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Sandy
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Sandy
13 years ago

I have a friend who was very set in his opinion that it is only nasty people and some form of foreign gangsters that grow. On our next lunch date we picked up a sandwich from Roys and instead of parking at the bay and watching seals I parked about a block from a grow store. I simply told him to watch what type of people go in there. Blew his little mind when he saw a man he knows from his church and only one person this man might identify as ‘the other’, someone who might be feared.
It is funny and it is sad to hear the ignorance with which people speak about growers. They have no idea who is growing but there is no safe way to inform them. This is not the climate to have a “Growers Alive” night and have tours of all the local garages and sheds with little snacks and maps to the next grow room. For now it is the people in the news papers who are the public face of ‘the grower’.

Staff
Member
13 years ago
Reply to  Sandy

I’ve told two people this story already. What a great idea!

grower
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grower
13 years ago

Ouch! The leaf in that photo has a nasty spider mite infestation!!

humboldtkids
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humboldtkids
13 years ago
Reply to  grower

Fiance:

How do you know it has spider mites?

Mr. Nice
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Mr. Nice
13 years ago
Reply to  humboldtkids

Click on the picture to zoom. There visible feed holes from an infestation.

I’m going to disagree with the mite diagnosis. Those are thrips. Mites would have hit the bottoms of the leaves first. The middle leaf also has a thrip trail on the margin.

Turn the leaf over…

humboldtkids
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humboldtkids
13 years ago
Reply to  Mr. Nice

Fiance:

Thanks…..great info…would like to pick your brain somewhere other than here…hehe.

Mr. Nice
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Mr. Nice
13 years ago
Reply to  humboldtkids

I looked at that picture indoors and now I think it’s gotta be spider mites doing the dots with a couple of thrip larvae just on the tips making lines.

Someone sprayed too much. So many folks just spray and spray and think they are doing a good job. What happens is everything that was about to kill all those pests dies in the spray and the next generation of pests pile in like mice on an open rice sack.

humboldtkids
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humboldtkids
13 years ago
Reply to  Mr. Nice

Fiance:

Root gnats…….I hate those little buggers…my biggest problem…that and I don’t really have a clue.

Mr. Nice
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Mr. Nice
13 years ago
Reply to  humboldtkids

Bacillus thuringiensis H-14. Throw a pack of “mosquito dunks” in the water tank.

humboldtkids
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humboldtkids
13 years ago
Reply to  Mr. Nice

Fiance:

In dirt……no tank.

Staff
Member
13 years ago
Reply to  grower

I should have readers send in photos of problems kymkemp @ starband. net
Then I’ll post and let those of you who know post solutions.

Sandy
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Sandy
13 years ago

I have a friend who was very set in his opinion that it is only nasty people and some form of foreign gangsters that grow. On our next lunch date we picked up a sandwich from Roys and instead of parking at the bay and watching seals I parked about a block from a grow store. I simply told him to watch what type of people go in there. Blew his little mind when he saw a man he knows from his church and only one person this man might identify as ‘the other’, someone who might be feared.
It is funny and it is sad to hear the ignorance with which people speak about growers. They have no idea who is growing but there is no safe way to inform them. This is not the climate to have a “Growers Alive” night and have tours of all the local garages and sheds with little snacks and maps to the next grow room. For now it is the people in the news papers who are the public face of ‘the grower’.

Staff
Member
13 years ago
Reply to  Sandy

I’ve told two people this story already. What a great idea!

myphotoscout
Guest
13 years ago

I read that the plant is one of the fastest growing celluloids. It was used for ropes during WWII and could be a energy positive biofuel crop of the future, if it weren’t for the fear of it.
I think the countless applications that do not involve narcotics are somewhat forgotten

grower
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grower
13 years ago

Ouch! The leaf in that photo has a nasty spider mite infestation!!

humboldtkids
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humboldtkids
13 years ago
Reply to  grower

Fiance:

How do you know it has spider mites?

Mr. Nice
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Mr. Nice
13 years ago
Reply to  humboldtkids

Click on the picture to zoom. There visible feed holes from an infestation.

I’m going to disagree with the mite diagnosis. Those are thrips. Mites would have hit the bottoms of the leaves first. The middle leaf also has a thrip trail on the margin.

Turn the leaf over…

humboldtkids
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humboldtkids
13 years ago
Reply to  Mr. Nice

Fiance:

Thanks…..great info…would like to pick your brain somewhere other than here…hehe.

Mr. Nice
Guest
Mr. Nice
13 years ago
Reply to  humboldtkids

I looked at that picture indoors and now I think it’s gotta be spider mites doing the dots with a couple of thrip larvae just on the tips making lines.

Someone sprayed too much. So many folks just spray and spray and think they are doing a good job. What happens is everything that was about to kill all those pests dies in the spray and the next generation of pests pile in like mice on an open rice sack.

humboldtkids
Guest
humboldtkids
13 years ago
Reply to  Mr. Nice

Fiance:

Root gnats…….I hate those little buggers…my biggest problem…that and I don’t really have a clue.

Mr. Nice
Guest
Mr. Nice
13 years ago
Reply to  humboldtkids

Bacillus thuringiensis H-14. Throw a pack of “mosquito dunks” in the water tank.

humboldtkids
Guest
humboldtkids
13 years ago
Reply to  Mr. Nice

Fiance:

In dirt……no tank.

Staff
Member
13 years ago
Reply to  grower

I should have readers send in photos of problems kymkemp @ starband. net
Then I’ll post and let those of you who know post solutions.

myphotoscout
Guest
13 years ago

I read that the plant is one of the fastest growing celluloids. It was used for ropes during WWII and could be a energy positive biofuel crop of the future, if it weren’t for the fear of it.
I think the countless applications that do not involve narcotics are somewhat forgotten

Mr. Nice
Guest
Mr. Nice
13 years ago

Fiance: I mean water supply.

If you are watering crops with well or SoHum tap water, you have other problems.

humboldtkids
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humboldtkids
13 years ago
Reply to  Mr. Nice

Fiance:

I live in Nevada….using bottled water…ph balanced (just learning about the right ph)

Great idea Kym!

Mr. Nice
Guest
Mr. Nice
13 years ago

Fiance: I mean water supply.

If you are watering crops with well or SoHum tap water, you have other problems.

humboldtkids
Guest
humboldtkids
13 years ago
Reply to  Mr. Nice

Fiance:

I live in Nevada….using bottled water…ph balanced (just learning about the right ph)

Great idea Kym!