Sire Killem All
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I am in week five going on six of flower and seen what I believe to be a aphid on the top of one of my plan. What would you do to get rid of them?
Aphids in flower
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purplehays1
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You say on top of your plants, u mean flying?
Sire Killem All
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No it was basking the light on top of a leaf, it crawled, didnt fly. Caught one, will photo and post.
Olive Drab Green
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Try a strong fan first. If that doesn't work, insecticidal soap spray. If that fails, even though I hate recommending this (despite the fact it won't kill you, and it has a short half life, regardless of what people say) get a pyrethrin spray of .01%. I use Nature's Care 3-in-1 Insect, Disease, and Mite control. It's .2% sulfur, .01% pyrethrins, which come from Chrysanthemums. I'll bet your mom or aunt or some shit plants those all the time, and if they aren't dead, you'll be fine.
purplehays1
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I have never dealt with aphids myself i would make sure that is actually what you have. I was under the impression aphids either flew or were in your root system.
Sire Killem All
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Here is the best pic I could get of 1 I caught.
Just released 1500 ladybugs
Just released 1500 ladybugs
Olive Drab Green
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Good idea. Except I dunno if you needed 1500, but that'll do it.
Diabolical666
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Good luck with the lady bugs, mine all commoted suicide in the lights . Id manually kill the aphids. I had them too around this time last yr in my flwr room. Went in 2x a day and smushed them till eventaully I got them all
Diabolical666
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Oh, Id get something to treat them in veg, if you have a seperate room. But I wouldnt spray anything in flwr
Olive Drab Green
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I just meant if the only other option's losing a crop. I just told someone earlier they probably shouldn't foliar feed in flower, let alone nuke it.
Diabolical666
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Yeah we dont know if the trics can absorb chemicals or not. Ive smoked some bud that was sprayed with neem earlier in flower and I swear I could taste it. So I just wont spray anything in flwr mode to be safe.
purplehays1
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i believe neem is all natural and non toxic, but it just smells and tastes like shit so it is a last resort for flowering plants.
I think neem is available in non-spray form too that u may be able to use without ruining your harvest.
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Olive Drab Green
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Neem smells like old Chinese food, in my opinion. And, yeah, if you use it too late in flower, like 2-3 weeks or so before harvest, your buds are going to taste like it. I use the non-spray form and put a capful in water and put it in the soil.
Chunky Stool
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Aphids suck! I'm fighting them outside on my roses and have to spray with neem oil every couple of days. If I miss a few days, they move in -- big time. I've heard that ants actually help the little fuckers spread.
Olive Drab Green
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Ants eat the sugar shit they leave behind.
Diabolical666
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Move in...more like Born pregnant! What kind of alien shit is that!?
Orlando737
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Some ant species actually 'farm' aphids for their sugary dew, even shepherd them from leaf to leaf.!
Crazy, man....
Olive Drab Green
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It would be cool if they weren't prone to fucking your shit up, really.Some ant species actually 'farm' aphids for their sugary dew, even shepherd them from leaf to leaf.!
Crazy, man....
a mongo frog
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At the vary least get a shit load of yellow stickies or something. Put them near the pots or on the pots and hanging up. Someone said a couple weeks ago nematodes work, think you cam get a couple million for super cheap. You may have to get a organic treatment like mentioned above.
backtracker
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They don't smell real good when they do the suicide light thing, only tried them once.