Preventatives - Pests and Disease

[Sam_Skunkman]

I would never spray a plant or no-pest strip a plant to be flowered, instead spray small mothers and then when clean, cut them up into small clones to root. Dips work better then sprays and are safer to do. Use a mask and gloves and a spray suit if you are smart or want to live long. I isolate and dip any new clone 3 times, a week apart with very small clones, to make it easy. FloraMite works great, but be careful if you use it, it is a nasty poison. Use a quarantine room for new plants.



(When I grow big crops in a greenhouse and I know I will get some spider mites)
Here is what I use:

Phytoseluls persimilis PREVENT & CURE, they CRAWL
Target: MITES No good for short photoperiod. Use them a lot before darkening.
They stop eating hunting and eating prey under 12 hours of light.

Amblyseius Californicus PREVENT & CURE, they CRAWL
Target: MITES & THRIPS works at higher temps and lower humidity then Phytoseluls persimilis No diapause so effective at 12 hours light.

Macrolophus caliginosus PREVENT & CURE, they CRAWL
Target: Mites, Whiteflys, Aphids, Thrips

Feltiella acarisuga CURE ONLY, adults FLY/ larva SLITHER
Best against big populations of MITES, larva do the killing

Amblyseius cucumeris PREVENT & CURE, they CRAWL
Target: THRIPS & MITES (get without bran mites added for food)
No Diapause effective under 12 hours, good to use with Phytoseluls persimilis

Stethorus punctillum, Prevent & Cure, they CRAWL the young Larva eat eggs, the older larva eat eggs and mites, adults eat both at a lesser rate. A type of Lady Bug.
Target: MITES

Other effective predator mites include:

Phytoseiulus longipes

Amblyseius fallacis

Galendromus occidentalis


-SamS

 

[SittingBull]

No Pest Strips are bad. I've seen a few growers use them in their flowering rooms, and lets just say, I don't smoke their medicine any more. lol. It's nasty vapor.
Also remember that when you are inside your garden breathing that vapor in, how bad it may be for you, let alone smoking it later on.