My plants come out and I have new plants in within 10 minutes. Unless you have a grow with mold or PM I think it's just a waste of time and actually worse to do a deep cleaning. Do you know that bleaching a wall for mold is actually the worst thing you can do? It makes a perfect situation for mold to thrive.
Cleaning grow tent for next run
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Willy B. Goode
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My understanding, from posts on RIU, is that hydrogen peroxide is good at knocking down PM, but Potassium Bicarb is better. I wanted to buy Green Cure but it was sold out everywhere so I ended up getting the PB and mixing up my own.
ilovereggae
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pretty sure that is a pic of the outside of the tent. he said he never got this inside the tent, implying it happened on the outside but not inside. I think anyways. im guessing that panel sits up against a wall and doesn't get any light. maybe some moisture got trapped in the vapor barrier in the tent lining or something.
Holy shit, if he got that on the outside then he's got bigger problems than cleaning a tent.
ilovereggae
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im trying to figure out whats going on in the pic actually.
if u look to the right u can clearly see the outline and a wall behind it. the airpot throws it off perspective i think. but check it, the orientation of the zipper makes me think its flipped on its side? so that when unzipped it would lay on the floor? so wondering if its just picking up moisture or grime from being walked across or something?
either way I agree. that tent should prob go in the trash. and im gonna guess the wall it was up against has a leak in it and also has mildew.
calvin.m16
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What the hell? Is that powdery mildew growing all over the side? I would get a garden sprayer and hose that bitch down with oxiclean (powdered hydrogen peroxide cleaner).
I would say that you have environmental issues but you would know that. Also if you don't use passive or active intake on the tents the air will be sucked through the zippers which can add dust etc which could be a breeding ground for stuff.
Johnny Lawrence
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Not at the levels I run it at. I would have to seal up my room and let mine run for hours to do any real damage.
calvin.m16
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I've got a Airthereal Commercial Ozone Generator, 5000mg/h so probably it would start hurting stuff if I left it on too long lol.
Star Dog
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You are 100% spot on (thumbs) it's next the wall and in a dark cold room.
I've got some H2o2 and chlorine I intend to give a spray but i'm not concerned about it tbh it's not a new thing.
Star Dog
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All of my tents are black?
kovidkough
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citric acid works well too and its non toxic
ilovereggae
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had that happen in old apartment behind a big headboard on both wall and headboard. landlord had to send someone out to clean it, and they told him the windowsills were letting water run down inside the wall. once they fixed those and repainted the wall w killz it stopped happening. so prob worth checking there isn't moisture inside that wall.
Star Dog
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Omg my thoughts exactly, where is a problem suddenly going to spring from, problems with mould/mildew are created by the grower 99 times out of 100.
KillaCarta
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it’s more for people who had an infestation of mites or something like that. I think diluted bleach water does the trick, repeated a couple times. Never had any big issues with pests only had minor fungus gnat prob but cinnamon water and cinnamon toppings does the trick for that.
I thought it was the inside of the tent
Star Dog
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But it doesn't, I read about infestations and mildew regularly from people that are methodically clean, I've had thrips once that come with cuttings anyone can be caught with that sterility didn't play a part in it.
I wouldn’t recommend anyone not to but i feel it's a waste of time if you keep the room clean, as in wipe up spills, put waste in the bin etc there shouldn't be anything to harbour anything lol
MICHI-CAN
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That looks like grey mold. Highly prevalent here. Grows on anything porous. Prefers lower temps and is impossible to truly remove. Extreme heat for extended periods of time after gutting all covering materials and a copper soaking is closest to effective. I'd be looking for new home for health reasons alone.
