Ok ok… im gonna put this out there… i had a damn war with fungus gnats… and after mosquito dunks/bits didnt rid them…and trust me… i let my mosquito bits sit in water for 36 hours before i applied it… FAILED … I used this… and it eradicated fungus gnats in 1 single use… (flower tent had at least 70 gnats)
2 weeks later i saw 1 or 2 in my seedling tent… sprayed 1 time… gone… no sign of them anywhere…
Thank me later
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Is that product, Organicide Spray, safe for mycorrhizal fungi? If that’s something you use I would not recommend that as a soil drench. BTI is an excellent and proven product. It can be purchased within many carriers. The dunks are readily available but if you want, you can always get the concentrated stuff. Personally I rely extremely heavily on Rove Beetles and Stratiolaelaps scimitus (Hypoaspis miles). That product up there, if used as a soil drench, would wipe out my colony of beneficials.
If beneficial insects and myco are not something that concern you, that company Organicide, also makes a drench.
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I used it as a surfactant and i sprayed in soil as well… all it killed was fungus gnats… the bits and dunks seemed to knock down numbers but not eradicate… that spray is omri listed and can be used the day of harvest…
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Nice bro thanks for sharing
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Yessir… once @Heliosphear recommended it… i tried it and was blown away by the effectiveness of it 100 %
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Gotcha.
Bee-Safe is a horticultural oil. Active ingredient being Sesame oil. The oil smothers soft bodied insects, larvae and eggs on contact. It does not discriminate. If sprayed directly onto flying insects, they will eventually die.
Bacillus thuringiensis products are the most widely used microbial insecticides in the United States.
They are commonly known as Bt. Different subspecies of Bt are effective against different groups of
insects or their larvae.
The best results will be achieved using Bt products by following a few guidelines.
Make sure the Bt product you have chosen lists the specific insect you want to control.
Make sure the insect is at a stage where it is susceptible to control by Bt. In general, Bt products are
effective against young larval stages, but will not kill adults.
Spray the parts of the plant on which insects are feeding thoroughly, including the underside of leaves.
Bt products must be eaten in order to be effective. Liquid formulations are more effective and stay on
plants better than dust formulations.
Treat with Bt in late afternoon or evening, or on a cloudy day as Bt breaks down in sunlight.
Be aware that Bt does not kill immediately, but the poisoned insects will stop feeding almost
immediately.
So yeah, just saying. That product will work, but why go nuclear option for simple pests such as gnats?
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I’m going to keep hitting them with the bits water for a week or two. Unless they start showing signs of serious root damage I don’t think I’m ready for further measures. If they don’t disappear before flip I’ll go full nuclear.
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Some things that specify usage up to day of harvest do not anticipate you will be smoking the produce.
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That makes a ton of sense to me.
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Can you get taNin drops there they work a treat for gnats
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Doesn’t seem to available to me. I’m going with the mosquito bits like @JustANobody suggested for now. I think it’ll work after a couple waterings they should be gone.
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Made some bubble hash today. Not bad for a first attempt. Definitely going to get a couple things that will make next attempt a little smoother, but I really can’t complain it was a pretty straight forward process.
I did 120 and 73 for my catch bags. I feel like there was a little bit of material in the bucket when I dumped the water. Not enough to make me regret it though.
VBBXBBM X BSHW 73
Everything else pretty much @ 73
And the lot @ 120
The 120 is going to make edibles. The 73s I’m going to smoke. Current plan at least.
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Hell yeah dude! Awesome score.
I have a full set of 1gal bags just collecting dust. Not sure if I had buds that didn’t wash well or I just failed.
The second 73 looks
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I did way better on the second set of 73. I learned a couple little tricks. I have the 5gal bags. I put 1.03 oz of the BB in and the 73 of it was the first wash I did. Than I added about 3 more oz of trim from the outdoor plants. Washed that all twice and made the other 73.
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Hash looks good brother , I put a bunch of that hash I made aside for edibles as well. I’ve been on a smoothie kick so I’ve been using some infused sugar I made in those, but I’m almost out! Gotta make some more with that hash .
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Did you use a recipe from here for the infused sugar? I thought about doing that. I like butter but I really would like to cut out the junk food.
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I would like to learn to make infused sugar as well!
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