Hey guys, I've definitely done lots of searching and have probably spent a hundred or more hours reading these forums. Please disregard the post count.
I have terrible mites I underestimated and am closing in on harvest. I've heard that hanging the plant upside down is the best remedy when harvesting. I've purged big fan leaves and had to defoliate in order to minimize their attack. It has worked well but being so deep in flower and having grow room problems made it very difficult.
I have a good Danby dehumidifier with climate control and will aim to set the humidity to 50% RH and the temp to ~70 degrees f. Is this correct? I wanted to blast the room with cold air for a while hoping to kill or slow down some of the mites. Is this recommended or will it slow their migration to the tips of the plant?
I plan on following the guides here and allowing them to dry for 4-5 days (that's about how long it took last time when my room was unfinished and I had to pull out early), bagging them and closely monitoring the humidity and then jarring them and burping them.
Can people here provide some tips and best practices? I'll be closely inspecting jars for webs and whatnot. I really want to know if hitting my ladies with a cold blast will hurt. Trichomes are clouding up so I'm about to give a 48 hour cold period and flushing with water and Florakleen, then just straight water a couple more times. Cheers!
tl;dr version:
- Got mites, wanna know if I can hit the room with a cold blast and try killing/slowing the fuckers down
- Gonna to hang entire plants as there's few leaves and a small amount of foliage, wanting to confirm that a bit of a slower dry will be appropriate to avoid making hay
- Just looking for any tips to make sure I don't wake up to jars full of mite infesting bunk... friend just cropped out his OG Kush and gave me an 1/8th... absolutely amazing. Hoping mine is as good as his
I have terrible mites I underestimated and am closing in on harvest. I've heard that hanging the plant upside down is the best remedy when harvesting. I've purged big fan leaves and had to defoliate in order to minimize their attack. It has worked well but being so deep in flower and having grow room problems made it very difficult.
I have a good Danby dehumidifier with climate control and will aim to set the humidity to 50% RH and the temp to ~70 degrees f. Is this correct? I wanted to blast the room with cold air for a while hoping to kill or slow down some of the mites. Is this recommended or will it slow their migration to the tips of the plant?
I plan on following the guides here and allowing them to dry for 4-5 days (that's about how long it took last time when my room was unfinished and I had to pull out early), bagging them and closely monitoring the humidity and then jarring them and burping them.
Can people here provide some tips and best practices? I'll be closely inspecting jars for webs and whatnot. I really want to know if hitting my ladies with a cold blast will hurt. Trichomes are clouding up so I'm about to give a 48 hour cold period and flushing with water and Florakleen, then just straight water a couple more times. Cheers!
tl;dr version:
- Got mites, wanna know if I can hit the room with a cold blast and try killing/slowing the fuckers down
- Gonna to hang entire plants as there's few leaves and a small amount of foliage, wanting to confirm that a bit of a slower dry will be appropriate to avoid making hay
- Just looking for any tips to make sure I don't wake up to jars full of mite infesting bunk... friend just cropped out his OG Kush and gave me an 1/8th... absolutely amazing. Hoping mine is as good as his