...Yes, the little winged d-bags are coming out in force, but that's expected at this time of year, most
of the year,... my battle with them is now familiar and mundane- I know the deal!... Catch them early by scoping the plants out regularly, about 3x/week, and they don't make much headway infestation-wise, plus they're easy to kill with that soln. I use; people panic when they hear 'alcohol', and so did I when I saw it being used at the orchid nursery, but as long as it's not 90%+ and smothering the plant with it, it's fine.... Netting isn't an option for me; the plants are moved to chase the sun, etc.,... It would be nice though, because the aphids ubiquitous, so are white flies to a somewhat lesser degree, also, they're literally designed to find host plants! It's frickin' uncanny... Besides, to be effective against such small vermin, the mesh size would have to be about window screen spec's (or 'squiter netting size).... I did get caterpillars last year, but just the leaf munchers, and even then they didn't seem to like it; Budworms!
impmyride: I've been spared that plague,... sorry to hear you weren't! Hateful little shits....I have had them, rarely, move in on a couple of my outdoor orchids, and FUBAR some prize flowers though... Bottom line my hommette (fem. for homie :smoke
, we are smarter, but they got
numbers and variety! If you can make a little netted zone though, it'll go a long way to prevention (lucky you!)
My babies are hitting the "stretch" now, took photos yesterday, had to take more this morning because of the difference! Autos are sure fun to watch!!
Thanks for swinging by! So, you've started your seeds already? Well, lay out there brother! Whatcha got? (LOL!) I had a helluva time making final decisions on choices! And there are many fine one these days,... I wonder about what the lowest night temp' you should expose the plants to,...certainly too cold will stunt them; even if the plants can take it, the soil is a heat sink, and will take hours to get back up to proper operational temps... For me, I'm playing it careful, and not exposing them to less than 50 degrees at night. With their very short growth window, outdoor autos' need every minute of prime-time they can get! So, keep this in mind when transitioning them. Later on though, toward the end of flowering, your cool nights will bring out the colors in those strains that have the potential for it! Are you going to start a grow journal here? Anyway, post that strain list! You'll likely find grows of many of them here, and get good feedback... :smoke:
:firedevil:*** Achtung!! Flying vermin season is nigh upon us!! Several plants had winged baby-shittin' aphids on them already, so outdoor growers, keep a fish-eye out for them......******* Death was meted out by alcohol+wetting agent soln. in a mini-sprayer,... Hahaaa...
Hazah! on starting your new grow! Oh yeah, shhhhhhh....I only have 10 going myself tight now too....:smokebuds: (LOL!) Until I get a final count on sexing, I'm holding off on the Crème Mandarines, maybe a couple others too, depending...... as you read, my germ' rates were pretty good, with only 1 non-germ, 2 runts (one slated for compost, the other kept as pure novelty), and so far no 'other' losses... This strain is fantastic though, so I'm dyin' to get it going ASAP! Besides, I'll much better light for them in late May, and so bigger plants. We'll see!... I'm gonna go scope your strain list now,... 
