bodhi seeds

Cletus clem

Cletus clem

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completenoobie said:
alcohol prolly ain't good for the solution but a little bit of soap will decrease the surface tension a great deal

alcohol will make it totally miscible, however..........
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In that formula, the yucca and aloe are the surfectant. Im working on another one using soy and olive oil, alcohol, soap and citric acid. Having trouble nailing down the dillution. I can get it to kill mites with a vengance but its a little harsh on the plant. Ill slowly work my way up, applied at 1oz per gallon the other day. Plants didnt mind but wasnt very effective. Ill get it! Wile im in here, just did this up. My chosen appalachin superskunk keep in all her frosty glory. Day 45. 30BF8F97-27A0-4A37-ACE0-02F28F22AB9A.jpeg
 
Serva

Serva

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N.R.G. said:
Predator mites are a waste of time and money. You're doing the right thing with the neem oil. Spray the plants with a mixture of neem oil and soapy water and do it every 4-5 days. You need to drench the plant, the under leaves and all. The key to the neem oil is to use it as soon as you mix it. It goes bad very fast once mixed with water. They are a pain in the butt but if you stay with it you can get rid of them.
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Yeah, I did it like you explained. They were dripping wet, let them 1h outside the tent. When they were dry, back in. Thanks for the tip with the neem, just mixed a big bottle, thought I just could use it again.

completenoobie said:
alcohol prolly ain't good for the solution but a little bit of soap will decrease the surface tension a great deal

alcohol will make it totally miscible, however..........
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Actually with the rimulgan as emulgator, the solution looks like milk. Perfectly blended, and holding good on the surface, but I could try adding fresh aleo vera juice from a leaf (they are growing under my cannabis) to improve. I will report!

Cletus clem said:
I like to use a blend of peppermint, rosemary and neem oil, emulsified with potassium silicate in veg. You could add some yucca and aloe to help it penetrate (giggity) and bonus plant bennys. Make sure to hit the soil with it as well as this gets it systemic. I try to get a couple shots of this in before i flip
1 oz rosemary essential oil
1 oz peppermint
2 oz neem
15 grams (? I forget, ill get back at ya) potassium silicate
1/4 tsp aloe powder
Yucca to taste. Emulsify the oils with the ps, add to 2 gal water. Shake it like a poloroid picture. Cmon shake it. No really, shake the fucking shit out of it and do it often. Kills on contact. Build a soil also has an essential oils blend pre made. I havnt used it but plan on grabbin a bottle to see how it is. Seems like a good deal.
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Do you use this instantly, or make it in advance, to have it ready, when you see mites? Do I get you right, you only use it during veg? What to do with plants in flower?

Thanks for the recipe, I only could get PS dissolved in water. An reason I could't use that instead? Also build a soil seems unreachable for me, with theire shipping costs. Yeah, you have nice vendors there in america :)


Normally I have used neem press cake in my pots, and didn't had any problems (I also use it to grow vegetable, giving it in every pot and hole I dig, same as mycos, and there was no problem in the greenhouse his year). And I really can't seperate my cab from the enviroment, and working in the garden outdoor the whole day, will make me bring alot of bugs inside the growroom. But this round neem was empty, so I went without it, and now I am like, damit! 2 mistakes, I will not do again...

Guess it's time to "plant more seeds", to get a few clean girls for the next round... guess I will pop rest of Chem D x SSDD, since I only got males of this pack for now.
 
Cletus clem

Cletus clem

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I make it in 2 gallon batches. I try to spray it weekly in veg. Yes, only veg. In flower, im relying on that sprays residual systemic assistance, hoping ive grown a nice, hearty, high brix plant that bugs wont want to chomp on as well as other foliars i do here and there. Aloe water, compost tea, PS and water, running the nectar for the gods line nutes so they have a foliar spray product called bloom khaos thats sprayed pre flower and for the first 2 weeks of flower. I sends the plants need for calcium into overdrive making it take it in like a fiend. I use the BK everytime i feed for the first 2 weeks. Aloe weekly, compost weekly, silica if i think about it? Im also working on a spray that emulates old stage green cleaner. Safe to spray in flower, kills on contact. See my post to noobie above. BAS is working on their international shipping, maybe rattle their cage here and there? Great resource. They also have some awesome videos and articles on their blog, one of which covers using their silica, powder and liquid. This may give you some ideas? Good luck dude!
 
completenoobie

completenoobie

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I don't make homemade mixtures to apply to flowering ladies, but I have made some evil shit that will eradicate or evict outdoor nasties such as chiggers and other bitey ass bugs I hate.

Any essential oil mixed with any alcohol and water pretty much works. I buy whatever I can get cheap, orange oil, citronella, spearmint, cinnamon, etc etc etc.

