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Need a little help with my sterilizing procedure

Bad Botrylis leaf blight has been wreaking havoc for months now.

Just a couple questions

What part water/bleach solution should I use?

and

I plan on using a industrial sprayer(the pump kind). I was wondering if I could get away with just spraying down the walls and ceilings and let it be. Or should I use the wax on wax off technique demonstrated by Mr. Miyagi after the spraying.

If I had to choose I'd wax on wax off and totally be thorough about it. Just wondering if there is a slight chance I can cut a corner.

Much love and thanks for the comments :thanks:
 
1/25 sounds really really weak. on back of the bleach bottle it says 1 1/2 cup of bleach per 2 gal of water. which roughly comes to like 1/15.

painting sounds like more work plus the cost of supplies. but it's good to see some people are thinking outside the box. i'm gonna keep that in mind and maybe use at a later date like when i move into a new place and want to paint it up. kill 2 birds with one stone eh? get cool colored walls and sanitize all at the same time. love it

and solution ratio's that really work for them please please post. little green dots for alllllllllll

the 1/15 solution is appetizing though. i got the room and equipment all ready to go all i need is a definitive solution
 

Lazyman

Overkill is under-rated.
Veteran
Screw bleach, BAD stuff and requires too much rinsing for the residue. Use Physan20, it's cheap, only takes 1-3ml per gallon, and smells good. Kills everything, it's what commercial greenhouses use.

For bud rot, use Safer's Disease control, it's OMRI and stops PM too. Trust me man I've been doing this a long time.
 

FreezerBoy

Was blind but now IC Puckbunny in Training
Veteran
I use a 5% solution. 1 part bleach, 19 parts water. Killed my PM dead.

Field strip all equipment, sterilize and reassemble. Also consider throwing out everything you can't sterilize: soil, plants, clones, rockwool, anything porous where bacteria can hide.
 
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