Bob Bitchen's buds

ttystikk said:
Wow. I'm scared!
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You should be. If you haven't grown in Cali you ha e never really met a bug. It's like non stop out here. It's not entirely laziness man. What has done more damage to the ecosystem here is industrial farming practices. Vigilance and preventive care go a long way too though.

It's really not easy and it's why most people don't grow thier own in a state where you think they would
 
BobBitchen said:
Finally pulled the trigger and chopped all flowering plants (almost 6 wks in ) :-(
Soaking cloth pots in 10% bleach solution.
After a few errands this morning, will pull the table our, bleach the f out of it and tent, also gonna set a small fogger, doktor doom, off in it.
Completely submerged all veg plants in a solution of Big Time Exterminator @60ml per gallon with some dr bronners peppermint soap.
I have avid & conserve sc on the way.
Also sourced a shop that will sell Forbid & pylon liquid in 1/2 oz units., if needed....
die u f'n russets !
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i bought a small amount of AVID from ebay last year, use a few drops in a quart sprayer, , gloved up and used long sleeves and a air mask,, I have never seen those creapy freakin mites again,, wiped them out, I sprayed very early in Veg,
 
BobBitchen said:
Tnx, Avid should be here Monday along with conserve sc, going to pick up Azamax tomorrow
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i used azamax before avid, the azamax did knock them back for a few weeks, but the mites eventually came back, and very late in flower too, i made it to harvest, it was the next crop i used avid very early in veg and never saw them again, i read some place avid has an 8 week life ,
 
It does break down...10 days was quoted elsewhere as well.

Does it have a good shelf-life before it is mixed?

$90 for a 4 ounce bottle is steep but I would be happy to have it available.

I too am dealing with mites....my efforts are allowing the current cycle to
finish pretty well, but I am culling the herd and looking forward to getting
clean again.

JD
 
Javadog said:
Bob, can you share the sources you settled on? I am always interested in
new ways to kill mites. 10Q! :0)
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Iv just been reading all I can on killing the russet mite in particular, here & different forums. I also called pesticide/miticide companies, Bonide, Bayer, Ed Rosenthal, afew others, not much help.
I also called Universities with horticulture programs, they directed me to "Master Gardener volunteers, most I spoke to didn't know much about the Russet Mite.
I also PM'ed a few growers here for their input.
 
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