Beachwalker
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In addition to spraying, increase the air movement, eventually you'll break their life cycle
spinosad is good, i use it, but be aware that it does have a translaminar effect, it will penetrate leaves, which is a good thing in my opinion, but it also means that if you use it during flower, some of it will end up in your buds. i know it's not always possible, but it's best if you can have shit like that dealt with before you flipNot sure about the safety/toxicity of Spinosad for edible/smokeable plants, but it destroys whitefly, fungus gnats, and thrips. Make sure you hit the entire plant (under the leaves included), pot, and soil surface. Then wipe down your grow area with IPA, and you should be good to go.
Yea, I have only used it on display plants, so far. Never on a Cannabis or other crops. It's highly effective against whitefly, though. Neem seemed to keep them suppressed, but never erradicated them. Spinosad completely wiped out the populations of whiteflys, fungus gnats, and a small bunch of thrips that hadn't gotten out of control (the main reason for the spraying intervention).spinosad is good, i use it, but be aware that it does have a translaminar effect, it will penetrate leaves, which is a good thing in my opinion, but it also means that if you use it during flower, some of it will end up in your buds. i know it's not always possible, but it's best if you can have shit like that dealt with before you flip
How is having insecticide like this "GOOD"? Perhaps if you're making hemp products, certainly there would be a good argument to help protect crops with insecticides there. But, buds for human consumption???!???!?? And yes, I know that Spinosad [wiki] is apparently "low-toxicity for mammalians", but at the end of the day there is NO reason for ANY insecticides to be on marijuana made for human consumption.spinosad is good, i use it, but be aware that it does have a translaminar effect, it will penetrate leaves, which is a good thing in my opinion, but it also means that if you use it during flower, some of it will end up in your buds.
"half life"? so your insecticide is radioactive also!? And you think using less will reduce the half-life!?!??it's good because you can use less of it and that makes it have a shorter half life
the ""half life"? so your insecticide is radioactive also!? And you think using less will reduce the half-life!?!??
Even if you were using a radioactive substance, no - using less of it doesn't result in a shorter half-life. They'll still have the same half-life, you'll just have less of them (which would be a good thing - you'd have to deal with less radioactive waste, but you'd still have to deal with it for the same amount of time).
I bet your bud tastes amazing. I won't even bring dryer sheets in the same building. Cannabis is a sponge to that stuffNew dryer sheets cut up into little squares or full sheets. I spread mine out on the dirt 3 small squares in a pot. They were gone in one day.
Sounds like you typing from experience.I bet your bud tastes amazing. I won't even bring dryer sheets in the same building. Cannabis is a sponge to that stuff
Nuk em instructions?Cough cough
Promis
I've already mentioned it before. Do NOT use it as the label directs. 1.5ml/g foliar every 3rd day for 12 days. NOT in flower.
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You're plants didn't do that to combat the whiteflies. That sticky film covering your plants is a byproduct produced by the whiteflies themselves. They use it to make their eggs stick to the bottom of the leaves and if your plants are covered in it then you have an infestation that is beyond your control using any methods that would be considered plant friendly. If your plants are flowering the buds wont be smokable with that sticky film on them so my advice would be to not delay action any further. Throw your plants out and use something powerful to kill all the whiteflies then clean your room top to bottom and start over again. In the future you should keep a few pieces of yellow sticky paper out around your plants and as soon as you see even one whitefly you need to hang a lot more sticky sheets out and treat your plants vigorously using insecticidal soap to prevent an all out infestation. Its also important to realize that you or maybe your pet probably introduced the whiteflies to your garden from your yard so it could mean that you have a whitefly infestation in your yard. You should take precautions not to continue bringing them into your garden by changing your clothes before entering your grow area.My plants did an interesting thing to combat the flies.
They coated their leaves in a sugar water. It was very affective the larvae couldn't leave and the adults got stuck when they landed.
The plants had grown high to the lights and I slacked and did not notice what was happening. The result: Humidity shot to 80% for 7 days. The entire beautiful tops of my plant had molded and had to be tossed.
Insecticidal soap is fine for bloom. It's a lot better than Azamax in flower, that's for sure!In veg, but not in flowering.
THIS. If you aren't dealing with the original infestation vector, you may win the battle but never the war.Its also important to realize that you or maybe your pet probably introduced the whiteflies to your garden from your yard so it could mean that you have a whitefly infestation in your yard. You should take precautions not to continue bringing them into your garden by changing your clothes before entering your grow area.