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Whitefly Infestation
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Have read and been told one of the better things to use for white fly's is neem oil, a few of you guys know i live on an island where main stream products are not only unavailable but not allowed in some cases,,so,,,, neem oil ???? Hummmm,,,suck me down a few "tubes"of hash,practice what i'm gonna say and its off to the elders i go to ask if i can have some neem oil sent to me,,figuring the answer was gonna be a NO,,,Outside influences are frowned on... So here i sit under a big shade tree with 6 guys who have say so over the entire place including the surrounding waters, asking in my best broken native language if i can have a small amount of neem oil, promising not to make it a habit or let it get into the hands of the population.
Next thing I know their all laughing like hell,,at first I though I screwed up the order of, or the sounds of the words, so i begin apologizing for my disrespect,,and the laughing turns into belly roll laffin fuking tears comin down a few faces.
Now I'm lost I havent a clue whats going on,, These are good people and love to joke around but a request from me has never been a laffin matter, quite the opposite,my requests are always questioned and can take days for an answer.
So W.T.F ???
Finally they slow down a bit and I ask,,,,,, "whats so funny?"
The oldest looking one(gotta be 100)comes over puts his arm around around me, points up and says
"you are sitting under a neem tree,,,, take all you want"
Turns out they been using neem as a pestacide for 100s of years.
Next thing I know their all laughing like hell,,at first I though I screwed up the order of, or the sounds of the words, so i begin apologizing for my disrespect,,and the laughing turns into belly roll laffin fuking tears comin down a few faces.
Now I'm lost I havent a clue whats going on,, These are good people and love to joke around but a request from me has never been a laffin matter, quite the opposite,my requests are always questioned and can take days for an answer.
So W.T.F ???
Finally they slow down a bit and I ask,,,,,, "whats so funny?"
The oldest looking one(gotta be 100)comes over puts his arm around around me, points up and says
"you are sitting under a neem tree,,,, take all you want"
Turns out they been using neem as a pestacide for 100s of years.
benzo
Active member
Hahaha nice story !
I'm 3 weeks or so in flowering... Isn't it to late to use neem oil on em ?
Oh and btw are you the guy with the cool bamboo kitchen and stove made from washed up bricks ?
The answer to yer 3 week question is above my paygrade, I'm still on the learning curve when it comes to a grow and what I make from neem tree leaves is not an oil but a brownish greenish nasty smelling liquid that is part of my arsenel against pests. But I can tell ya Ive gotten midevil with it a few times while in flower and buds were fine,,, but thats what happened to me,,might not be a good result for someone else.
And yup The bamboo kitchen Is mine, kinda cool folks are liking my kitchen, posted a foto of my bamboo bong somewhere.
alamony2005
Active member
1. Monterey Home and Garden with Spinosad, it will decay before harvest and will not become photo-toxic.
2. No pest strips 2nd generation kind look on front label ....and caution.... fan's due help with keeping them under control but the fans also make having the no pest strips ineffective in some sense that the airborne toxin they release is pushed out of the room before it becomes effective in a high enough level to kill the insects, place them low in the soil zones where they live to increase their effectiveness and if you can, increase the time in between fans on to make them actually work... try at night when its cooler and less air flow needed to keep temps in check.
3.Neem is good, but it WILL leave its lingering aroma on your flowing buds and has a chance of bringing some PM to your plants on on the basis that you have to spray the plant and that solution is mixed with water... water being the bringer of PM. Caution with that.
#1 is my suggestion though at this point.
2. No pest strips 2nd generation kind look on front label ....and caution.... fan's due help with keeping them under control but the fans also make having the no pest strips ineffective in some sense that the airborne toxin they release is pushed out of the room before it becomes effective in a high enough level to kill the insects, place them low in the soil zones where they live to increase their effectiveness and if you can, increase the time in between fans on to make them actually work... try at night when its cooler and less air flow needed to keep temps in check.
3.Neem is good, but it WILL leave its lingering aroma on your flowing buds and has a chance of bringing some PM to your plants on on the basis that you have to spray the plant and that solution is mixed with water... water being the bringer of PM. Caution with that.
#1 is my suggestion though at this point.
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I read a thread in this forum a month or two ago,
White Flies Are a Thing Of the Past
something like that
when i started noticing the WFs i was over 40days in 12/12,
I sprayed one time with it, saw a few here and there for 2-3 days and haven't seen once since.. this stuff is GREAT!,
its cheap and nontoxic
AND IT WORKS!
here's it is:
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE. That's right. Hydrogen peroxide.
Use 3 cups of water, 1 tablespoon of hydrogen peroxide, and a few drops of dish soap. Pour it in your spray bottle, shake it up, and spray your white fly problem away. Spray the tops and bottoms of the leaves and the top layer of the medium. Use once a week for 3 weeks. I hardly saw anything after 2 weeks but I gave them a 3rd treatment just as a precaution. Apparently the hydrogen peroxide kills the egg sac and eradicates this pest right at it most vulnerable point. After 3 applications I am free of this aggravating flying satan. I made up a new solution each time I sprayed as the peroxide breaks down and looses it's potency.
Now I'm wondering if this solution will kill spider mite eggs too, but I'm not introducing them into my garden to find out.lol
Hope this helped someone.
White Flies Are a Thing Of the Past
something like that
when i started noticing the WFs i was over 40days in 12/12,
I sprayed one time with it, saw a few here and there for 2-3 days and haven't seen once since.. this stuff is GREAT!,
its cheap and nontoxic
AND IT WORKS!
here's it is:
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE. That's right. Hydrogen peroxide.
Use 3 cups of water, 1 tablespoon of hydrogen peroxide, and a few drops of dish soap. Pour it in your spray bottle, shake it up, and spray your white fly problem away. Spray the tops and bottoms of the leaves and the top layer of the medium. Use once a week for 3 weeks. I hardly saw anything after 2 weeks but I gave them a 3rd treatment just as a precaution. Apparently the hydrogen peroxide kills the egg sac and eradicates this pest right at it most vulnerable point. After 3 applications I am free of this aggravating flying satan. I made up a new solution each time I sprayed as the peroxide breaks down and looses it's potency.
Now I'm wondering if this solution will kill spider mite eggs too, but I'm not introducing them into my garden to find out.lol
Hope this helped someone.
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