My Growitup Greenhouse Grow 2010

[potpimp]

I use Oranocide too and it does stink like fish. I ordered it because I saw a documentary where commercial growers were using it in northern Cali. Best of luck to you man; those little bastards can drive you crazy.

 

[cruzer101]

Well dammit cruzer, it would have to be my pick, giving you the most trouble. Sorry! Your girls are just amazing, mites or no! Bet you get buds bigger than your arm.

Well, wadda ya gonna do? Its my bad I should have washed out the pot before I added the new soil mix. I hope I can rid her of mites. I cant see putting her back in there with all these things. The mites are in the upper branches too.

Buds the size of my arm, Now your talking!

Hey cruzer. I know I gave you advice for mites before, but as far as getting rid of them I have tried just about every product on the market and the doctor doom stuff was in the middle as far as effectiveness. The best spray I found was organocide, it smells terrible(like rotting fish) but it kills mites and eggs on contact and is organic and safe to use up to harvest, but it still never got rid of them completely. What got rid of them completely was the foggers. I tried the Dr Doom ones but they kept coming back, as soon as I switched to these
http://www.altgarden.com/store/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=309
That is the pyrithrin one any also maker a one with acitin and that one works better and leaves less residue and is better in flower. With the acitin one, I ised one in each grow room a few months ago and havent seen the little fuckers since. They are a little pricey but well worth it to get rid of those fuckers forever in one application.

So thats the best huh? ok I have seen that before and will get it. Its not really pricey when you think of what you lose to them things. I know I have lost ounces to them in a single grow.

Yea man, I read your post and went and got that organicide the next day. I have used it on my last couple grows and it helped quite a bit. This girl got two treatments of organicide before I tried the foggers. This knock out spray has that pyrithrin in it. It says it has more then any other spray.like .02% I just figured the foggers had it too.

hey cruzer. i was on ebay crusin around and found these 10 gallon smart pots with handles and thought of you. dont know how durable they are but heres the link . http://cgi.ebay.com/10-x-10-GALLON-...tem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43a012d154

Yea, cool find. I paid about a dollar more and didnt get the handles.
Well, I got the original smart pots but I bet it is the same material. just cost of advertising.

Those are a great find. I use nothing but smart pots now. My tomatoes and MJ just love the extra oxygen getting to the roots.

Yea and to think commerical growers have been using these for years and didnt tell us...

I use Oranocide too and it does stink like fish. I ordered it because I saw a documentary where commercial growers were using it in northern Cali. Best of luck to you man; those little bastards can drive you crazy.

You bet they can. preventive measures are the way to go. Its a bitch fighting an infestation. I think its a timming thing, kill the adults, then kill the juvinels before they can lay eggs. Then keep treating to kill the remaining eggs as they hatch.

 

[cruzer101]

Heres some shots of blue dream with mites,

Lower leaf,

Upper leaf,

I dont see any movement but they are still there. I'm not fucking around with this.
I went and got some floramite to add to my arsonal today. Going to give her a bath in it tonight.


The other girls are stretching there legs now that she has been out of the green house for a couple days.

Casey Jones Loves it,

Here is a shot of the other blue dream,

 

[gumball]

I can see all your plants saying "seat taken" when you bring her back into the greenhouse!! Hope you get it worked out bro, I hate to see anyone go through this shit.

I had a thought that steam may help, since they don't like heat or humidity. But the plants prob won't like being hit with steam either!!

 

[Dwezelitsame]

isnt tht something the way you can have three plants in close space one get mites others dont one gets powdery mildew others dont i cant figure it i just rejoice that all dont get the shit

good luck from a lurker
1Luv

 

[cruzer101]

I can see all your plants saying "seat taken" when you bring her back into the greenhouse!! Hope you get it worked out bro, I hate to see anyone go through this shit.

I had a thought that steam may help, since they don't like heat or humidity. But the plants prob won't like being hit with steam either!!

Well ya know, I was thinking something along the same lines when I built that sulfur burner. I can run that and although it isnt really designed to kill mites I think it helps stop an infestation by making a uncomforable environment, the bonus is it kills mildew so thats one less worry. I thought of putting in misters but then I figured like steam, it would create to much humidity.

