Are Pyrethrum foggers flammable?

Sinistry

Active Member
Ive been finding a few bugs here and there around my grow. Luckily nothing yet on the plants, but I am starting flower soon and want to take extra precautions. I am growing in my basement, which is pretty cluttered, but I am renting a storage room this week to move most of the shit out so I can clean up really well down there. I have heard lots of good things about Pyrethrum and a friend has a fogger I can use. But I really do not want to have to put out my pilot lights and such.

Im not sure exactly what the little tiny bugs Ive been finding are, they are about the size of a flea but with long antennae and not as bulky and jump really fast like a flea and crawl around pretty quickly too. I need a scope, so Im not sure exactly what they look like beyond what I said. And a few days ago I killed what looked kinda like a small winged black ant, but also resembles some pics of thrips Ive seen. I havent found any of those little bugs on the plant, but they seem to like my fan. I found several living in the bottom of my box fan, and on the floor near it. Took a few tries to squish em, theyre fast little bastards.
 

DottoressaX

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I was asking about that tonight , myself. I have resigned myself to turning off the pilot lights. Im just bummed ill have no hot water for 12 hours....haha poor me. I dont think that your basement would go up in flames but better be safe than sorry. I think the risk is an arc of flame back to the releasing aerosol causing the canister to go boom. Personally, I think its pretty unlikely, but neither I am going to take a risk.

I also called the company that makes the Pyrethrum TR foggers to find out the residual effects of the fog itself. The 2 tech people I talked to knew only it was safe for humans to be in the room after 12 hours. The company employees had NO IDEA of how long it takes the film on your plants to become inert. I thought this was odd, considering it is rated for produce and consumables, yet nobody could tell me what potential toxins remain in the residue, how long they take to break down to safe status, or what the best method of rinsing the film from your plants could be. I asked, "SO if the film is coating a vegetable, the company has no idea how long that residue lasts, how to best clean it, and at what point it is safe for humans to 'consume' any traces of residue?" They had no idea.

THEIR company and they have NO idea. SO, remember the golden rule: no foggers in flowering from the onset of bud formation, cause who knows when the hell these compounds break down completely. Pyrethrum TR is the most highly recommended spider mite killer outside of floramide. Pyrethrum TR may not be Avid, Dr. Doom, or Floramite, but if the company doesn't even know about the chemical breakdown, best to assume its bloody awful. (OMRI means nothing to your health).
Best of luck!
 
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