I bought rhizomes from a home brew store from back in 2009 and there still going don’t know the strain with 100 percent certainty but their either EKG , Willamette or cascade
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Tonight I embark on making JWA (Jadam wetting agent ) or more commonly know as soap liquid
I notice hoppers and other leaf chewers moving in so time to take action !
Here’s the line up with quantities:
160 grams of Koh
125 mls of RO water you can also use distilled
900 mls of canola oil
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Less than 2$ for the oil
When the water is added to the koh be very careful temperature reaches about 220 f but it dissolves easily in water with a slight stir this can cause serious burns I’d not careful
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Combine the koh/water mixture and the oil in at least a 1.5? Gallon pot or bigger
Get you paint stirrer and drill out and go to town mixing for less than 10. Minutes
Be careful not to splash it could cause burns as well
Getting close it’s starting to thicken
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Blend for 10 minutes or less till it turns the consistency of mayo or yogurt then stop , cover and let sit for 3 days it will continue to harden
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In 3 days I’ll be adding 4 liters of RO water and do a slight mix by hand to help dislodge the solids from the containers side important not to mix hard at this point … let set for another 24 hours and check for clumps and mix lightly to dissolve soap.
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So with recent storms and high winds most plants have received some damage I call it leaf cracking from the winds constantly thrashing the leaves makes for some unsightly leaves IMO and bugs are chewing here and there
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What do you do after the 4 liters of water? Will it be a spray solution at that point? I remember you already explained that to me earlier in your thread or last years thread.
I hear you on the cracked and broken leaves, and my small tan spots on all of the leaves caught in the hail storm(s). I pulled them off finally.
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The 4 liters plus the 900 ml oil 125 H20 makes 5 liters of liquid soap like that of DR. Bonners liquid soaps and such I had used about 3/4 of a gallon and gave the last 1/4 to a budy that had bug problems on his cannabis needlessly to say hell killed the aphids as well as his plants cause he used the concentrate full strength he said it was hard to spray! Duh!
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It’s a concentration that uses 1-2 oz that is mixed with a gallon of water which is full strength which the same usage of “safer‘s “ insecticidal soap uses Oh and the gallon of concentrate soap costs 4-5$ to make and safer cost is what? 6 oz of concentrate for what 15$? hell I could make some serious coin off some gardeners around here that have bug problems!
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It’s really not that bad to your skin. Like the worst case of excema you could ever get.
It’s downright horrific what it will do to your eyes, tho.
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Yup splashed a bit in my skin when mixed with oil it was burning , it basically a lye or a major component in heavy duty drain cleaner.
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Where can you buy the Koh? Somebody said above but I forgot it…
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I bought mine on amazon for less than 15$ for 2lbs of crystal I figure with that amount I’ll be able to make close to 6 gallons of concentrate… mid flower late flower it doesn’t matter also provides a boost of potassium sounds like a winner in flower anyways breaks down in <7 days or less won’t kill bees when sprayed at the right time helps water distribution better acting as a surfactant and on and on!
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Love the website I always enjoy it when I learn something in the process! Thanks for sharing!
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Re did the backyard flagstone area today we were tired of always tracking in the sand on the hardwood floors so today we tried to remedy this !with 3 people working we lifted all the flagstone and fill in area closer to the house laying it in top of the sand and back filled with a preen mulch red chip bark
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The little plant in the edge of the patio was in trouble today with the renovation got down and took a closer look it was only about a foot tall and the nodes had started to alternate looking for signs of sex and after a bit of poking and prodding found some female pre flowers a better part of 8 clones were taken and uprooted ! 
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I’m lovin’ it! 
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