Hum, maybe a set of misters plumbed to a res with a pump that I only use to apply pestisides... dam I wish I would have done that before. Sounds like a modification for the next grow.

isnt tht something the way you can have three plants in close space one get mites others dont one gets powdery mildew others dont i cant figure it i just rejoice that all dont get the shit

good luck from a lurker
1Luv

Hey Lurker, yea, I know what you mean.
I hear some strains are more resistant then others so thay may be the case. go figure.

 

[Integra21]

Yeah, those foggers I posted the link to are the shit. I had mixed results with the pyrithrin ones but the acitin ones worked oners. It made me nervous when I used them because they are commercial quality and they say to only use with approval in commercial applications(large greenhouses) and had a 3 page safety list for proper use and handling, but like I said, I used one in each room(veg/flower) and havent seen a single mite since.

 

[psari]

Yeah, those foggers I posted the link to are the shit. I had mixed results with the pyrithrin ones but the acitin ones worked oners. It made me nervous when I used them because they are commercial quality and they say to only use with approval in commercial applications(large greenhouses) and had a 3 page safety list for proper use and handling, but like I said, I used one in each room(veg/flower) and havent seen a single mite since.

I concur. Those are very powerful.

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I dont see any movement but they are still there. I'm not fucking around with this.
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When it comes to mites I always get this clip stuck in my head:

[video=youtube;2s1MspmfEwg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s1MspmfEwg[/video]

Somehow the borg reference may be more accurate for their numbers, but the pure evil factor always make me want to grab a pulse rifle ...

Good luck with the battle.​

 

[fffuuudesu]

^ xD. make sure you clean up the fallout real good. might negate the effects xD

 

[Bob Smith]

Hey Cruzer, getting back into the game so just wanted to stop by and say "hello"

Looked at some pics and you've got some absolute beasts in there, my friend

Now as far as my two cents on the spider mite issue, I like the predatory insect idea, but if that's not working for you, I'd recommend buying a 20lb. CO2 tank off of Craigslist for $20 or $30 (I'm currently selling my three because I'm just gonna use my generator, but the gist is that they're not very hard to find - restaurants/distributors are always getting rid of them).

Go get said tank filled for $15 at a welding place/beer distributor, and put that tank in the center of your greenhouse - close all the windows (obviously a cool day works better), and open that fucker up (not full blast).

Come back in an hour, close it.

Repeat in a week.

No more mites, and your plants will have grown a little faster

Anyways, I'm off to totally empty out my garage..........ratfarts.

 

[cutman]

omg cruz that fricking alsome. there is no room in that green house. wall to wall plants lol wow, to cool bro.

 

[theloadeddragon]

Spidermites.....

Humidity- Extreme Temperatures- HUMIDITY- HUMIDITY- Garlic spray- Azamax- BLEACH CLEAN YOUR ENTIRE OUTSIDE AREA, YOUR GREENHOUSE, YOUR EQUIPMENT, EVERYTHING! Do it TWICE!

when its time to water your plants, wait until the evening... and SHOWER AND SHOWER AND SHOWER THEM.... Soak the shit out of them.... Blast them, and then spray with neem or azamax or a garlic spray or whatever..... Set Your AC on really cold the same night..... do this for a week or two and they won't come back.

I have successfully gotten rid of Mites, Powdery Mildew, and a few other pests and problems.... trust me.

 

[cruzer101]

Yeah, those foggers I posted the link to are the shit. I had mixed results with the pyrithrin ones but the acitin ones worked oners. It made me nervous when I used them because they are commercial quality and they say to only use with approval in commercial applications(large greenhouses) and had a 3 page safety list for proper use and handling, but like I said, I used one in each room(veg/flower) and havent seen a single mite since.

Thats good info man, My space is roughly 7x11 at about 7 feet in height so figure 539 sq ft. I went with the fogger size that was for 12x12 room. I looked at the bigger foggers used in comercial applications but like you I was concerned of the after effects in a smaller area. So, you used these with your plants in the room right?

I concur. Those are very powerful.

Somehow the borg reference may be more accurate for their numbers, but the pure evil factor always make me want to grab a pulse rifle ...

Good luck with the battle.

Thanks man,
Nuke sounds good to me, powerfull stuff is good, I just dont want any residue on the plants.

^ xD. make sure you clean up the fallout real good. might negate the effects xD

Fallout... Thats what Im talkin about. What, like hose everything down after a fogger treatment?

