Bitch away man, feels like everyone is ignoring the purple elephant in the room but them clones screwed me something serious so I was surprised how long folks were willing to keep trying with them. I did a hard reset in May and couldn’t get seeds to pop til June and only just got things flowering. It’s okay to be sad and angry over this for a bit because a lot of time and emotions go into growing. Hopefully that camping trip helps and when you get back things are better.
edit: My suspicion is the Alien Og was the main culprit
Thanks AA! Yeah, you've had a rough year so far too. I had thrips and gnats before the clones and the aphids came well after. But I'm done bringing clones in for now anyways. I don't enjoy keeping mothers and cloning right now. Maybe when I have more space and am better at it. But I'd rather just get S1s if I want one of the "elite" strains at this point.
I actually think the root aphids came from when I changed plugs. I was using rapid rooters with no issue, when I switched to root riots from the zon is when the aphids showed up, and a friend who also ordered them had the same issue at the same time. But it's always just a guessing game. There's so many variables. I had my window open and didn't realize the screen had been pushed out until I saw a bunch of moths flying around. For all I know these little shits literally climbed in through the window one night.