ah I see. Is anyone treating cannabis like hydrangeas to see what happens? Because I treat it like tomatoes or so, and that works great.
Quote: Originally Posted by bakelite View Post Let your soil get nice and dry between waterings. This made a big difference for me. -bakelite mad librettist;4381225 said:that makes a big difference for me too - reduced growth rates.
I'll take blumats and nice constant moisture thanks.
ML, I was merely sharing what I found that works. This thread is about fungus gnats not growth rates.
I can't see how a fungal arrangement isn't helpful during flower when Phosphorus is so needed. It's the fungality of it all.
Anyway, I'm using the BTI in the dunks, as well as some stickie paper.
having fungi is not the same as fungal dominance.
honestly I don't understand the whole "fungal in flower" thing. plants that switch from bacterial to fungal soil during their lives do it over many seasons.
it's unreasonable to expect to go from tomato garden type soil to fungal soil during the stretch. whatever fungi are working for you during flower need to be there during veg.
I'm not saying we don't need fungi, I am saying we don't need to switch from tomato soil to hydrangea soil overnight. I am saying that no amount of tea will make your dirt fungal dominated unless the soil itself is good habitat.
well it's about both now isn't it? we don't want the cure to be worse than the disease.
Also I found mosquito dunks are most effect when broken up, soaked for a few days, strained and spray the resulting mixture evenly over the top layer of the soil after each watering. Repeat this for a week or two seemed to work for me.
-bakelite
TOP DRESS SOME SAND. Why would you use crab meal if your only problem is fungus gnats? First off it's not even known or accepted crab meal prevents fungus gnats except for librettist's opinion (which I would believe anyway) Point is basic sand is was easier to come by, and is known to stop fungus gnats.
My criticism of the Bt approach is that you are jumping straight to a lethal control, which in IPM is a no-no.