downhill21
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Positively ID’d as two-spotted spider mite. That’s actually a relief, as the products I bought are all effective against this particular mite. This afternoon, I’m going to drench them in a PH’d solution of h2o, silica (armor si), & super thrive. I’ll spray under canopy first, so the solution isn’t pouring down on me from the over-canopy campaign. My goal is to wash off both Neem residue & dead mites. Maybe a few live mites. Give the plants a chance to breath. Vacuum out the saucers under my smart pots. Mop up floor with a moderately mild bleach solution, because their will be standing water. I feel pretty confident that I need fear no reaction between Neem oil (diluted) and bleach, so cool there (I think). Lights off, of course. There’s already a box fan & an 18” wall-mounted, oscillating fan in the room. I’ll throw another box fan in there, zip it up. Turning light down to 600w & raising it. Lights On is 4 hours from now (cheapest rates). Any experienced advise on co2 concentration, I’ll take it. In the absence of that, I’ll prolly turn it down from 1200 to...800. Keeping ambient air pretty cold & on the humid side (60%). There is some variance here as the ac & dehui cycle. There are no buds yet, dense or otherwise, & I’m maintaining a lot of air movement. Soon I will attack top & more importantly bottom, with clippers / scissors, but not today. Any clipping leave the house almost immediately to the garbage bin. That’s about as secure as I think I can get the dead material. Burning it in the city isn’t practical. No portable bonfires allowed. FD rolls up quick. The leaves I scoped for bug ID, I sealed in ziplock freezer bags before depositing in outside bin, directly. Not sure if I’ll be able to use that for larger amount of leaves. Oooooh. Epiphany: nearby ghetto apartment complex with open 20 yard bin.
Im gettin pretty high here, plus suckin down some La Ganitas Lil’ Sumpins, but I think my plan was to use the pyganic tomorrow. Little rest for the girls. I know my girls, & until a week ag, they were happy, strong plants. They will recover quickly, & I will do everything I can think of, to otherwise make their lives easy. They won’t run short of a reasonable food level or water. They’ll have enough lite to power defense, daily requirements, & perhaps build defenses. I will suck their collective dicks if I have to. That always makes things better!
Only other growing area I have is 4x4 veg tent, physically about 10-12’ from the 99% sealed grow room. Those plants will get roughly the same treatment regime.
I reached out to the friend who passed me the infected clones. He was candid about his IPC & specific products he used.Goal: to avoid solutions / products they were likely to have been exposed to before. No issue for me - no “contra-indications” between our approaches. Smooth exchange, relationship maintained, useful info obtained. After the pyganic, I plan Azamax- about 3 days later, prolly after a plant wash. Then we’ll slide into some organic solutions for maintenance. Really, I’m shocked how effective the small, simple, cheap steps taken have been. I know it’s just the first skirmish, but I’m very happy with the results of the campaign so far. Fuck those bastards. I will eat their fucking young.
Im gettin pretty high here, plus suckin down some La Ganitas Lil’ Sumpins, but I think my plan was to use the pyganic tomorrow. Little rest for the girls. I know my girls, & until a week ag, they were happy, strong plants. They will recover quickly, & I will do everything I can think of, to otherwise make their lives easy. They won’t run short of a reasonable food level or water. They’ll have enough lite to power defense, daily requirements, & perhaps build defenses. I will suck their collective dicks if I have to. That always makes things better!
Only other growing area I have is 4x4 veg tent, physically about 10-12’ from the 99% sealed grow room. Those plants will get roughly the same treatment regime.
I reached out to the friend who passed me the infected clones. He was candid about his IPC & specific products he used.Goal: to avoid solutions / products they were likely to have been exposed to before. No issue for me - no “contra-indications” between our approaches. Smooth exchange, relationship maintained, useful info obtained. After the pyganic, I plan Azamax- about 3 days later, prolly after a plant wash. Then we’ll slide into some organic solutions for maintenance. Really, I’m shocked how effective the small, simple, cheap steps taken have been. I know it’s just the first skirmish, but I’m very happy with the results of the campaign so far. Fuck those bastards. I will eat their fucking young.
