Bugs!

Icannabis

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Azamax is pretty good to keep the pest away...but to kill off spidermites I use SM90 with spinosad...lowering the humidity has helped me in the past with mold and baking soda if it's just in the room...get rid of the problem now before it gets out of control...and remember healthy plants don't get pest near as much as stressed unhealthy ones...good growing
 

Carl Spackler

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This is precisely the thing that gives pesticides and their use a bad reputation. Many pesticides have been removed from shelves by the EPA as they have been accessible to all consumers, regardless if they know how to read a label or not. Since a majority of the population either refuses to first, identify the pest then, read the label (much less understand it) and apply the product properly, pesticides end up in the water table or worse. At that point, rather than try to limit their use to only pest control professionals, it is far easier for them to simply take what is likely a very good pesticide and remove it completely. It can require a manufacturer of a given pesticide as much as 10 yrs. and $150 million to research, develop,test and finally jump through an infinite number of hoops for EPA approval. It can take a just a hand full of idiots to get it yanked through improper use/misuse with little or no alternative for control of the pest. Bugs? What kind of "bugs"??
 

Carl Spackler

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Are you kidding me commercial growers spray pesticide like it's water...
While this broad-statement may be at least partially true, I doubt very much that any competent grower(s) would arbitrarily apply anything without first figuring out WTF the actual problem is. This practice would drive up costs (directly affecting profit margin) and potentially causing a explosion of a given pest population. Since broad spectrum insecticides can kill both undesirable pests and predator-insects and mites, it is poor pest management to simply apply anything without figuring out what is causing the problem first. This isn't speculation or conjecture on my part, I've been in the pesticide biz for over 30 years, I've seen it happen many, many times and not just on cannabis.
 

Warlock1369

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Soap is fine. Alot of people use it for mites and stuff like that. Just don't realy want to use it if buds are about the size of a dime.
 
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