Neem during flowering...?

[StrapAssassin42]

What is the latest into flowering that i can use neem without affecting my buds?
I'm 3 weeks until harvest and am having a bit of a fungus issue... I pretty much have it under wraps (fixed my humidity issues and used green cure) but my girls still have it and i would like to protect my yield.
I don't want to continue with green cure because im too close to harvest and i dont want the fungus to become resistant.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[pinecone]

I've sprayed pretty late (week-10 days) and not noticed in the finished product.

Pine

 

[mad librettist]

Neem during flowering...?

neem oil can be washed off with soap and water.

 

[GoneRooty]

What type of fungus issue?

 

[FreedomFightr]

I would not do it. Neem stinks like shit!

 

[StrapAssassin42]

Im dealing with leaf septoria...or blight.
Like i said i have it pretty well under control but some of my girls were hit pretty bad and are still infected...better than they were but infected just the same.
I'm hoping after this harvest i can completely phase out the fungus... these are my last sick girls...caught it too late to recover.
Neem does smell pretty bad....thats why ask.
If i dont spray them with anything i fear i'll have to just watch them get worse and not produce to their potential...
If i do spray i can keep the fungus at bay and hopefully get a little better yield....but i DO NOT want a shitty product becuase i was greedy!
Any input is appreciated.

 

[StrapAssassin42]

neem oil can be washed off with soap and water.

Are saying i should wash my buds in soap and water????!!!!

 

[GoneRooty]

I think ML is suggesting spraying with a mix of H2O and Dr. Bronner's Soap or similar, this would rinse off any remaining neem oil on the plant.

 

[StrapAssassin42]

I think ML is suggesting spraying with a mix of H2O and Dr. Bronner's Soap or similar, this would rinse off any remaining neem oil on the plant.

Is this a recommended mode of action? With only three weeks till harvest im more inclined to just let them go to ensure a clean yield.

 

[CC_2U]

StrapAssassin42

You mentioned that you had been using GreenCure (potassium bicarbonate and a surfactant) up to this point, correct? And you're still seeing PM on your leaves?

What mixing ratio did you use?

Just curious as usual.

CC

 

[mad librettist]

yeah, when I use neem in flower it's for mites, and I only spray from below, and I rinse it off with soap and water as stated above.

 

[StrapAssassin42]

PM?..... I have sprayed greencure twice, about a week apart. I used approximately 3/4 strength as advised from others with experience.
Yes... i am still seeing leaf spots... they are few and far between but still there. Its been extremely damp around here so i've had a hard time controlling my humidity.
Neem is a suggested mode of action to prevent this blight so i have sprayed that once...just a few days ago. Just not on my girls that are only a few weeks away from harvest.

 

[grapeman]

You can spray (1% neem), on an 8 week strain, through week 4, IMO. I've sprayed thru week 5 (as high as 1.25%), as needed and no problem.

 

[GoneRooty]

Yeah, I agree with Grapeman about spraying into week 4 of an 8 week flowering. I would also add, that basically if you give yourself about a month from last spray of neem until harvest, you should be ok.

 

[$$DBA Invoice1]

Considering buds/flowers that didn't result in mold due to the application, is there a consistent & definite agreed upon result of smoking a final product that was treated with neem , due to mites, within the last four weeks of harvest?

With all due respects.......I'm trying to understand the specific meaning of the statement "you should be okay" when I read about neem oil treatment during only the early stages of flowering.
Is there an obvious agreed upon result form a late flower stage treatment with neem?

I have read of maybe only a few accounts of "bad/harsh taste" from doing so but nothing that definitely or consistently points to the result of only the neem, specifically when other unnatural chemical factors may account for harshness, such as an improper flush of nutrients in non organic grows.

 

[eloquentsoution]

i have used neem in flower and washed it off after a 5 min treatment with little ill effect. i use dutch masters penetrator (i think the name changed to saturator) as it is the best.

also note that neem does taste nasty if not rinsed off. that mistake is precisely why i learned to make hash (3 pounds of nasty tasting flowers). they were not smokable, IMO.