extreme borg infestation...help =[
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cannagirl
Can you get a 20lbs pony tank of CO2? Are you in a sealed room? If not just turn all your exhaust off for about one hour and let the CO2 tank rip, the key is to get it up to 10k ppm for at least 15 minutes, but we have just opened the tank and let it empty. Those little fuckers wont be chewing on your leaves for long, the CO2 concentration will kill them but not their eggs. Repeat this every three days if you can for about 2 weeks, it will get rid of them and although your plants cant stand that high of CO2 for an extended period of time, they can handle it for about an hour or so, and be fine.
WARNING!!! DO NOT GO BACK INTO YOUR ROOM WITH OUT HAVING SOMEONE ELSE THERE TO MAKE SURE YOU DONT PASS OUT! TRY TO TURN YOUR EXHAUST BACK ON WITHOUT GOING BACK INTO THE ROOM, IF POSSIBLE
WARNING!!! DO NOT GO BACK INTO YOUR ROOM WITH OUT HAVING SOMEONE ELSE THERE TO MAKE SURE YOU DONT PASS OUT! TRY TO TURN YOUR EXHAUST BACK ON WITHOUT GOING BACK INTO THE ROOM, IF POSSIBLE
floramite. get it fast. kills them fast. don't use past 3 weeks flower. this stuff is potent and you ill never have a mite issue with floramite. cycle it with forbid and you got it.
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cannagirl
A few people I have talked to say that Floramite can completely wipe out your crop, and its around $130 for small bottle. Do you have a recommend dose per gallon, iSMOKE.KUSH? I am very interested in systemic treatments for pests in veg, and wondered if you had more info?
Ah...I will check for both of things first thing tomorrow. I discovered this tragedy only 3 days ago...and since then I have been in the room, wiping, spraying, praying to get rid of them....its horrifying...they are everywhere...sigh...such a let down...the one thing I didnt see coming...hit me. thank you for your help, hopefully they can bounce back.
1 oz. floramite $22.95 shipped, off e-bay. You need very little.
I used it on 2 week old clones, and 95% are going strong. The mite damage was too much for some of the clones, and they are weak but still alive. No mites after one treatment.
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cannagirl
DAMN, my hydrostore is RAPING people! Thanks!!! Im gonna look into that.
1/4 t 1/2 a teaspon per gallon cannagirl. search for rez dogs floramite thread.
what hydrostore in CO carries floramite? i need some more.
what strains you running atm canna. just curious.
what hydrostore in CO carries floramite? i need some more.
what strains you running atm canna. just curious.
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cannagirl
Waytogrow in boulder is stocked but damn they are expensive.
Right now I've got flo, hash plant, ECSD, white widow, ak47, cheese Durban and sour fuck going. We don't have an over infestation but I also empty quite a bit of CO2 into the room every three days. All my moms and plants in veg have been treated with azamax. W2G told me that it's a bit safer, but hell Id like to kill them for good.
Right now I've got flo, hash plant, ECSD, white widow, ak47, cheese Durban and sour fuck going. We don't have an over infestation but I also empty quite a bit of CO2 into the room every three days. All my moms and plants in veg have been treated with azamax. W2G told me that it's a bit safer, but hell Id like to kill them for good.
hgherbals420
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I have had good luck using AzaMax from W2G... it is expensive but a little goes a longg way. Make sure to spray several weeks in a row ( after 3 its almost guaranteed to have gotten all the ones that have hatched from egg), very handy stuff just don't use too high of a concentration. Of the top of my head for my 1.5 L sprayer you use 15 mg or something.
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cannagirl
I would spray every 5 days for 3 weeks, only in veg, but Im super paranoid about bugs. Also after I spray my ladies down, I wait for the leaves to dry and then I rinse them down with plain water, I find the Azatrol or Azamax can burn the leaves, if you leave it on.
DANK_BOTANIST
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i gta few critters as well i gta lil bottle of "einstein leafshine" neem oil extract an did my 2nd sray this evening..,
mix afew drops a dish soap in as well... seems to be doing the job.. but it is ruffin up sum leaves a tad bit... maybe i should try to rinse with water the next day..?? i am almost at 4 weeks of flower aswel..
mix afew drops a dish soap in as well... seems to be doing the job.. but it is ruffin up sum leaves a tad bit... maybe i should try to rinse with water the next day..?? i am almost at 4 weeks of flower aswel..
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cannagirl
I try not to use anything in flower other than CO2, if they are past the first 2 weeks. Rinsing them will definitely help with the burning.
Also how long are you flowering for? That can help you decide how long into flower, you can use any topical pesticides. If you are flowering for 8-10 weeks, I would probably stop spraying them with anything other than maybe a tobacco and cayenne spray, but if you are growing a long flowering sativa, you could probably spray a little longer into your bloom cycle.
Also how long are you flowering for? That can help you decide how long into flower, you can use any topical pesticides. If you are flowering for 8-10 weeks, I would probably stop spraying them with anything other than maybe a tobacco and cayenne spray, but if you are growing a long flowering sativa, you could probably spray a little longer into your bloom cycle.
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cannagirl
I have actually read somewhere(I will find my source and post) that there is a certain level of CO2 between 4000-5000ppm that will kill you but after that level, although its can still be toxic it wont be fatal.
Does anybody know more about this?
DISCLAIMER: I DONT KNOW IF THIS INFO IS CORRCT SO PLEASE DONT GO INTO YOUR ROOM WITHOUT A BUDDY AND YOUR EXHAUST ON! NO DYING ALLOWED!
do this, but make sure you RINSE even more thoroughly than you think you need too, or else you will get burn. Dont do it after 3 weeks in flower though. after 3 weeks in flower go neem oil but heavy. (follow link 
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http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=18473
)http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=18473
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Kindman69
Guys, I hate to be the one to burst the bubble on the co2 option
But, from personal experience and the experience of my best bud, co2 at any amount from 10K and up did virtually nothing. and we are talking 12 - 24 hours exposure in cge environments.
Maybe the borg has become more resilient, personally i think that the little fuckers can hold their breath somehow. On the positive side, it doesn't do anything negative to the plants either.
Don't get me wrong, I really wanted this to work! It's a no brainer for me since I already grow in a closed environment.
I use "no pest strips" early in veg along with 70% humidity that always seems to wipe out the view bugs I track in when the plants come in from the flouros.
Good luck,
Kind
But, from personal experience and the experience of my best bud, co2 at any amount from 10K and up did virtually nothing. and we are talking 12 - 24 hours exposure in cge environments.
Maybe the borg has become more resilient, personally i think that the little fuckers can hold their breath somehow. On the positive side, it doesn't do anything negative to the plants either.
Don't get me wrong, I really wanted this to work! It's a no brainer for me since I already grow in a closed environment.
I use "no pest strips" early in veg along with 70% humidity that always seems to wipe out the view bugs I track in when the plants come in from the flouros.
Good luck,
Kind
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Kindman69
This should answer some of the rumors about co2 toxisity, just scroll to the bottom:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide
