I spray ASA every 7-10 daze till the 4th week of flower. If you go deaf or have hearing probs while smoking it you are zinc deficient. take some zinc yo. some folks are hyper sensitive to it. Other wise it is a good part of a prevention minded approach to molds mildews and pests....
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Help, I Overdid the Aspirin Cure for Mold
- Thread starter Swamp Thang
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I must say this is a bit of a shock to me!
So you're saying that most of you would have no qualms buying herb that had been sprayed with aspirin during late flower? I certainly would, I have qualms about buying heb that was fed too late, let alone dosed with pharmaceuticals ill-suited to smoking.
Maybe the average marijuana user is just a lot less picky than I am..
So you're saying that most of you would have no qualms buying herb that had been sprayed with aspirin during late flower? I certainly would, I have qualms about buying heb that was fed too late, let alone dosed with pharmaceuticals ill-suited to smoking.
Maybe the average marijuana user is just a lot less picky than I am..
That was directed at the group, not you personally.
I'm just surprised by the complacency to be honest, unless their have been thorough clinical trials on the safety of smoking residue from aspirin dissolved in water with marijuana, I think we should be advising the op to stay well away.
Even if salicylic acid is safe, are the tableting aids also??
I'm just surprised by the complacency to be honest, unless their have been thorough clinical trials on the safety of smoking residue from aspirin dissolved in water with marijuana, I think we should be advising the op to stay well away.
Even if salicylic acid is safe, are the tableting aids also??
When it comes to adulterants, small amounts of aspirin are mother milk when contrasted by the shite that some folks use.
Commercial grows spray some frightening stuff on their crops as a preventative.
(Sad to say, but the large growers are not in it for love.)
Even with mini-grows, neem oil for instance, gets slung everywhere.
The main active compounds in it ARE toxic to mammals.
I, am a mammal.
I will not buy meds anymore than absolutely necessary for this reason.
And, when growing your own, investigate every additive, every inert ingredient, in short, anything that contacts your meds, and then research.
There are literally, millions of compounds that make up everything we ingest.
The fact that we thrive shows that the majority of them are not harmful.
The harmful can be avoided with knowledge.
When asked about aspirin toxicity, I spent a couple hours researching before recommending that it just be washed off.
Had it been neemed in flower, I'd advise him to dump it.
Before you Neem believers start flaming. I will only respond to reasoned arguments with cited references.
Start a new thread and have at it.
However, unless you have factual evidence, refrain.
A good debate is educational for all.
But without factual evidence, it's just an argument, yah?
Aloha,
Weezard
Commercial grows spray some frightening stuff on their crops as a preventative.
(Sad to say, but the large growers are not in it for love.)
Even with mini-grows, neem oil for instance, gets slung everywhere.
The main active compounds in it ARE toxic to mammals.
I, am a mammal.
I will not buy meds anymore than absolutely necessary for this reason.
And, when growing your own, investigate every additive, every inert ingredient, in short, anything that contacts your meds, and then research.
There are literally, millions of compounds that make up everything we ingest.
The fact that we thrive shows that the majority of them are not harmful.
The harmful can be avoided with knowledge.
When asked about aspirin toxicity, I spent a couple hours researching before recommending that it just be washed off.
Had it been neemed in flower, I'd advise him to dump it.
Before you Neem believers start flaming. I will only respond to reasoned arguments with cited references.
Start a new thread and have at it.
However, unless you have factual evidence, refrain.
A good debate is educational for all.
But without factual evidence, it's just an argument, yah?
Aloha,
Weezard
Hey Vapor. Ive had lots of success with ASA as well, just wondering what concentration/dilution youre spraying? Im doing a 325mg pill per gallon of solution as foliar. Incredible results. Great for RW soak when cloning or Spray on leaves of clones and youll find roots popping out all over the next day. Really good for sick plants, and protecting plants from stress form any pesticide or fungicide applications.
What dilution are you using for root soak? Are you alternating with the foliar treatment? Im trying to get an idea of how much is too much, toxicity etc.
I spray and about 3 daze later i soak the roots. there is a study from India i think i had on my old hard drive before it crashed, it had dosages and where the upper limits where before seeing ill effects{i think it was around 5 or 600 mg a liter}.When i soak i just make a gal solution with 4 x 325 mg asa. then i cut that with 4 gallons of water and bio wash 2ml/gal and water.you could use a cup of fresh willow shoots,steep warm water 1 gallon, if you have the right kind of tree in your yard////
Having put so much work into producing my harvest this year, I could not resist smoking at least a small amount, even though I now intend to process most of my modest harvest for THC extraction into coconut oil, to keep smoking to a minimum this year.
With a little trepidation I fired up a joint from some of my harvest, and truth be told, I could not detect any taste besides the nice pine flavor of the bud. Still in human guinea-pig mode, I closely watched out or any irritation in my lungs, or abnormalities in the buzz, but found nothing amiss.
While I will never repeat the mistake of spraying such a high concentration of aspirin on a flowering plant, I can at least confirm for now that the residue of my spray had most likely degraded into relatively harmless compounds by the time I harvested the plants.
