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02-10-2010, 06:47 AM #1OPMember
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Is it possible to get any types of harmful bugs when growing indoors
specificly in a homade tent/wordrobe mainly bubbler/dwc or type of ponics?DocKgreenThumb Reviewed by DocKgreenThumb on . Any bugs, spider mites Is it possible to get any types of harmful bugs when growing indoors specificly in a homade tent/wordrobe mainly bubbler/dwc or type of ponics? Rating: 5
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02-10-2010, 08:47 AM #2Senior Member
Any bugs, spider mites
Originally Posted by DocKgreenThumb
Brown-eyed women and red grenadine...
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02-10-2010, 09:02 AM #3Senior Member
Any bugs, spider mites
And, da spider mites n aphids.
An' in a week, dere great, great, grandkids!
Nematodes in soil and water
Treat yer girls like critter fodder.
Originally Posted by DocKgreenThumb
Yes!
And without predators, they are prone to proliferate.
Spider mites will ride in on your clothes, hair, under your nails, on the cat, airborne.
Ants will walk in and bring aphids with them.
Store bought soil can come with fungus gnat, white fly, and thrips. No extra charge.
Why do you ask?
An' shucks, son, us farmers expects a li'l trouble.
Just be prepared.
Aloha,
Weezard
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02-10-2010, 12:47 PM #4Senior Member
Any bugs, spider mites
Weezard, you are too funny, you made my whole day. Thanks.........Love the farmer comment
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02-10-2010, 05:22 PM #5OPMember
Any bugs, spider mites
Originally Posted by Weezard
yea to funny bro
I'm askin cuz I wanna kno what to expect
so what are sum successful preventive measures or how and what do you use to inspect your girls? Thanks
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02-10-2010, 09:25 PM #6Senior Member
Any bugs, spider mites
Originally Posted by DocKgreenThumb
Purchase a couple "No pest strips" and and some Yellow, sticky, White fly traps now, and keep them on hand.
(They can be hard to find when you need them fast.)
I highly recommend that you keep your soil surface covered with something reflective between waterings.
It will augment your light, conserve water, cornfuse flying insects, and keep da wee bastids from laying eggs in yer dirt!
That, is a lot easier to prevent, than it is to recover from.
And the very best defense to all "slings and arrows", is healthy plants!
Healthy plants have the means and the strength to protect themselves. Been doing it for thousands of years.
Dem li'l bug bullies prefer to pick on the weak and infirm.
Whitefly zero in on yellow leaves.
Spidermites get routinely poisoned by a healthy plant and it keeps their population low.
But, if a plant gets too stressed by anything else, the "borg" will bloom, web, and it's RIP green lady in a matter of days.
I have a 30X jeweler's loupe that is very handy for trich check.:thumbsup:
And a 100X - 200X variable microscope, which I no longer use, because my friend:giveflower: sent me an Eyeclops.:jointsmile:
That's what took all the nifty photos in my album.
I use it to inspect the girls in real time.
When I see something I like, a button push saves it to a thumbdrive.
If anything else comes to mind, I'll get back to you.
Meanwhile, a read through the archives here is time well spent.
It's where I learned how much I didn't know yet.
Aloha
Weezard
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02-11-2010, 01:53 PM #7Senior Member
Any bugs, spider mites
Sorry.
I'll make it up. I had bug issues early in my move to Washington, so moist here lol. I bought the cheapest potting soil I could find that was supposedly sterile. I didn't spray the crevices of my grow rooms, nor the intakes.
Well I had bugs big time. The drainage from watering had creepy crawlies even.
Off to Fox Farms soils. That made a big difference, but once the bugs got to the soil it was all over. I took a risk and sprayed (early in the flowering cycle so it would decompose) Sevin directly on the top of the soil. DO NOT spray on the plant it will kill it!
While I was at that I used the Sevin in all the cracks and crevices of the room (and I do so once a month or so now) and sweep out all webs and really clean good once a month. I sprayed the intakes at both ends with a lot of Sevin.
I put those sticky fly trap tape things at the intakes and an additional in each room. I keep them fresh all the time. Amazing how many bugs the intakes get.
Once I got all that done and got rid of the bugs I did not have to spray the soil again. (NOT a good thing to do and make sure it gets 2 weeks before harvest so it will decompose.) I have been bug free for 5 years now and last summer the spider mites were the worst ever, I had neighbors loose all their shrubs!
Again, caution with the SEVIN, wear gloves and a mask - it is bad stuff.
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02-13-2010, 03:20 PM #8OPMember
Any bugs, spider mites
Originally Posted by Weezard
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02-13-2010, 03:41 PM #9Senior Member
Any bugs, spider mites
good advice from above!:thumbsup:
use good soil that has good drainage
keep a HS NPS next to your circulation fan
don't overwater and like your mother always told you....keep you room clean!
:jointsmile:
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02-13-2010, 09:19 PM #10Senior Member
Any bugs, spider mites
Originally Posted by DocKgreenThumb
Plenty pics from da thumbdrive in my albums;
But here's a favorite;
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Li'l home made hash.
And here's some trich in vivo;
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Fun camera, runs less than $40.
Enjoy,
Weeze
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