Aussie Growers Thread

Venus55

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You should of just mixed it thru like Coco said or used the Eradicator as Papa suggested. Its good stuff. But the best way to learn is to make the mistakes ourselves.
Mixed it thru what tho? The coco? Bit hard when they’re already established pots. And I don’t recall anything about eradicator. What is it?
 

Lucky Luke

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Mixed it thru what tho? The coco? Bit hard when they’re already established pots. And I don’t recall anything about eradicator. What is it?
IDK whats in it but it kills gnats. Papa mentioned it to you when u had the gnat problems, Ive used it since and have posted about it on this thread before. Obviously gnats dont cause a problem unless they are in huge numbers so when i start to get a few to many i just apply it and a week later no gnats.
 
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Venus55

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IDK whats in it but it kills gnats. Papa mentioned it to you when u had the gnat problems, Ive used it since and have posted about it on this thread before. Obviously gnats dont cause a problem unless they are in huge numbers so when i start to get a few to many i just apply it and a week later no gnats.
Ok so where do u apply it? In with your nutes u mean?
 

Venus55

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Ok so this is what shits me. First of all the product is “no longer registered for use” whatever that means. There’s images of the bottles and they all have a different colour liquid in them wtf 09387D03-1702-445E-995E-E2F0889E47C5.jpeg7FF3001D-E4CB-4687-BDAB-F92FC54737D5.jpeg4470E032-1B21-4E78-9357-59384DFEEF00.jpeg

Then I noticed the websites explaining how to use say 2ml per 10L , but on the bottle it visibly says 20ml to 1L.
So the inconsistent info and the no longer registered for use all kind of deters me
from using it.
 

Venus55

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Which is actually quite disappointing because for a minute there I thought maybe I’d finally found a product to help ‘eradicate’ the little pricks
 

Lucky Luke

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yes the colours change, its just a dye id surgest.
Its 20ml to a liter (always go by the bottle or the manufactures directions on their website) and its available at that website i just posted as it added it to my cart. Same deal at a GC one https://www.goldcoasthydroponics.com.au/product/eradicator-1lt/. Its on the shelf at my local hydro shop and Papa seems to have no problem getting it where he is...but u can lead a horse to water and all that jazz.
Just buy and use, dont over think.
 
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Venus55

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Oh no way. I had the wrong day i flipped in my head and just checked the calendar to find it was a week earlier. Meaning it’s 8wks on Monday yaaaay!! Sooooo can’t wait to smoke something other than NH!!:joint::bigjoint:
 

Rewerb

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Oh no way. I had the wrong day i flipped in my head and just checked the calendar to find it was a week earlier. Meaning it’s 8wks on Monday yaaaay!! Sooooo can’t wait to smoke something other than NH!!:joint::bigjoint:
If you're getting tired of the NH, please feel free to send some in my direction for comparative & evaluation purposes.....:roll:
 

Lucky Luke

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Lifes funny eh? Diff is about to cark it in my work vehicle just after spending a silly (for me) amount of cash on two work things and a holiday. Out of cash but rear end located and bought and lets hope its a nice easy pull out and roll in like the last one ( I really need to grow up)., easier would be nicer... also forgot how good that auto blue dream I grew has become. Boags St George isn't worth the buy either for the beer lovers. The other Boags choices are way better.
 
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Rewerb

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'Sounds like you're pulling a LOT of weight for work?

Bugger buying beer - make your own! I doesn't take much effort, just a bit of time & coordination with the right kit to get the job done whilst you're doing other stuff.
 

Lucky Luke

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'Sounds like you're pulling a LOT of weight for work?

Bugger buying beer - make your own! I doesn't take much effort, just a bit of time & coordination to get the job done whilst you're doing other stuff.
Sometimes. But always pulling and its a manual....

We have been on the beer brewing before. ive priced up what I need and im thinking about that mid to late next year. Just have to be sure im going to do it more than once or twice as its approx. 2k investment.
 

Rewerb

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Yeah, it's a commitment. Not something you want to chuck $'s at unless you can/will do the hands-on processing required. Money alone won't make beer, you have to actually DO it.

That said, I find it quite cathartic to put a mash on & go do other stuff whilst it does its thing & come back several hours later & finish it off.

Brewing & cutting firewood is my favourite combination.
 

TheGreenPriest

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Best treatment I found over the years for fungus gnats, both preventative and curative, is the combination of BTi and yellow sticky traps.

The BTi is a bacteria bacillus thuringiensis israelensis that kills the larvae. It's very safe and very effective. Gnatrol is a US brand name of this.

The yellow sticky traps are placed horizontally at medium level. I just have mine laying on the tops of the pots.
These kill the adults. These traps are cheap on Ebay & AliExpress, not so much at bunnings.

The bugaboo is Australia stupidly hasn't approved BTi for this use so it's kinda hard to get exactly what you need.
Some guy on Ebay was importing from Alibaba and selling and I was buying from him but he must have got shut down.
I contacted some suppliers from Alibaba and it would cost about $100US to get 4kg here... shipping being half that cost.
I've considered buying some, perhaps there could be enough folks here to to a group buy.

Wait a second... I just checked ebay again and someone in Oz is selling actual Gnatrol now. I think it's that same guy actually. Awesome! I just bought some until I can maybe make a much cheaper bulk buy from china.

 

Venus55

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Best treatment I found over the years for fungus gnats, both preventative and curative, is the combination of BTi and yellow sticky traps.

The BTi is a bacteria bacillus thuringiensis israelensis that kills the larvae. It's very safe and very effective. Gnatrol is a US brand name of this.

The yellow sticky traps are placed horizontally at medium level. I just have mine laying on the tops of the pots.
These kill the adults. These traps are cheap on Ebay & AliExpress, not so much at bunnings.

The bugaboo is Australia stupidly hasn't approved BTi for this use so it's kinda hard to get exactly what you need.
Some guy on Ebay was importing from Alibaba and selling and I was buying from him but he must have got shut down.
I contacted some suppliers from Alibaba and it would cost about $100US to get 4kg here... shipping being half that cost.
I've considered buying some, perhaps there could be enough folks here to to a group buy.

Wait a second... I just checked ebay again and someone in Oz is selling actual Gnatrol now. I think it's that same guy actually. Awesome! I just bought some until I can maybe make a much cheaper bulk buy from china.

Yes I use the yellow sticky cards placed horizontal like u mentioned. But I just want the crawlers gone once and for all. Thanks for the link
 

fyjosh

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Watch out noob alert

Does this look like a pollen sack?? It has stigma, and when cut open it has a tiny seed looking thing (size of a pen dot).

I'm paranoid considering i lost my whole last grow to a single hermie. It was this plant stock that hermied too (same set of clones).

I can toss the plant but don't want to waste it.

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