Cannabis 7-1-22. Beneficial Bugs, Bamboo Stakes and Mycelium!

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Well, it has been an eventful week. I spent a full day making small batch compost extracts for soil drenches that were applied to the food crops. I got a bunch of beneficial bugs from natures good guys, https://www.naturesgoodguys.com/. They sent packages to wrong locations, sent some bugs that were dead (In which they made right with refunds and re-sent packages) and other things I'd rather not go into. Either way I got everything I ordered. Mostly mites for gnat control but we also got some bugs for caterpillar control, aphids and thrips.

Beneficial bugs that we ordered:

• Hypoaspis miles - Stratiolaelaps scimitus - Predatory Mites

  • Target Pests: Fungus Gnat Larvae, Thrips, Sciarid Flies, Shore Flies, Root Aphids, Springtails, Root Mealybugs, Bulb Mites, Poultry Mites, Snake Mites.

  • https://www.naturesgoodguys.com/collections/fungus-gnat-control/products/hypoaspis-miles-predatory-mites-12-500-insects?variant=39911211729087

• Special Blend Predatory Mites - Triple Blend Predatory Mites
  Attacks Several Species
  of Pest Mites

  • Target Pests: Two Spotted Spider Mites, Broad Mites, Rust Mites, Russet Hemp Mites, Cyclamen Mites and Southern Red Mites and other species of mites

  • https://www.naturesgoodguys.com/collections/spider-mite-control-1/products/500-live-adult-predatory-mites-a-mix-of-predatory-mite-species-for-spider-mite-control?variant=32555794702

• Trichogramma Eggs on Hanging Cards - Caterpillar & Moth Control

  • Target Pest: Attacks over 150 species of Caterpillars and Moths. Including: Web Worms, Loopers, Leaf Worms, Fruit Worms, Cut Worms, Boll Worms Army Worms, Tomato Worms, Corn Worms, Borers, Gypsy Moths, Codling Moths, Diamond Back Moths, Oriental Fruit Moths and more!

  • https://www.naturesgoodguys.com/collections/caterpillar-control/products/trchogramma-caterpillar-and-moth-control?variant=23314962307

I recommend Arbico Organics for beneficial bugs however.

• https://www.arbico-organics.com/

We also got some 5' Bamboo stakes from The Backyard Farmer store in Eugene. They were hand cut and $1 a piece! We also scored a 5 gallon bucket of their on-site local earthworm castings because I said I will test with a microscope for biological activity.

My buddy, whose garden this, wants to tie hemp string around these bamboo stakes for each cannabis plant a la tomato cage style. I am not excited about his vison of it but I can only suggest tying each main branch individually. I am just the microbe guy.

We also got Hb and Sc Nematodes to help further gnat control and other bugs Each Cannabis plant got the nematodes soil drenched in.

• https://www.eugenebackyardfarmer.com/

There are some baby trees being added to the Creek side of the house. I also trimmed up the backyard as well as implementing a 2-3x a week compost tea regimen. I see amazing results after each application, also since we had no sun during spring and the soil is new, we are playing catch up with our soil biology/plants. Some other little things happening and the next post I make about the cannabis here will include the food garden and new tree stuff.

Our fungal bio-mass has been lacking, so we got a bag of Mycelium for the cannabis plants. I broke off pieces of the Mycelliated grain bag and placed under the straw in the containers of each plant and around the bottom of each fabric pot.

• https://mycophyte.com/

Here are some close ups of the girls! They are still transitioning from flower to veg. Hopefully, by next week these girls will be in full on 7 fingered leaf veg mode. Right now most these girls are showing 3-4 fingered leaves. The Gorilla Glue is showing 5-6 fingers.

Mango Kush

Gorilla Glue 4 Forum Cut

White Tahoe Cookies

Mimosa

Girl Scout Cookies Forum Cut