gnats outdoors on MK's plants? I've read that aphids can sprout wings as well.

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MK, one (brutal) lesson my friend learned about growing outdoors is caterpillars. Moths or butterflies land on your plant, lay eggs that hatch into caterpillars that will eat your plant and leave feces which will start to rot the plant. Look into insecticides that contain Bacillus thuringiensis as a preventative. Sorry for the random comment but that was just something that popped into my mind.
 
It's really hard to say without any photos. If we've got a better idea of what it could be we could give better advice about which treatments to use. It's a bit like a doctor trying to diagnose a patient with something like a parasitic infection without being able to see them to be able to make a good clinical judgement. The issue comes up quite often and it's better to err on the side of caution IMO.
 
Hey guys, I have a ballast question for you guys.

I use a magnetic 400 HPS ballast and i've had a little problem with it. Sometimes when I plug it, the sharp sound the ballast normally makes will get sharper, and my bulb will not light up, only the rod in the middle of the bulb lights up a tiny tiny bit.

Today when I woke up, 2 hours after my Ballast was supposed to start running back off my timer, I noticed that sharper sound and noticed there wasn't any light coming out of my tent, so I unplugged/plugged it back a couple of times without it working and always making that sharper sound. I went to take a pee, plugged it back and it worked...

I think this might be because the ballast needs to kind of heat up, but I lost 2 hours of light due to this issue so I really want to fix it. So basically, the ballast stayed plugged for 2 hours, was making a sharper sound than usual and the bulb never (i think, I was sleeping) lighted up...

If you don't have any idea i'll just bring it back to the store, but since it's been working fine the past days I want to get a second opinion first. I've been using the ballast for the third day now but it's an used one.
 
I don't know what the problem is but you know you should leave the ballast to rest for at least 30 mins but ideally a lot more before turning it back on? And turning it on sooner can damage the bulb and significantly reduce its working life.
 
I kind of messed up this thing in the last week.
first the yellowing and then I also fucked up transplanting the plant to the left. She lost about 40% of her rootmass =S. Put her off for a good 5 days. Now she's bumping up abit again but she has really fallen behind.

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Miss Kursty I was just thinking about your plant. If it's a sativa it's roots may very well continue to grow during the flowering period so I would pot it up. I'm not sure if it's a pure sat (doubt it) though so I don't know. I would pot up just in case.

^Xayo said:
I kind of messed up this thing in the last week.
first the yellowing and then I also fucked up transplanting the plant to the left. She lost about 40% of her rootmass =S. Put her off for a good 5 days. Now she's bumping up abit again but she has really fallen behind.

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I wouldn't say the yellowing is you messing up. It's quite normal an easy to fix with a feed.
 
yeah people must remember the first few leaves are their to help establish the seeding and once their job is done the plant redirects teh nutrients to the growth tips which is hte most important part for new growth.

You can still see the green veinsin teh above ouc which mnight indicate mag deficiency, if the leaves turn brown and curl up then you can be sure.
 
Need to take cuttings but don't have any fancy apparatus or rooting hormones? Don't just stick the cuttings in a glass of water, cover the glass completely in tinfoil and make a small hole for the stem so that almost no light can get to the inside. Light is bad for roots. This way your plants will root faster and develop good roots. Then all they need is a small fluoroscent light/tube on top of that. Just a random tip, people should take more cuttings anyway to spread and preserve the culture...
 
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