MImedpatient
Well-known member
today, marks the 1st day of a proper pheno hunt. my last attempt was thwarted by root aphids. now my soil blocks have been treated w/ Mycotrol, a fungal spore bio insecticide. they will be eaten from the inside and used as weapons against their siblings!!!! *evil laughter*
I lost 62 seedlings to the root aphids or my oily soap treatments. or both. I have 1 seedling from that batch left. You could see the little fuckers on the stem of the seedlings, it was offensive.
I now start the other half of a USP pack. thank goodness Shanti provides such affordable seeds that personal failures like this aren't financial burdens. like wasting 60 bucks on a boring video game you never finish.
It is a personal failure, because I also purchased the Systemic pesticide so I could treat clones, seedlings, and mother plants. and it arrived before I planted the seeds. the Mycotrol arrived after. because I can run my veg room hot enough to make the chemical half life claimed on the bottle to be the real number, but I really, really do not want to do that. it still takes plants out of rotation for 4 months.
I lost 62 seedlings to the root aphids or my oily soap treatments. or both. I have 1 seedling from that batch left. You could see the little fuckers on the stem of the seedlings, it was offensive.
I now start the other half of a USP pack. thank goodness Shanti provides such affordable seeds that personal failures like this aren't financial burdens. like wasting 60 bucks on a boring video game you never finish.
It is a personal failure, because I also purchased the Systemic pesticide so I could treat clones, seedlings, and mother plants. and it arrived before I planted the seeds. the Mycotrol arrived after. because I can run my veg room hot enough to make the chemical half life claimed on the bottle to be the real number, but I really, really do not want to do that. it still takes plants out of rotation for 4 months.