Did I just screw my plants with this stuff?

I heard cigar smoke will get rid of mites...is this true?

awwww, maiden, I though you had some type of super-secret organic blend of stuff, you could've just said, tobacco spray.

you had me excited

It is organic, completely, depending on what soap and tobacco you use. But I cannot claim it as mine, not when it's been being used by home gardeners for decades at least.

I'm sorry for the letdown.

u are fine. By the time you bloom buds nothing of this stuff is left. However, for the first smoke up have your friends aroung just in case your face skin develops scabs, it peels off, your nose falls off and your eyes go blind. ) just kidding your fine.

timbo1212 said:

u are fine. By the time you bloom buds nothing of this stuff is left. However, for the first smoke up have your friends aroung just in case your face skin develops scabs, it peels off, your nose falls off and your eyes go blind. ) just kidding your fine.

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lol.... Let us know though...lol

What i have found works best is to buy a pack of American spirit cigarettes (No additives) and remove all of the tobacco, add to a quart of water and simmer for about a half an hour. Then add 1/2 quart of water (Phed of course) and spray under and all over leaves and plant.

Tried Neem Oil for weeks with almost no affect but this solution killed them the first time!! Voila~ it was like a miracle. see what others think but thats what worked for me and i had them bad!!

Commercial greenhousemen are very familiar with nicotine based insecticides. They are also natural and organic.

Good luck!

Mites are the devil. I had them badly on my last crop and did not realize it until I was 4 weeks into flowering. I tried many things to get rid of them, but they are relentless little buggers. I spent 5 hours wiping down the leaves, sprayed with Safer Spray (they laughed at me), tried several other organic sprays and nothing worked. The last 3 weeks, I just tried to keep them at bay until I could harvest. I did flush the aero system for the last 2 weeks with fresh water.

Initially, I thought my buds were duds....they smelled different as they were drying and early smoke was harsh as shit. I cut them about 2 weeks ago and and they are still curing. They are getting better and better, both smell and high. I do not think you should have a problem, especially since you washed them down with water pretty quickly. Do flush with fresh water.

I completely broke down my room, bombed, used clorox solution on everything. Today, I noticed a couple mites and will try the nicotine thing. Problem is they are so small and can get out of control so quickly. I examine all my plants with a 30x mag jeweler's loop now.

dont worry if at first your buds dont get you a real good high, part of the reason for drying bud is so that the THC dries out also. Believe it or not, theres more than just 1 active chemical in bud that gives you a high. Delta 9 THC is the most well known compound found in marijuana, and if youve got a plant that has high amounts of THC then your going to get a real good, energetic buzz, the kind of buzz that makes you want to go do something. When D9THC dries out, it undergoes a similar process to fermentation. The D9THC will break down into a compound called CBD (cannabidiol), which will end up potentiating the THC. Now, not all the THC will break down into a CBD compound, but raising the levels of this compound will in fact increase your high, giving you a more euphoric head stone. Thats just what you would call a "scratching the surface" lesson on the chemistry of pot, but like i said, dont worry about it if your bud isnt everything you'd hoped for right off the bat, let it dry up nice and if in fact you have the slightest inkling on how to grow some type of plant, then youll have good bud. Its fairly hard to grow "bad bud" simply because marijuana effects everyone differently, and everybody has a different preference on their high of choice whether it be a highly potent, cerebral head high, or a low key body buzz. If you dont like the shit you grew, time to start new methods of everything and start experimenting.

If anybody has any questions about anything, let me know, ill do my best to help you out.

Happy blazin fellow botanists!

Hey Gnarly,
It is so true. My buds are getting better and better. Been keeping them in mason jars now, letting the air out a few times a day. I think I was stoned all week from performing "quality tests" It was a rough job, but someone had to do it. I am getting the knack of this...have some clones doing beautifully in dirt and some others from seed in aero. The clones in the soil are really bushy and strong. I am wondering if I do better in good old fashion dirt......

Imidacloprid the active ingredient in the stuff you used is a long term systemic pesticide. Some solutions of it for trees are meant for one application a year. It is also a neuro toxin, which is why it is a pesticide. This stuff is not meant for edibles or any consumable. It says so on the Label. While working for the Depot I became bayer certified and an familiar with their chemicals. Imidacloprid is mostly used on roses and other non-edible plants, by distributing the toxin through the plants fluids, and then to the pest. I personally would not consume any of the plants without massive flushing. Azatrol -azadirachtin is what I use to control mites on my girls when they are flowering, It is an extract of Neem oil and works wonders provided you keep up on the spraying. Cyfluthrin also from bayer is a good all purpose chemical for the killing of most insects and can be used on plants and surrounding areas, it is a pyrethroid and is very safe with mammals. The tobacco tea thing didn't work at all for me. I have found that diatomaceous earth in the soil, and sand on the top of the soil keeps the bugs down. I live in the desert and it works for me. After looking around for the smoking issue I found this for ya, (Imidacloprid (Admire, Provado, Gaucho) - Amendment to Pesticide Petition 1/97) in there it says "Using the measured subacute rat inhalation NOEL of 5.5 mg/m3, it is apparent that exposure to imidacloprid from smoking (direct and/or indirect exposure) would not be significant." So Flush the crap out of it and enjoy, and don't use it again as there are much safer means of killing the little bastards.

Chainsaw, thank you for that post, you seem very knowledgeable so i will following your good advice. Much love and appreciation for helping me out.