WellRaisedPlant
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These were the 2nd pots they were in
New to this! Need opinions!
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DancesWithWeeds
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You dust DE on with a feather duster? That sounds a little better than how I do it. I mix a 4 tablespoons to a gallon of water and spray. Problem with spraying is it accumulates in spots and also runs down to the leaf tips. Dusting with a feather duster might be a lot better. It would probably be a more even covering. But don't breath the dust.
ProPheT 216
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The dust can't hurt you and getting it wet makes it ineffective and clump up
DancesWithWeeds
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The dust CAN hurt you. Get it in your lungs.
"If inhaled too much or for long periods of time the tiny crystals can become lodged within the walls of the lungs causing irritation and also a restriction of oxygen to the body.
This was also deemed a disease known as...wait for it...wait for it
"pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" "
In other words, you shouldn't breath the stuff.
ALPHA.GanjaGuy
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Say that one time fast
big bud man 413
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It's chronic?
DancesWithWeeds
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That one word is like a whole sentence:
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
pneumono ultra microscopic silico volcanoconiosis
If you start fron the end of the word and work your way to the front you'll find it's about 4 or 5 words cramed together. If I can't say I sure as hell don't want to catch it.
DancesWithWeeds
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Defiantly. You get it, you got it.
big bud man 413
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How do you know if you have it?
This is usually referring to the disease specifically from volcano sourced silica. Everyone else usually just calls it silicosis (close enough) but bad stuff.
ProPheT 216
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pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
Lol
Lol
DancesWithWeeds
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This is what the word means:
Pneumono refers to the lung. Ultra means extremely, microscopic means tiny, silica is sand, volcano is self-evident, and coniosis is scarring. Put them all together and you have what the OED recognizes as the longest word in the English language, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
From what I've read about it's kind of like walking pneumonia. Probably about like any COPD condition. I've googled for symptoms but they are hard to find.
DancesWithWeeds
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@curious2garden said I have the wrong word here, but I'd bet the results are the same. You get stuff in your lungs that doesn't come out.
If I'm using it outside I stand up wind. When using it in the lab as C-Lite for filtering I use a dust mask while building the filter.
If I'm using it outside I stand up wind. When using it in the lab as C-Lite for filtering I use a dust mask while building the filter.
hotrodharley
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Add a drop of liquid soap to keep it on the leaves better. Acts as a surfactant.
DancesWithWeeds
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Thank you.
DeadHeadX
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Pneumonovolcanosilicosis is from silicosis cause by silica from volcanic ash (silicon dioxide)
Traumatic Inhalation due to Merapi Volcanic Ash - PubMed
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is fibrotic lung diseases of the pulmonary parenchyma following chronic inhalation of inorganic dusts containing crystalline silicon dioxide. The acute manifestations observed after heavy ashfalls include attacks of asthma and bronchitis, with an...
Silicosis is the more general lung disease caused by silica (of any source).
Silicosis - PubMed
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of free crystalline silicon dioxide or silica. Occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust particles occurs in many industries. Phagocytosis of crystalline silica in the lung causes lysosomal damage, activating the NALP3...
My father died secondary to Silicosis from damage done to his lungs when he was a young hard rock miner. Although he left the profession at 19 it had damaged his lungs so badly that later in life it was partially responsible. So please whatever you call it use a mask when handling DE, or perlite or any dust.
The symptoms are similar to the symptoms of COPD. That's an easy google.
Jeffislovinlife
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First off welcome to Riu and that last picture sure looks like
DancesWithWeeds
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Thanks for clearing that up. Somewhere I got of course on googling it. But the word is impressive, and a bit scary.Pneumonovolcanosilicosis is from silicosis cause by silica from volcanic ash (silicon dioxide)
Traumatic Inhalation due to Merapi Volcanic Ash - PubMed
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is fibrotic lung diseases of the pulmonary parenchyma following chronic inhalation of inorganic dusts containing crystalline silicon dioxide. The acute manifestations observed after heavy ashfalls include attacks of asthma and bronchitis, with an...pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Silicosis is the more general lung disease caused by silica (of any source).
Silicosis - PubMed
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of free crystalline silicon dioxide or silica. Occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust particles occurs in many industries. Phagocytosis of crystalline silica in the lung causes lysosomal damage, activating the NALP3...
My father died secondary to Silicosis from damage done to his lungs when he was a young hard rock miner. Although he left the profession at 19 it had damaged his lungs so badly that later in life it was partially responsible. So please whatever you call it use a mask when handling DE, or perlite or any dust.