DWC and compost tea. PPM?

what mite spray if I may ask, I push mighty wash like I own the fucking place.

I push might wash too. Never had another mite sence. And the owners of it are great guys and easy to talk to. I called them about a few things and also meet with them in long beach last year.

Warlock1369 said:

I push might wash too. Never had another mite sence. And the owners of it are great guys and easy to talk to. I called them about a few things and also meet with them in long beach last year.

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I'm still 100% skeptical about the miteywash. Warlock is the first guy I've heard say that it got completely rid of them.

to get completely rid of them would be hard to do with anything really, short of some heavy poison and then even that isn't a sure thing. BUT mighty wash will certainly control them and make looking for them a waste of time because there will be so few (depending on the spray device). personally I use a atomist and they're serious shit and real easy to get nice coverage , but still in the end I know I haven't eradicated the little fuckers but I've certainly controlled them to a point it would take a lot of work to find one. I'll be trying a systemic this run (azamax) but I'll still also spray with mighty wash. I'll also be using a silica (which I've done before) and this is said to make the leaves harder for the little bastards to penetrate but I didn't see it

IF you could hit EVERY-FUCKING-ONE of the little bastards there are many many things that work.but this just isn't reality in a garden with larger plants anyway. The mighty wash is the safest and most affective stuff I've used and I've used several products (some of them I'm afraid to spray on my plants so I don't). Anything oil based is made to suffocate them so direct contact is needed. I know I read neem interrupts some hormone in the little bastards but I'd rather not spray an oil on my plants. Mighty wash is nothing but water thats undergone a process so its safe and def not oil/chemical based.

Off topic!! so back on topic a bit, this tea, I've heard in foliar application it also is good for other things . One MAY be killing mites. I'm pretty sure I read something about prevention of PM too.

dbkick said:

Off topic!! so back on topic a bit, this tea, I've heard in foliar application it also is good for other things . One MAY be killing mites. I'm pretty sure I read something about prevention of PM too.

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Studies show that tea is more effective than spraying with plain water and helps keep numbers down, but overall will do very little for a mite infestation. The tea works as a great preventative for PM, especially if it contains trichoderma.

Things like tea spraying and silica may make the plant less appealing to mites, but if they have no other plants to move onto, they have no choice but to stay.

Plant Vitality Plus is said to kill 100% of mites AND eggs after one spray and is safe to use up to a few hours before harvest. This is backed up by Zandor who does The Grow Report, who claims it works beautifully.

feel blessed your thread has been visited by the man! but he obviously doesn't know of mighty wash. as I don't know of this plant vitality plus but will certainly be looking into it.

man the info on that product is more vague than with mighty wash. I'm wondering if its the same stuff under a different name because after a spray with mighty wash plants look excellent and this plant vitality plus seems to do the same thing.

I think using tea if far more beneficial than h202. Where in the wild are plants sterilized? Plants do not need to be sterilized because they have armies of good guys in their soil. You cannot buy these armies pre made in a bottle. You have to brew em up yourself and do so for dirt cheap. I had my rwdc grow free of root rot, slime and all other nasties for less than price of a bottle of hygrozyme or h2o2. I actually added heat to the water to keep the beenies alive.

lvtokerr said:

I think using tea if far more beneficial than h202. Where in the wild are plants sterilized? Plants do not need to be sterilized because they have armies of good guys in their soil. You cannot buy these armies pre made in a bottle. You have to brew em up yourself and do so for dirt cheap. I had my rwdc grow free of root rot, slime and all other nasties for less than price of a bottle of hygrozyme or h2o2. I actually added heat to the water to keep the beenies alive.

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again, the only benefit in hydro with this tea is to avoid root rot.If you can control your temps in the first place its not needed, nor is h2o2 really but its an added safegaurd. Heisy?

Nope sorry I don't know much about either product. I thankfully have been blessed with a mite free grow room so far. I did see two mites years ago at my old place once. They were both crawling frantically over a single leaf. I clipped the leaf and flushed it, and have not seen a single bug since. I dread the day they visit my grow.

The tea does not give you the same benefits as in soil, but it does offer some small advantages in addition to disease prevention. The best is being able to forget about water temps. If you can chill a res that's obviously optimal, but most of us have a million other things to worry about first. If your grow room temps are in check then your res should never get above 75, which is a great temp for bennies. Another great thing is not having to be meticulous about light proofing the res. Cannabis roots prefer darkness so you should still use dark containers or cover them, but tiny little light leaks will not cause algae to grow if you use bennies.

You will also see increased root production, a slight increase in water uptake, a slight increase in pest/mold resistance, breakdown of old roots and debris, and Homebrewer said he noticed a slight increase in trich production in his trial thread, though he was unable to tell a difference in potency from the control plants, if I remember right.

Heisenberg said:

Nope sorry I don't know much about either product. I thankfully have been blessed with a mite free grow room so far. I did see two mites years ago at my old place once. They were both crawling frantically over a single leaf. I clipped the leaf and flushed it, and have not seen a single bug since. I dread the day they visit my grow.

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Must be nice, here everyone and their dog has them. extreme control is the best you can ask for. although I'll be trying a systemic this go.

That is why I am skeptic, everyone talks about keeping them in check. That is the perfect business model for mitey wash! I did 3 rounds of real miticides last year, and only to plants in veg. I have no mites at all, none for over a year. Floramite and Forbid can be safely used in veg. I have not picked a clone from outside in that time either.

My res is in my veg room and water temps stay at 68-70. Even have to add a heater in the winter. So no real problem with slim or rot but still take the precaution sence I can't check my roots the last 5 weeks of flower. and as for the mites. mighty wash did get ride of them. But also after Each grow I strip out my room. Clean and sterilize system in another location. Pull up the floor and discard. Then spray a alcohol/water mix on every inch of the room. Let that sit for 1 hour or more. And repeat but this time I use a micro cloth and wipe it down. And new panda plastic to the floor and tape. After all that I then spray the room 1 more time with might wash. Then bring in my buckets that are clean and dry. Then befor I bring the new plants in I hit them with mighty wash as well. So I do not have mites but it could be becouse of all the steps I take. But it only takes 1 to hitch a ride on your shoe. So this is why I spray once a month regardless.