A few Actinovate questions.

[balsamfirgreen]

throughout veg theyve been on a steady diet of neem, essential oil blend (thyme/rosemary/ginger/lemongrass/eucalyptus) and agsil since transplant and have had virtually no bug damage or mildew problems.

will the essential oil blend conflict with the activonate by not letting those beneficial spores take hold?

also, how often to spray activonate, the less moisture on the flowers the better so maybe every two weeks?

there is also Mycostop in the arsenal, would it be alright to alternate with activonate or would they compete with each other?

they have hoophouse protection to keep off rain and dew already.

 

[balsamfirgreen]

*bump* - please? i could really use a little advice from an expert.. for a little more detail the climate is northwest USA. its been a compartively dry and hot summer and everything looks good, they get inspected in detail daily for one little dry fan leaf but i want to do something prophylactic... just for an extra measure of precaution... the instructions say use 4-8/g per 2 gallons water.. i'd rather spray a stronger solution less often, and i'd like to keep using the essential oils up till the last couple weeks. i water as little as possible, since they are in holes back-filled with a custom soil mix they have access to the ground water too so they need very little watering which i've heard it key, i also never unless absolutely necessary add high P-K boosters or hot guanos or anything else that is likely to increase chances of botrytis from salt build up, etc (this is something that the Mandala seeds really stresses on their website is that far too many plants are excessively fertilized and this in itself can be an invitation to botrytis). i dont know how true this is but i dont feed a plant that looks healthy except for worm castings/molasses tea to keep the soil vitalized. mulch helps considerably also, i found, and it hasnt seemed to help harbor any parasitic insects.

 

[balsamfirgreen]

edit.."they get inspected daily for EVEN one little dried out fan leaf.."

unfortunately, a few of the plants went into flower when they first went out and spent the following month in re-veg resulting in a ridiculous amount of 1- and 3 bladed leaves and just as they were getting back to fives they went to flower again creating millions of small budsites, which is ok for making tincture and concentrate i guess so i wont stress it but it wont make pretty buds i was hoping for. i try as much as possible to remove all the excess trifolate leaves for allow for max airflow but its just so thick in there its hard to see without going over it by hand