Insect bites help

[WelderDan]

Nah, I doubt it's chiggers. They tend to get you on the ankles and lower legs. And they leave welts that itch so bad you scrape the bite raw or bloody because they burrow under the skin.

Alcohol don't do squat to relieve the itch. Anbesol, the toothache medicine in the little brown bottle kills them and relives the itch.

 

[Jwow530]

Yea I just got back from my grandpa house he grow too and he said every time he go into his garden too he also get bites very itchy so my guess is no one know what it can be it's sometime that we get it when we grow outdoor thanks guys I will keep spraying captain jacks

 

[meadowman]

the alcohol kills the chiggers before they burrow in, if you get em early.

 

[Jwow530]

I don't see anything when I get attack so how would I know where to spray

 

[dickcorn]

The fact that it stays on plant and gets you when you trim still makes me think spider mites. My oak trees etc are loaded with them and can easily be on your plants even if you don't see webs. They also leave welts like that when they bite me.

 

[Loc Dog]

The fact that it stays on plant and gets you when you trim still makes me think spider mites. My oak trees etc are loaded with them and can easily be on your plants even if you don't see webs. They also leave welts like that when they bite me.

A USB microscope of damaged leaves should disclose if they are there. You really have to look close, even with microscope. I only found on bottoms of leaves.

 

[Organik]

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[Loc Dog]

Is it in continental US??? Dessert, swampy, mountains, very hot or cold?

 

[Jwow530]

I live in nor cal and I don't see any spider mites but some thrips tho

 

[MrBungle]

you live around a lot of oaks?? might be oak mites..

 

[Green Squall]

That is definitely a rash of some sort. Probably an allergic reaction to something. The same thing happens to my arms when I'm working with my tomato plants for some reason. I wouldn't worry.

 

[Jwow530]

I was at the grow store early talking to the people that work there and a customer walk in and heard me talking to them about it he said that he got some bites like me too and didn't know what it was

 

[maryjaneismyfre]

I have to reiterate that plant, bulbine..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbine_frutescens
http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantab/bulbinefrut.htm

"Uses and cultural aspects
Bulbine frutescens is often used in landscaping where a drought-resistant, tough groundcover is required. It also has its value in the home garden.
The fresh leaf produces a jelly-like juice that is wonderful for burns, rashes, blisters, insect bites, cracked lips, acne, cold sores, mouth ulcers and areas of cracked skin. This plant is ideal to grow and is a useful first-aid remedy for childrens' daily knocks and scrapes. The Rastafarians make an infusion of a few fresh leaves in a cup of boiling water. The strained drink is taken for coughs, colds and arthritis."

This plant has been used by our earliest ancestors since the dawn of our time. Aloe use comes from them, the San, too. Aloe though is only a substitute for when they are in drier parts east and inland and don't have access to bulbine. The leaves and gel are made for use, the amino acid makeup of the gel matches our skins so the skin absorbs it and repairs cells. It is anti-inflammatory, so it takes the welt of a burn or bite away, it is anti-septic, anti-fungal, anti-viral, it is both a sunscreen and an aftersun..you name it..its like the reishi mushroom for the skin..Between the reishi and bulbine you can replace a large portion of your pharmacy, for real. Just last week I went fishing with a mate who got severly sunburnt, after that evening I got him to wipe the gel of 2 leaves, which you strip from the bottom of the plant easily and dont damage the plant, anyway he wiped it on uneven as he was sceptical. The next day one side of his face was normal and one side was red, two days later the side he missed was peeling, the side he nailed was fine with a tan. I've seen it enough times to have it growing outside my bedroom door. If a mosquito nails me in the night I just sleepwalk and grab a leaf and slap it on and go back to dreamland. No itch, no red mark, nothing. Works for sea urchins, bramble thorns, san pedro spikes, 3rd degree burns, dope scratches, gangrene..amazing stuff.

 

[DuskrayTroubador]

I have to reiterate that plant, bulbine..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbine_frutescens
http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantab/bulbinefrut.htm

"Uses and cultural aspects
Bulbine frutescens is often used in landscaping where a drought-resistant, tough groundcover is required. It also has its value in the home garden.
The fresh leaf produces a jelly-like juice that is wonderful for burns, rashes, blisters, insect bites, cracked lips, acne, cold sores, mouth ulcers and areas of cracked skin. This plant is ideal to grow and is a useful first-aid remedy for childrens' daily knocks and scrapes. The Rastafarians make an infusion of a few fresh leaves in a cup of boiling water. The strained drink is taken for coughs, colds and arthritis."

This plant has been used by our earliest ancestors since the dawn of our time. Aloe use comes from them, the San, too. Aloe though is only a substitute for when they are in drier parts east and inland and don't have access to bulbine. The leaves and gel are made for use, the amino acid makeup of the gel matches our skins so the skin absorbs it and repairs cells. It is anti-inflammatory, so it takes the welt of a burn or bite away, it is anti-septic, anti-fungal, anti-viral, it is both a sunscreen and an aftersun..you name it..its like the reishi mushroom for the skin..Between the reishi and bulbine you can replace a large portion of your pharmacy, for real. Just last week I went fishing with a mate who got severly sunburnt, after that evening I got him to wipe the gel of 2 leaves, which you strip from the bottom of the plant easily and dont damage the plant, anyway he wiped it on uneven as he was sceptical. The next day one side of his face was normal and one side was red, two days later the side he missed was peeling, the side he nailed was fine with a tan. I've seen it enough times to have it growing outside my bedroom door. If a mosquito nails me in the night I just sleepwalk and grab a leaf and slap it on and go back to dreamland. No itch, no red mark, nothing. Works for sea urchins, bramble thorns, san pedro spikes, 3rd degree burns, dope scratches, gangrene..amazing stuff.

Nice. Do you have a list of its uses?

What's good with reishi?