Need Help Please Spraying Sulfur before and after Oil Based Treatments

[plumsmooth]

Right now want to spray Sulfur (for broad Mites) I have always been scared of Burning my Plants because I almost always use some kind of Oil Based stuff on there. I.E. Lost Coast or Neem or Geraniol or Suffoil-x PureCrop1 etc...

There has to be a way to wash/rinse off of any oil residue especially since so many of them are micro colloidal in nature! For Example I am trying Trifecta for Broad Mites. i don't want to wait 2 weeks to try sulfur!

Can I rinse off of any residue with a simple Dr Bronners or otherwise soap recipe etc... 1tbl to a gallon or whatever

Followed by a water rinse.

Then the next day spray Micronized Sulfur without the danger of Burning???

And the REverse wash the sulfur oFF and then so-on and so-forth!

 

[plumsmooth]

Anyway there has to be a reliable way to transition back and forth between oil based and sulfur spraying!

Something must rinse off any oil residue effectively. Maybe even Alcohol mixed with Water. But I believe oil is not alcohol soluble.

 

[acespicoli]

Dawn soap should cut things like neem oil follow with a rinse of pure water,
and after a sulfur spray pure water should rinse alone

I used to like organic permethrin latest study I read found that those chemicals can be taken up in the plant and residues found in the smoke, even if not sprayed directly on the flowers... so something to think about
the biological controls are crazy effective I used lady bugs and predator nematodes to great effect indoors

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Finally the answer to solutes should be answered in the handbook listed below

Handbook of Chemistry and Physics

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics - Wikipedia

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older versions in pdf found online

• Section B: Elements and Inorganic Compounds
• Section C: Organic Compounds

 

[Ca++]

Some oils certainly dissolve in alcohol. Many extraction processes rely upon it.
It might be possible to spray your oil based stuff on glass, then let it dry, and see what washes it off again. I'm feeling cautious about soap, as it's often used as a binder. Some trials seem a good idea.

My experience with sulphur was not good. I think it best left for greenhouse cleaning, not plants. Doses to kill bugs in greenhouses, kill plants. I'm not sure how you balance exposure to kill bugs, but not plants. It must be a very fine line.

Yes... I killed my plants. Withered like they had not been watered for days. No hope of resurrecting them. I don't recall another time we screwed up so effectively. We should of got an A Star.

 

[Creeperpark]

Sounds like you have plants that are stressed big time.
Breathing in sulfur dust can irritate the airways or cause coughing. It can also be irritating to the skin and eyes. So be very careful when using any chemicals in the indoor garden.

 

[plumsmooth]

Some oils certainly dissolve in alcohol. Many extraction processes rely upon it.
It might be possible to spray your oil based stuff on glass, then let it dry, and see what washes it off again. I'm feeling cautious about soap, as it's often used as a binder. Some trials seem a good idea.

My experience with sulphur was not good. I think it best left for greenhouse cleaning, not plants. Doses to kill bugs in greenhouses, kill plants. I'm not sure how you balance exposure to kill bugs, but not plants. It must be a very fine line.

Yes... I killed my plants. Withered like they had not been watered for days. No hope of resurrecting them. I don't recall another time we screwed up so effectively. We should of got an A Star.

WEll it gets some oil off of the hands no?

 

[plumsmooth]

Sounds like you have plants that are stressed big time.
Breathing in sulfur dust can irritate the airways or cause coughing. It can also be irritating to the skin and eyes. So be very careful when using any chemicals in the indoor garden.

True but don't forget we are like almost 5 % Sulfur by weight

Some oils certainly dissolve in alcohol. Many extraction processes rely upon it.
It might be possible to spray your oil based stuff on glass, then let it dry, and see what washes it off again. I'm feeling cautious about soap, as it's often used as a binder. Some trials seem a good idea.

My experience with sulphur was not good. I think it best left for greenhouse cleaning, not plants. Doses to kill bugs in greenhouses, kill plants. I'm not sure how you balance exposure to kill bugs, but not plants. It must be a very fine line.

Yes... I killed my plants. Withered like they had not been watered for days. No hope of resurrecting them. I don't recall another time we screwed up so effectively. We should of got an A Star.

Maybe you can share your dilution ratio and whether it was during the Sun or Lights period?