I sure appreciate the advice offered here, though I must confess it became really hard to make up my mind whether or not to run a smoke test on my aspirin-sprayed weed, after reading the very compelling arguments for and against the idea.
So, in a nutshell I have suffered no-ill effects in the wake of my experimental smoke-test of aspirin-sprayed weed, knock on wood, but I am all the same very unlikely to use aspirin spray in the future. Next grow season, I will definitely return to my tried and tested zero-chemical growing philosophy, and say goodbye to harvest jitters about bud contamination.
Much obliged for the insightful responses fellas.
With a little trepidation I fired up a joint from some of my harvest, and truth be told, I could not detect any taste besides the nice pine flavor of the bud. Still in human guinea-pig mode, I closely watched out or any irritation in my lungs, or abnormalities in the buzz, but found nothing amiss.
While I will never repeat the mistake of spraying such a high concentration of aspirin on a flowering plant, I can at least confirm for now that the residue of my spray had most likely degraded into relatively harmless compounds by the time I harvested the plants.
I sure appreciate the advice offered here, though I must confess it became really hard to make up my mind whether or not to run a smoke test on my aspirin-sprayed weed, after reading the very compelling arguments for and against the idea.
So, in a nutshell I have suffered no-ill effects in the wake of my experimental smoke-test of aspirin-sprayed weed, knock on wood, but I am all the same very unlikely to use aspirin spray in the future. Next grow season, I will definitely return to my tried and tested zero-chemical growing philosophy, and say goodbye to harvest jitters about bud contamination.
Much obliged for the insightful responses fellas.
Ok I have a dire warning to anyone who may ever use the aspirin anti-mold idea on their crop. I tried a few days of toking my buds, and then very reluctantly tossed my entire harvest out. There was a dull pain in my left lung which I have NEVER experienced in life, and frankly it was enough to scare the bejeebers out of me.
The pain has receded since I quit toking, but is not gone yet, and even though I did not taste any aspirin in the bud, I am fairly certain that I have been injured by it none the less. I have made some mistakes in my life, but this has been one of the more reckless so far. Despite the embarrassment of having made this blunder, I feel a need to alert anyone who may find themselves tempted to try smoking weed that is known to have been aspirin sprayed during flower, to let them know it is definitely NOT worth the risk.
I hope that this tip prevents someone out there from taking the same wrong step I just did, and I will report back here in a week or so, to update after some more days of healing time.
I am not coughing or anything, and my chest pain may simply be a pulled muscle, or some other perfectly harmless and temporary pain sensation, but the coincidence of it occurring so soon after foolishly using myself as a guinea-pig has been enough to put me off all toking for the forseeable future.
The pain has receded since I quit toking, but is not gone yet, and even though I did not taste any aspirin in the bud, I am fairly certain that I have been injured by it none the less. I have made some mistakes in my life, but this has been one of the more reckless so far. Despite the embarrassment of having made this blunder, I feel a need to alert anyone who may find themselves tempted to try smoking weed that is known to have been aspirin sprayed during flower, to let them know it is definitely NOT worth the risk.
I hope that this tip prevents someone out there from taking the same wrong step I just did, and I will report back here in a week or so, to update after some more days of healing time.
I am not coughing or anything, and my chest pain may simply be a pulled muscle, or some other perfectly harmless and temporary pain sensation, but the coincidence of it occurring so soon after foolishly using myself as a guinea-pig has been enough to put me off all toking for the forseeable future.
HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER!!!!
To all : never spray anything you don't wont to smoke on flowering plants!
So why do you think it was the aspriin?
I have torn muscles in my chest and it hurts like hell, and to this day 20 years later i still feel the spot where my muscle was torn in my chest. Not saying it is not the asprin just wondering what your logic is?
http://www.webmd.com/lung/tc/pleurisy-overview
my mom gets these pains in her lungs all my life electrical like. just a thought. peace
Thanks for the reply, Vapor. I sure hope it is a torn muscle and not something wrong in my lungs. I breathe just fine without any coughing, and there is no real pain to speak of when I take eally deep breaths, but still, there is this subtle tightness accross my chest that I just haven't ever experienced prior to my foolish experiment.
Back in the day my favourite exercise was the bench press, and it still is, though not as heavy as before, so I am very familiar with the normal soreness that comes with that, but this just feels different, and a mite scary, I must say.
Anyways, I figure that whatever damage I did by inhaling traces of burnt aspirin will heal with time. One thing is for sure though, I will NEVER again spray my future crops with anything at any stage of growth for as long as I live. This was a real wake-up call, and I hope my goof-up will not be repeated by any growers out there who read this.
Just seems strange to me i use{asa} till week 4 or 5 of flower and usually get compliments, not my lungs are so sore it is scaring me, ferty herb{black harsh ash} sure does burn lips and hurt lungs though. To each a zone, but i think there is something else to it... best of luck peace
Whew, back to normal with no after effects. For sure there will be no more chemical warfare used in my grows from here on out. I'm just glad I didn't get to the point of having to explain what I thought went wrong to a doctor he he.
