There was lots of pruning.
Two kinds of pruning happened. First kind was the kind I've talked about before, cutting out the small stuff to encourage the bigger stuff to get bigger, and removing bits that are just cluttering the place up. The second kind is the less enjoyable kind.
Namely I went around and gently tugged on the various roots. Ones that are solid are golden, they're doing their jobs. The ones that easily lift out aren't actually doing anything because the bottoms are dead, and eventually the entire root will wither away, so best to just prune those now.
Lost some roots I wanted to keep, but kept some I was afraid I was going to lose. So, par for the course really. None of the lost ones were project ending, so onwards and upwards!
And now, if you are particularly astute, you might be wondering what any of this has to do with the post title. The answer is this:
Aphids.
Luckily this isn't on the project Reaper, they're on the other one, the Zombie Reaper. Either way, there are aphids in the grow box, and its only a matter of time before they spread.
Now, as a beekeper as well, I tend to not really endorse the "spray broad spectrum insecticide on everything!" because, well, bees are insects too and I don't want to kill my bees.
However, this is indoors now. In my grow cabinet. There are no insects of any kind that I want to be in there, so screw it. I'm went nuclear!
I covered everything in there in a white glaze of Sevin. Even the walls got a soaking of the stuff. I wanted to be absolutely sure that there was no safe harbor for them anywhere. And today? No aphids.
Nuke the site from orbit, its the only way to be sure.
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