How to use a sulfur vaporizer?
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I bought a sulfur vaporizer to get rid of white powdery mildew but it comes with very little directions.... I have a few questions.. so lets see if anybody can help me out.
1) How many times a week does it need to run and for how many hours?
Currently I run it for 3 days a week for the first 4 hours of the dark cycle.
2) Do I need to clean out and replace the old sulfur with new sulfur every time I run it?
3) Do I need to turn off dehumidifiers which suck in moist air and blow out dry air? I was thinking that maybe it sucks out the sulfur vapor.
4) Do I need to turn off fans so that the sulfur could settle on the leaves?
5) Will the sulfur get deep into the cannopy where my powdery mildew problem is?
6) What should I do with the leaves that have the white powder on them (the powdery mildew spores)?
Thanks everyone..
How to use a sulfur vaporizer?
Don't you love the directions that come with the vaporizer? They tell you almost nothing in four different languages. :D
Four hours is way too much. You're going to destroy the new growth on your plants. I turn the vaporizer on and let it warm up with the fans on, so essentially all the vapor is getting sucked out of the room - but so is the heat. When the sulpher is liquid I turn off all the fans for 15 minutes so that the sulpher can get to the leaves. Then I turn off the vaporizer and turn the fans back on.
I only had powdery mildew bad once. The sulpher contolled it and I now use it occasionally as a prophyllactic. When I had it bad, I cut off the affected leaves and the plants didn't seem to mind.
PC :smokin:
How to use a sulfur vaporizer?
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Originally Posted by PharmaCan
Don't you love the directions that come with the vaporizer? They tell you almost nothing in four different languages. :D
Four hours is way too much. You're going to destroy the new growth on your plants. I turn the vaporizer on and let it warm up with the fans on, so essentially all the vapor is getting sucked out of the room - but so is the heat. When the sulpher is liquid I turn off all the fans for 15 minutes so that the sulpher can get to the leaves. Then I turn off the vaporizer and turn the fans back on.
I only had powdery mildew bad once. The sulpher contolled it and I now use it occasionally as a prophyllactic. When I had it bad, I cut off the affected leaves and the plants didn't seem to mind.
PC :smokin:
thanks!!
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