Arachnids seem to particularly dislike spearmint. All bugs dislike citronella. I have totally dispelled chiggers with a simple solution with oils, alcohol, and water.

I can't even recall which or how many oils I currently have, they are all valuable resources and work well. Especially combined. I don't like peppermint but it is an awesome deterrent.

Garlic, pepper, ginger,.....

The list is infinite. Anything that exudes an oil that can be extracted and concentrated can be weaponized.

Yahoogle diatomaceous earth, evil shit to bugs and basically inert to humans.
 
Cezarkush

Cezarkush

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Serva said:
Hello bodhi heads, may I ask you to help me please! I am not really hanging around anywhere else, and we are talking here to save bodhi genetic ;)

Pocket microscope and tablet - my attempt of what I wanna call a picture:
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Actually I did a bad mistake, I had a outdoor plant, infested with spider mites, but due to temprature drop in september, it didn't really became a problem. Infection stopped (36°F during the nights), but when I harvested the plant within the last two weeks, it seems, that all these inactive mites now populate my flower cab. My drying cab and everything is haning on one air system, so easy way for them to go into the other parts of the cab. My vegetation area with the mothers is infected the least, I just sprayed them with neemoil+rimulgan / EMa solution, but when I informed myself correctly, it's hard to get rid of them? My first infection within one year of indoor growing, so I am really not used to the enviromental circumstances...

Whats the best way to save my mothers now? I could put together a tent, and seperate them for 2-3 weeks. I can take clones and kill the mites with too high humidity? Or is it all overrated, and letting them in my cab isn't a problem with regular spraying?

What to do with my flower plants? Fighting spider mites on my tomato plants with a tea of garlic, onion, and nettel was really effective, but this doesn't seems to be the proper way this time :D

My SSDD#2 is day 52 of 10/14, less infection, though I found a web on one bud yesterday, which I harvested. Just a few mites I was able to find on it. Would like her to go one more week, but she could be harvested. Better do it now, or no problem waiting one more week?

(uhm, looking for the missing pictures...)

SSDD#5 is day 40 (+/- 2) of 12/12, most infected plant. Will need atleast 3 more weeks, would like to save her some how, because I dropped the mother, and it would be my last stach of her =/
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SSDD#6 is day 28 (+/- 2) of 12/12, less infection. I have no problem to cut her down, though it would be a lovley pain medicine missing in my rotation, but I have the mother!
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Personally I would:
- seperate the mothers into a tent
- let #2 and #5 finish without doing any
- clean everything

- doing some changes to the flower cab
- starting all over in coco (which I wanted to do anyways after the SSDD girls)
- buy some clean cuts for the first round, until my mothers are saved and I can take clean cuts from them again

I would like to keep it as simple as possible... enough to do before the snow is coming =) Thanks for your input!
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I've had a lot of luck with 4 oz everclear and 2 of each olive oil and hand soap add another 8 oz water. Kills on contact. Found out from an ol timer like green cleaner.
 
Colo MMJ

Colo MMJ

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Cletus clem said:
I like to use a blend of peppermint, rosemary and neem oil, emulsified with potassium silicate in veg. You could add some yucca and aloe to help it penetrate (giggity) and bonus plant bennys. Make sure to hit the soil with it as well as this gets it systemic. I try to get a couple shots of this in before i flip
1 oz rosemary essential oil
1 oz peppermint
2 oz neem
15 grams (? I forget, ill get back at ya) potassium silicate
1/4 tsp aloe powder
Yucca to taste. Emulsify the oils with the ps, add to 2 gal water. Shake it like a poloroid picture. Cmon shake it. No really, shake the fucking shit out of it and do it often. Kills on contact. Build a soil also has an essential oils blend pre made. I havnt used it but plan on grabbin a bottle to see how it is. Seems like a good deal.
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Good mix there. Also Liquid Aloe and Liquid Silica with water supposedly works. I do not know the mix but I assume table spoon of each with 1/2 gallon of water.

I like with a gallon of water:
1. 7-8 drops of Rosemary oil
2. Half teaspoon of Bronners Peppermint soap.
3. Half teaspoon of Neem oil.
4. A few drops of Dawn or Ivory dish soap.

You can also add a little of Lavender oil, Canola oil ($1 at wal mart.) to that mix. .

You can also use Big Time Exterminator or Nuke Em up to harvest. They have pretty much the same ingredients which is yeast and citric acid.
 