Hey Cruzer, getting back into the game so just wanted to stop by and say "hello"

Looked at some pics and you've got some absolute beasts in there, my friend

Now as far as my two cents on the spider mite issue, I like the predatory insect idea, but if that's not working for you, I'd recommend buying a 20lb. CO2 tank off of Craigslist for $20 or $30 (I'm currently selling my three because I'm just gonna use my generator, but the gist is that they're not very hard to find - restaurants/distributors are always getting rid of them).

Go get said tank filled for $15 at a welding place/beer distributor, and put that tank in the center of your greenhouse - close all the windows (obviously a cool day works better), and open that fucker up (not full blast).

Come back in an hour, close it.

Repeat in a week.

No more mites, and your plants will have grown a little faster

Anyways, I'm off to totally empty out my garage..........ratfarts.

Ha!
Hey Bob, Now thats not a bad idea at all, I got a regulator with a solinoid on it somewhere in my storage shed. My tank is a small 5 gallon though. I went small to fit in a cabinet. 20lb, those are like 3 feet tall right? How long will that last at 12 hours a day I wonder? I thought about getting a minigen but I dont like the idea of a fire out there.

Good luck with the garage, I'm off to craigslist.

omg cruz that fricking alsome. there is no room in that green house. wall to wall plants lol wow, to cool bro.

He he, ya buddy! kinda gets ya by the boo boo dont it?

Spidermites.....

Humidity- Extreme Temperatures- HUMIDITY- HUMIDITY- Garlic spray- Azamax- BLEACH CLEAN YOUR ENTIRE OUTSIDE AREA, YOUR GREENHOUSE, YOUR EQUIPMENT, EVERYTHING! Do it TWICE!

when its time to water your plants, wait until the evening... and SHOWER AND SHOWER AND SHOWER THEM.... Soak the shit out of them.... Blast them, and then spray with neem or azamax or a garlic spray or whatever..... Set Your AC on really cold the same night..... do this for a week or two and they won't come back.

I have successfully gotten rid of Mites, Powdery Mildew, and a few other pests and problems.... trust me.

I do man, thanks for the advice. At this point I just see them on one plant and she is isolated outside the greenhouse. Funny you mention that cause I hit her with a garden hose before a floramite treatment last night. the lower branches had to be tied cause of the weight of the water. I never had a plant big enough to do that before. "Soak the shit outta them" Now I got the picture.

 

[Integra21]

Yeah, I used them in my room with it completely sealed and set the bastard off. It was meant for a 3,000 square feet and I used it in my 175 square foot garden no problem. Just wiped the residue off of the floor the next day. It takes 1-2 weeks for the poison to break down, and mine had 4 until harvest when I used it. The plants still tasted, smelled, and smoked great. Didnt kill anybody either. And those cans are actually very small. About half the size of the Dr. Doom ones. And after how well they worked, Id never use anything else again.

 

[cruzer101]

Thanks Integra, you explained it perfectly, that’s what I needed to know.
OK, well I got that dr doom coming any day now but I will follow your advice and get the commercial stuff now
so if I need it later I am ready.

I got down on my hands and knees today and crawled back there, pulled some yellow leaf and some lower branches from them. All were mite free but the last one in the corner, the monster blue cheese has some mites on the lower branches so I will use up the dr doom right away. The leaf around the area I had set the sulfur burner seemed a lot greener then the other side. I guess that was a result of the co2 from the burn.

Heres some shots of the base of the plants,

The biggest one, Blue Cheese,

I took eight cuttings from Santa Cruz OG and started them in my cloner. I had a leak and lost most of the others. I guess I am not as vigilant with the cabs now I got the greenhouse. Two survived blueberry and blue dream. I put them in a small soil pot.


Did more training today,
We're getting there, I made a hole for the A/C.

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[BooMeR242]

haha startin to remind me of my outdoor ladies. gettin pretty snug in there cruz. things are def lookin great and healthy. besides those damn mites. im sure ure enjoyin the lower temps this week

 

[cruzer101]

Oh no doubt man. like mid 80's
Perfect!

 

[IAm5toned]

nice!

 

[chainseeker]

Did I mention how much I love smart pots?
Your plants are absolutely monstrous.

 

[cruzer101]

I hear ya man, Im very happy with the smart pots. I think I am getting better then average size.
That blue cheese was suspose to be 6 foot plant. She is eight if she is an inch.

I cant wait till the plants cross over the center and I can have my morning coffie in the shade.
That will be cool.