jonnynobody
Well-Known Member
A few weeks back I opened my tent to discover webs on several of my precious nuggets approximately 4 weeks flower and I went into battle mode with 3 products: doktor doom (miticide formula), Azamax and Wipeout (basically the same thing as Ed Rosenthal's Zero Tolerance).
I thought the DD was no good as it shriveled many of my leaves and although it may have helped kill these mites off, I don't think the plant damage was worth it so I will not use DD again in the future. On top of the fact that it's very expensive. I don't believe in expensive bug control products much as professional gardeners would never spend such an exorbitant price for bug control in a large farm.
Moving on to the Wipeout...it's an organic concentrated formula of cinnamon oil and some other organic goodies that the mites don't like. I only used it once but this is another very expensive product so it will no longer be used in the future.
This brings me to Azamax. AZ was my 2nd course of defense against the mites and I have continued to use it every 3-5 days and I have seen no mites and no damage from mites in weeks.
All in all, the AZ is hands down the cheapest and most effective product to have in your arsenal. In the future, I'm considering a more heavy duty preventative in veg just prior to flower flip along the lines of Forbid and then Azamax once in early flower and go from there.
I will say that when I apply the AZ, I thoroughly saturate the leaves and I try to avoid the nugs as much as possible but they obviously get hit at least some. I also put 2 fans on each plant to fully dry the AZ off the plants to prevent bud rot / PM prior to the plants being placed back in the tent. So far this little routine seems to be working well. I shall post some nice harvest pics in a couple weeks.
I thought the DD was no good as it shriveled many of my leaves and although it may have helped kill these mites off, I don't think the plant damage was worth it so I will not use DD again in the future. On top of the fact that it's very expensive. I don't believe in expensive bug control products much as professional gardeners would never spend such an exorbitant price for bug control in a large farm.
Moving on to the Wipeout...it's an organic concentrated formula of cinnamon oil and some other organic goodies that the mites don't like. I only used it once but this is another very expensive product so it will no longer be used in the future.
This brings me to Azamax. AZ was my 2nd course of defense against the mites and I have continued to use it every 3-5 days and I have seen no mites and no damage from mites in weeks.
All in all, the AZ is hands down the cheapest and most effective product to have in your arsenal. In the future, I'm considering a more heavy duty preventative in veg just prior to flower flip along the lines of Forbid and then Azamax once in early flower and go from there.
I will say that when I apply the AZ, I thoroughly saturate the leaves and I try to avoid the nugs as much as possible but they obviously get hit at least some. I also put 2 fans on each plant to fully dry the AZ off the plants to prevent bud rot / PM prior to the plants being placed back in the tent. So far this little routine seems to be working well. I shall post some nice harvest pics in a couple weeks.