Colo MMJ

Colo MMJ

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Cletus clem said:
In that formula, the yucca and aloe are the surfectant. Im working on another one using soy and olive oil, alcohol, soap and citric acid. Having trouble nailing down the dillution. I can get it to kill mites with a vengance but its a little harsh on the plant. Ill slowly work my way up, applied at 1oz per gallon the other day. Plants didnt mind but wasnt very effective. Ill get it! Wile im in here, just did this up. My chosen appalachin superskunk keep in all her frosty glory. Day 45. View attachment 4031919
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Nice. Is that a Bodhi strain? Is it fast flowering and heavy yield?

I am looking for fast flowering and heavy yield Bodhi strains but no auto flowers. Thanks.
 
Cletus clem

Cletus clem

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Colo MMJ said:
Good mix there. Also Liquid Aloe and Liquid Silica with water supposedly works. I do not know the mix but I assume table spoon of each with 1/2 gallon of water.

I like with a gallon of water:
1. 7-8 drops of Rosemary oil
2. Half teaspoon of Bronners Peppermint soap.
3. Half teaspoon of Neem oil.
4. A few drops of Dawn or Ivory dish soap.

You can also add a little of Lavender oil, Canola oil ($1 at wal mart.) to that mix. .

You can also use Big Time Exterminator or Nuke Em up to harvest. They have pretty much the same ingredients which is yeast and citric acid.
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Ill try that! Ive used nuke em, goid stuff. Oll grab a bottle of big time exterminator at some point. They also have enzymes in them. Pretty sure the enzymes break down the exo skeleton of the critter.
Colo MMJ said:
Nice. Is that a Bodhi strain? Is it fast flowering and heavy yield?

I am looking for fast flowering and heavy yield Bodhi strains but no auto flowers. Thanks.
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Yes, this is a bodhi strain. Massachusettes superskunk x appalachia. Bodhi dosnt do autos or fems. It is my best yielding strain. Im in small tents so my plants are fairly small, seems like most strains i get about 2oz per plant, app ss is 3. My last run with it i pulled at 60 days but probably couldve gone a bit longer. Im back and forth this run. I have them in front of 2 more cowbells that will finish in 60. I may just harvest the tops of the mc and let the appys and lowers go longer. Cross that bridge when i come to it. Ive seen people let this strain go 11 weeks. I wouldnt let it go that long. 10 tops.
 
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40AmpstoFreedom

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Serva said:
Haha, will not do a mistake again...

But what about predator mites? How fast are they when set out? I am running 60% humidity, I could even push it 5-10% up (from my experience in summer), so they feel comfortable. It's also warm enough. Some one with experience?
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Serva said:
Haha, will not do a mistake again...

But what about predator mites? How fast are they when set out? I am running 60% humidity, I could even push it 5-10% up (from my experience in summer), so they feel comfortable. It's also warm enough. Some one with experience?
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Predator mites are the best thing you can do period. It is crazy how effective bug predators are. It is the only thing that has ever put my mind at 100% ease.
 
Colo MMJ

Colo MMJ

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40AmpstoFreedom said:
Predator mites are the best thing you can do period. It is crazy how effective bug predators are. It is the only thing that has ever put my mind at 100% ease.
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Which specific ones? The newest ones are Swirskis which are supposedly pretty good. The others seem to be really sensitive about the temp and humidity ranges. Also they need to get established pretty much before the mites.

Supposedly Green Lace Wing eggs or larvae will eat everything and they are ravenous. The eggs take 3 days to hatch and they come out as very hungry larvae. Lace Wings are fairly inexpensive too.
 
completenoobie

completenoobie

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Cletus clem said:
Got a few beavers wet last night. I color code by strain. I couldnt resist. View attachment 4032316
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Wish I could get a wet beaver

And yes everclear is both grain alcohol and a pretty good band. It is a good option to use for these solutions but less expensive alternatives are also good options. Cheap rubbing alcohol works great on vegetation and growth not meant for ingestion, not sure about veg that is to be ingested.
 
Cletus clem

Cletus clem

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completenoobie said:
Wish I could get a wet beaver

And yes everclear is both grain alcohol and a pretty good band. It is a good option to use for these solutions but less expensive alternatives are also good options. Cheap rubbing alcohol works great on vegetation and growth not meant for ingestion, not sure about veg that is to be ingested.
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I get the technicalgrade 99.9% iso. No additional solvents. Personally, i wouldnt worry about it. There are far worse things you could be spraying on your plants. Its so dilute in these mixtures by the time it gets onto your plants.
 
completenoobie

completenoobie

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Hey CC, is that 99.9 expensive and where do you get it? I found some ethanol at the drugstore but it has additives and denaturants, specifically denatonium benzoate which Merck says is the most bitter substance known to man. I was so curious I bought a few grams off fleabag and am too scared to taste it. I am sure it would impart nastiness to anything you used it on.

I'm just an aspiring chemist and love to collect chemicals and tech grade solvents are always of interest.
 
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