[starke]

Thanks caljim. There has been visual improvement since the first treatments of NPS. The damage appears to have quit climbing up the branches and the leaves are praying towards the lights again instead of being very droopy. Keeping my fingers crossed.

[Spaventa]

I like the defoliating. All that root system and nice developed stems will serve those carefully chosen and developed bud sites really well. I foresee serious support for those branching coming before long... nice

[Boyd Crowder]

listen bro - that room of yours looks less than 30qsft - 2 of those strips for at least 48hrs and your should be seeing some new growth - that dichlorvos is NO JOKE to these pests
floramite will work really well for spider mites so either way, but for what youve got , grab some extra nps for your veg area as well

and wettable sulfer is super cheap and can be found in seednfeeds

[starke]

Spaventa: This is the heaviest I have defoliated a plant so I'm in uncharted territory. Hoping for the best. Bought a bunch of yo-yos though just in case those stems do need support.

Boyd: Flower is about 40 square feet and I have two hanging in there. Have one in the 20 square foot veg/clone room.

[Boyd Crowder]

so did you flip those defoled girls yet?
if not , let them bounce back a week or two if those nps show signs of improvement
i have plenty of forbid pm me if you do indeed scope those critters

they are red
russet red - rust red
its easy to blend into the stems and stalks
i would look on the leaves that are just beginning to leather up and fade

[starke]

Boyd: The girls have shown great improvement in the last 48 hours or so. Going to continue to to treat with the NPS at lights/fans out for another three or four days. If they continue to improve like they have so far, I'll probably flip this coming Saturday.

[starke]

Well the girls survived this past week and are looking much happier. I am continuing with the fan/lights off application of the No Pest Strips each night and will continue to do so until Friday. Going to flip on Saturday. I have continued to scope the plants and after getting more familiar and steadier with my digital microscope I can confirm I indeed have/had russet mites. Have not seen a live one so far so I think I may be on the up side. Another big thanks to Boyd Crowder. Without his noticing my problem (and from a shitty pic at that) I probably would have lost this run.

As they looked a week ago:



This morning:



Peace,
starke

[caljim]

Looking better...its gonna get wild in there with those long arms.

That durn Crowder, always helping out and being resourceful. Makes the rest of us look like were slacking'

[starke]

Yeah caljim, these girls got too big while I was building the room. The stretch on the Hawaiian Snow and the Super Lemon Haze isn't too bad but I have never grown the Liberty Haze or Juan Herer before. I'll just keep bending, pinching and tying as needed to keep them out of the lights. In my first grow box I ended up with more buds growing horizontally than vertically by harvest time.

[FrozenFire]

Oh man it's looking much better. Serious defoaliation seems crazy at first, but it works. Much better density further down the canopy with my experience. Keep up the good work!