Quick Question on Pyrethrum TR

[razzapiggy]

Just got a bomb from the store, gotta get rid of these mites. I am running lights on 24 hours (I know, a waste of energy...but I'm about 3-4 days from being ready to flower)

Here is my question, is it okay to turn my lights off for 6 hours today for the bomb and then go back to the 24 hours on before flowering or will that stress the plant?

I don't currently have them on timers and I want to do this bomb ASAP. I have read the majority of worrying about light cycles being down to the minute should be done during flowering..and not as huge of a deal during veg. Is this correct?

Thanks...

razzapiggy Reviewed by razzapiggy on 05-14-2007. Quick Question on Pyrethrum TR Just got a bomb from the store, gotta get rid of these mites. I am running lights on 24 hours (I know, a waste of energy...but I'm about 3-4 days from being ready to flower) Here is my question, is it okay to turn my lights off for 6 hours today for the bomb and then go back to the 24 hours on before flowering or will that stress the plant? I don't currently have them on timers and I want to do this bomb ASAP. I have read the majority of worrying about light cycles being down to the Rating: 5

[razzapiggy]

P.S I have tarps down in my room, but the carpet is showing in certain areas. Will this crap stain the carpet? I'm guessing not.

[stinkyattic]

I don't expect it would stain the carpet but the carpet itself esp. covered can give the little shits a place to hide.

True, light cycle is MOST important in flower... since you are flowering soon anyway, why not time it to coincide, or start flowering a couple days earlier? Or you could just not worry too much, lol.. Personally I wou;dn't sweat it.
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[razzapiggy]

Dude how do I get my rep!? It's annoying me.

With reguards to flowering, I think they need a day or so... and I need to transplant into the three gallon pots here shortly. Don't wanna induce flowering until they have adjusted to their new home.

I was going to try to bomb the hell outta the room once before flowering, thinking about doing it tomorrow as long as it's fine that the lights go off for 6 hours when they haven't yet and won't until flowering. Don't really think its a huge deal, but I am kinda still new to this though my last op was absolutely wonderful and miles ahead of expectations of myself and others. WHOOOOOT - large in part because of the help I received from kind folks like Stinky and others. I love you all, you know who you are.

[razzapiggy]

Just bombed the room, sounded like the spray stopped going off after a few minutes..is that how it usually is?

Hopefully this will help... tonight or tomorrow I will transplant and then give them a nice bath with some b-1 to adjust to their new home. After that, it's flowering time!

[stinkyattic]

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Cool beans on that, hope the bomb 'takes'.

[razzapiggy]

Let me just go ahead and say I am so thankful to not have delt with this bullshit my first cycle through.

These bugs are hard to keep out of the fucking garden. Guess it's back to the hydro store tomorrow to buy another two bombs...I'm finding webs up by the developing buds...not good at all. I am 1.5 weeks into flowering... I think I am going to bomb more frequently... they are definitely making themselves at home and I have not been spraying as much as I should because I am mad busy as work.

That being said, I agree the tarp over the carpet gives them a place to hide for sure... next house I move to I'm growing in the garage. Just so many advantages.

Anyhow, get ready fuckers... here comes DA BOMB!!!!!

[razzapiggy]

ya know what the thing is...my grow room still has the carpet in it (I have toyed with the idea of ripping it up, but this is not my house, and I like to have the room able to be taken down in 12 hours or less in case the LL comes to town)

I am sure those little fuckers are hiding in the rugs too tho I suspect most are on the surface eating my fucking leaves.

[serpentine5]

Dude, I have not experianced mites on plants... but if these are the same kind of mites that animals especially snakes get, then you need to go to your local mom and pop pet store that deal with reptiles, and pick up some mite stuff, you spray it where ever the mites bed down (especially carpet) and it kills them quick.
I bought a 9 foot burmese python from a lady a few years back, and she had been bedding the snake in hamster type wood bedding, and the bedding helps promote the mites.... The snake was covered and all... so I went to my trusted herp store and bought soem stuff in a spray bottle, sprayed the snake and the bedding, then replaced the bedding once there were no more mites on the snake... very little black specks -- the mites I mean...? thats what my snake had... stuff worked great...

[razzapiggy]

Just bombed again with some Pyrethrium... die fuckers die! After this I will spray for the next two-three days, and then dump a boat load of lady bugs in there to eat the remaining little shits.