ALong14U
Well-Known Member
Ok so here's the deal. I am just getting back into the growing part of the great adventure we all know and love as Marijuana. Previously I have worked in green houses, on dairy farms, in construction and all ways gardened at home due to a family born with the outdoors in their blood. I just wanted to post this from my personal experience. Every single time I have seen a garden infested with bugs. It was either a hydro set up that was some sort of Dwc or re circulating system that watered to often, or a dirt grower who has been over watering. In my experience the best way to avoid bugs is to 1. Grow in dirt. 2. NEVER Overwater. Not even once. This is hard for some. Play with certain soils with varying draining. If you like watering everyday add 75 percent perlite. If you don't wanna water for 6 days use 30 percent. Not going to mention nutes. That's a million page thread. Once your medium is figured out. Plan on never over watering. Water half as much with 2x as much run off. Let pots dry until you can pick them up and it feels like the pots is either full of air or it is just on the fringe of being underwatered and showing signs of a small amount of wilting . The plant will be wilting from the top down do to under watering with over watering all the leaves from top to bottom will seem heavy and evenly droop from the top of the plant to the bottom. . Watch your plants enough and you should be able to pin point this timing withing range for NO BUGS. Never over watering never gives the bugs dependant on abuntant water a chance to get colonized. It also promotes healthy bacteria in the root zone due to elevated levels of oxygen in the growing medium. Keeping the growing medium properly saturated will leave proper amounts of oxygen in the root zone promoting aerobic growth in turn growing roots and plenty of positive bacteria. A root zone with not enough oxygen will grow anerobic bacteria . This is bacteria that will and can grow with very low or no levels of oxygen. So by leaving oxygen in the root zone by letting it dry and not over watering you promote healthy root growth dependant on oxygen instead of detrimental bacteria that thrives when there is no oxygen present. When a bug enters a room it is looking for just this plant. Something over watered with a weak immune system that it can easy attack with out fear of aerobic defenses the plant has naturally. If the top 1.5 inches of all your soil is dry and all your plants are pretty much dry because if soil management. I don't mean under water. And they are promoting aerobic bacteria in the roots which in turn means the plant is producing symbiotic relationships with it's surroundings. The bug will most likely try and leave the room in search of it's next weak victim. The last tip I have is for anyone with bugs dependant on wet top 2 in of soil or any bugs that attack the leaves. Purchase some organic cinnamon. Sprinkle very liberally in the soil of the plant. Dust the leaves fairly thick.if you water with at least 50 percent runoff after treatment with this you will eliminate 99 percent of these bugs. Several treatments may be needed treat 1 day before watering with 50 percent runoff. I hope this helps and the main thing I can say for bug management is.......stop watering soooooo much. It's ok if you in a 5 gallon pail and the top 3 inches are dry......as long as the pot doesn't feel like it's full of air.....it's fine. Hope this helps with bugs and some people's problems with Overwater weak immune plants that promote bugs. I'll post a pic of my garden. These plants are 10 days into flower. Besides what I have mentioned I follow 3 other rules that has lead to NEVER and that's not be. NEVER having a bug problem. Though I have had plenty of other problems lol. Good luck and happy growing!
