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Thefarmer12

Thefarmer12

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Bob Zmuda said:
Both blueberry snow freebies I had went full on intersex. They were in the back of the room and I just noticed. A few sacks even opened.

Really really hope I don't end up with a room of blueberry snow seeds.

First time I've ever had this happen. :(
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I had a male autoflower on me. I was bummed cause it was super vigorous and I planned on using the pollen. Sacs were even purple as hell. I guess I can see why they're freebies.. I've heard of others with males that autoflower too.

The ones I have seen look awesome though so its disappointing. I may roll the dice again though since I have 10 beans left. Sucks when you have strict plant counts to adhere to though.
 
GreenSanta

GreenSanta

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Olive Drab Green said:
@GreenSanta The white shit is just Diatomaceous Earth. That shit gets everywhere.

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I also have Haze C x NL#5.
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research Diatomaceous Earth, it can be really nasty stuff to breath in. I have stopped using it altogether, even outside. I really like the approach of using beneficial insects to control pest, even though its not perfect, and expensive, works great for me. If I wasnt using beneficial insects I am not sure what I would spray or go back to, but I really like that I never ever have to spray.
 
Olive Drab Green

Olive Drab Green

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GreenSanta said:
research Diatomaceous Earth, it can be really nasty stuff to breath in. I have stopped using it altogether, even outside. I really like the approach of using beneficial insects to control pest, even though its not perfect, and expensive, works great for me. If I wasnt using beneficial insects I am not sure what I would spray or go back to, but I really like that I never ever have to spray.
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Someone was telling me that, because of the potential for silicosis, right? I'd use ladybugs, but I have a feeling my roommate would not be amused. I use Neem as well. I didn't find Spinosad to be effective, and I'd rather avoid pyrethrins altogether. If you can come up with another approach, I'm definitely open to it, though.
 
abe supercro

abe supercro

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Olive Drab Green said:
I didn't find Spinosad to be effective
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I'm pretty sure that spinosad is specifically to knock-out thrips. If you were to look under a scope, those diatoms are sharp as fuk and could be a respiratory issue. I know the bag says its say it's safe heh. I've placed a generous layer of play-sand on the soil surface of small to med veg containers as an alternative to DE.
 
GreenSanta

GreenSanta

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This is my sole tool against thrips, http://www.appliedbio-nomics.com/products/cucumeris/

it takes time to figure out the sweet spot for your grow room, right now I order 20 packets a week. Like I said, its not perfect, a different style of growing that most are not willing to learn ...but because I am perpetual, it makes sense to me and I really enjoy growing this way.

I have recently went back to the slow release packets vs the bulk tube. You want to keep the bran dry, for as long as possible. I can open slow release packets that are still intact 5 weeks later (I generally splash water accidently on them, but if I dont,...) there will still be cucumeris in the packet.

The cucumeris will feed off another bug that feeds on the moldy bran when no thrips are around. I keep the packets following the plants into the budroom, cucumeris will also feed on spidermites. I ll post a picture of my veg room, it looks a little messy but it beats spraying imo.

And know that about 1 month and a half ago I had a bit of thrips outbreak (new batch of soil , or something else, I had a lot of clones and seedlings, too many small pots) and so I decided to try the slow release packets again and so I ll show you a picture and you will see very little thrips damage, all I did was using the cucumeris, I kept starting plants and introducing new soil and kept moving things around and slowly the thrips population went down.

I did completely eradicated the thrips for around 6 months 2 years ago when I used enough slow release packets all at once ... anyway, I m still learning, like everybody else.
 
Olive Drab Green

Olive Drab Green

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abe supercro said:
I'm pretty sure that spinosad is specifically to knock-out thrips. If you were to look under a scope, those diatoms are sharp as fuk and could be a respiratory issue. I know the bag says its say it's safe heh. I've placed a generous layer of play-sand on the soil surface of small to med veg containers as an alternative to DE.
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I trust you. Maybe sand is a better idea.
 
Olive Drab Green

Olive Drab Green

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GreenSanta said:
This is my sole tool against thrips, http://www.appliedbio-nomics.com/products/cucumeris/

it takes time to figure out the sweet spot for your grow room, right now I order 20 packets a week. Like I said, its not perfect, a different style of growing that most are not willing to learn ...but because I am perpetual, it makes sense to me and I really enjoy growing this way.

I have recently went back to the slow release packets vs the bulk tube. You want to keep the bran dry, for as long as possible. I can open slow release packets that are still intact 5 weeks later (I generally splash water accidently on them, but if I dont,...) there will still be cucumeris in the packet.

The cucumeris will feed off another bug that feeds on the moldy bran when no thrips are around. I keep the packets following the plants into the budroom, cucumeris will also feed on spidermites. I ll post a picture of my veg room, it looks a little messy but it beats spraying imo.

And know that about 1 month and a half ago I had a bit of thrips outbreak (new batch of soil , or something else, I had a lot of clones and seedlings, too many small pots) and so I decided to try the slow release packets again and so I ll show you a picture and you will see very little thrips damage, all I did was using the cucumeris, I kept starting plants and introducing new soil and kept moving things around and slowly the thrips population went down.

I did completely eradicated the thrips for around 6 months 2 years ago when I used enough slow release packets all at once ... anyway, I m still learning, like everybody else.
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I may have to look into this. Thanks. For what it's worth, I'm sorry for being a dick.
 
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