Pests ID on my DWC and how to get rid of
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Yes, I've decided I will keep spraying neem oil at the base and lower buds since they will be popcorn anyways and dont mind having them gone to waste.
Come again? Flipped 3 weeks ago.
thetruthoverlies
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Get over to build-a-soil and get you some neem,silica, and the essential oil blend. You can blend your own spray for pennies if you blend your own. It smells great too and will take care of your bugs. Way better than buying expensive pre-blended sprays.
thetruthoverlies
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Have a look... https://buildasoil.com/blogs/news/15904484-ipm-tips-for-preparing-your-spray-solution
I'm not affiliated with em. I tried this out and for me it was very effective. It smells good too with the essential oil blend.
I'm not affiliated with em. I tried this out and for me it was very effective. It smells good too with the essential oil blend.
Johiem
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You said you don't mind losing the popcorn buds. I lollipop my girls so I don't have to deal with cleaning up a bunch of tiny buds. Hence, my question. Why are they even there still? All they are doing is sucking energy from your colas.
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well, popcorn buds haven't even developed. I would do what you're saying but what if I better leave them and coat them with neem as a trap?
OK, so an update on this: they turned out to be root aphids and the population exploited. Neem oil became uselss as they were mainly on the roots. So I read somewhere to drip the rootball in soapy water for 30 minutes to drown them. I did this and one of the plants, the one that was very affected, seems to be improving and most root aphids seem to have died and are, at least, no longer lurking in the surface, but they still remain on the roots. This plant's roots had darkened, probably due to the damage the root aphids had done.
On the other hand, the other plant, which was much bigger and better in every way went through the same treatment: its root ball was much larger and white, but after the bubble bath, the plant has been wilting for at least 1 week. It seems to recover after sunset and seems mostly affected when the sun is shinnig. It has lost many leafs and might never recover, but at least it is alive. I don't know why it took the same treatment so bad: perhaps its virginal roots were very sensible in comparison to the other one that had already browned out.
I think the soapy water was a bad idea: it did more harm than damage. It sucks, because the affected plant was in super shape before that. I have now bought Pyrethrin, and submerged the root ball of the smaller plant, the one with brown roots that took better the soapy water treatment, into it for 5 minutes and nothing bad happened to it. Haven't checked if root aphids are gone but I have also ordered some Amazing Dr. Zymes, and perhaps will do a root ball bath in it, depending on how persistent the aphids want to be.
Any idea how to help my wilted plant?
On the other hand, the other plant, which was much bigger and better in every way went through the same treatment: its root ball was much larger and white, but after the bubble bath, the plant has been wilting for at least 1 week. It seems to recover after sunset and seems mostly affected when the sun is shinnig. It has lost many leafs and might never recover, but at least it is alive. I don't know why it took the same treatment so bad: perhaps its virginal roots were very sensible in comparison to the other one that had already browned out.
I think the soapy water was a bad idea: it did more harm than damage. It sucks, because the affected plant was in super shape before that. I have now bought Pyrethrin, and submerged the root ball of the smaller plant, the one with brown roots that took better the soapy water treatment, into it for 5 minutes and nothing bad happened to it. Haven't checked if root aphids are gone but I have also ordered some Amazing Dr. Zymes, and perhaps will do a root ball bath in it, depending on how persistent the aphids want to be.
Any idea how to help my wilted plant?