Of all the mite species that are pest to plants these two seem to give growers the most trouble. These mites for their size can deal out a lot of damage to a crop/plant and because of their size they are hard to spot early enough to prevent damage. Broad mites have 4 life’s sages …
Copper an Essential Copper is an essential nutrient throughout a plant’s life cycle. Its role in the formation of cell walls, chlorophyll production and other metabolic process’s directly affect photosynthesis and respiration. Luckily its only needed in very low quantities. While the right amount of Copper is nessicary for normal plant growth and development …
Fungus Gnats: Sciarid Flies also Known as Bradysia Paupera Fungus gnats are an invasive pest, spending most of their lives causing damage to your plant’s internals and root zones, growers of various mediums need to take precautions and reactive measures once an infestation has occurred. Fungus Gnats As an adult the sciarid flies or fungus …
Heat Stress Problem: All plant require heat to live and grow, your cannabis plants, although it grows like a weed, can only take so much. Too much heat often coupled with other variables will have your plants stressed out and if it is prolonged stress will start to negatively impact your yield and your quality. …
Understanding Cannabis Light Burn Symptoms When you notice your cannabis plants starting to turn yellow or otherwise exhibit signs of stress on the leaves that are the closest proximity to the source of light and/or heat, it is possible you have light burn. You may also notice your leaf curling into a tube or …
Nitrogen Deficiency Nitrogen One of the Big Three Major nutrients: Nitrogen in its most common forms used by plants, Ammonium, Urea, Nitrate need to be readily available in your media, in order for proper growth at all stages of plant life. Nitrogen is a mobile nutrient moving around the plant as needed. Nitrogen has a …
Nitrogen Toxicity Signs of Nitrogen Toxicity: Plants that are showing signs of nitrogen toxicity will be affected differently at different stages of life for example young growth and young pants can show the telltale dark green leaves as well as a claw like look. But older plants that are in flower might have enough energy …
Identifying Plant Pest For growers one of the worst issues to deal with are insects or other pest that survive off your plant and will more then often kill it or reduce its health/yield. In IPM, Integrated Pest Management, like many facets of growing prevention is normally a simple process but when your preventative controls …
The origins of root rot in your hydroponic system lie in both an imbalance of organism/pathogens and lack of system oxygenation and/or uncleanliness. Because hydroponic systems are normally active w/irrigation and reservoirs feeding tables or buckets or simply drip systems. Anywhere there is water and roots invites the ability to develop root rot. Here we …
