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From looking at these forums, I find that many growers are using Floramite in an irresponsible way. It is not meant as a prophilactic, but many growers, mostly those in no-winter-freeze areas where spider mites are a real problem, use it as a preventive. Floramite seems like the nuclear option, to be used only when really needed. My problems with prophylactic floramite this are as follows:
1) you are effectively breading Floramite resistant mites. [Link] I understand that yields are important to commercial growers but don't fuck over the future. At least rotate miticides, prophylactic use is discouraged and rotation is recommend. If growers in 2030 need miticide, it would be nice if they still had the option of floramite. There are already mites that are Avid immune and there is significant evidence that routine use of Avid was the cause. Same thing as with antibiotic resistance; look up phage therapy and you may see why biological methods are better than chemical (hint: they evolve).
2) By suggesting the prophylactic uses of Floramite w/o rotation of miticides, which is counter-indicated by the label, as they recommend Floramite for control and not prevention, you are encouraging stupid growers to ignore more of the label, like not spraying right before harvest. You know a lot of growers are idiots, and yet you post your love of it without reservation. Stupid grower example w/ Floramite; he's doing a line of asbestos next.
3) smoking is the most direct form of ingestion, besides injection. I know that there have been no indications that Floramite is detrimental when the proper wait-time is observed, but studies can only tell us that x-problem hasn't happened in x-trials, not that no problems will ever occur. Wouldn't prudent application be warranted with a relatively new chemical being used on a product that is smoked and that can't be washed before ingestion?
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1) you are effectively breading Floramite resistant mites. [Link] I understand that yields are important to commercial growers but don't fuck over the future. At least rotate miticides, prophylactic use is discouraged and rotation is recommend. If growers in 2030 need miticide, it would be nice if they still had the option of floramite. There are already mites that are Avid immune and there is significant evidence that routine use of Avid was the cause. Same thing as with antibiotic resistance; look up phage therapy and you may see why biological methods are better than chemical (hint: they evolve).
2) By suggesting the prophylactic uses of Floramite w/o rotation of miticides, which is counter-indicated by the label, as they recommend Floramite for control and not prevention, you are encouraging stupid growers to ignore more of the label, like not spraying right before harvest. You know a lot of growers are idiots, and yet you post your love of it without reservation. Stupid grower example w/ Floramite; he's doing a line of asbestos next.
3) smoking is the most direct form of ingestion, besides injection. I know that there have been no indications that Floramite is detrimental when the proper wait-time is observed, but studies can only tell us that x-problem hasn't happened in x-trials, not that no problems will ever occur. Wouldn't prudent application be warranted with a relatively new chemical being used on a product that is smoked and that can't be washed before ingestion?
Ok haters.... GO!