Bug problem in my reservoir

jahbong said:

azamax it is then. so you use it in your mix all the time? how much do you put in?

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I do it once a week, since I am on a feed, feed, leech, I do use it on my first feed
of the cycle each week, and as a preventative I use it in low doses, roughly 1-2mL
per gallon, but if you need to fight off pests, you could do it at 4-5 mL per gallon
and it would be very effective. If you have good water movement and lots of air
in your res you will experience a lot of bubbles when adding the azamax... This is
a good thing. I was worried I hadn't properly rinsed my reservoir and pumps and
thought my soap was bubbling up, alas, it was the Azamax doin it's thing.

Right on. thats what ill do then. thanks much!

Hey All, i figured i would add my 2 cents here like i usually do... well, i will do in the future.. anyway, i developed a small ase of thrips.. these were brough into the house and subsequently into the garden when i was cutting the grass and doing a little weeding outside.. didn't realize and before i knew it i could see at least 2 female running wild.. before long i had a colony in each plant... this all took place in about 3 weeks also... so today i got the azamax.. i am like others, curious, and afraid to put shit in my grows.. this will be the first time i have ever used a product on my plants, but i tried and couldn't rid myself ot hese pests.. my concern is when i clone and start fresh, that i would have the bugs again... so i got the azamax...

i bought azamax 4oz bottle.. it costs around 20 bucks... don't bother with the 16 ounce unless you really have multiple rooms to deal with as i still have enough to do another 5-6 treatments i think.... here is what i did and how much...

used a 1.75L power sprayer.. i filled it up to 40oz of water (on the side of the device) and then used an online calc to determine how much of a gallon that was.. which came to a little under 1 tablespoon or 15 MLs. so i made it up, and shook ot up and it was foamy and white now even though the stuff looks like yellow amber liqiuid.

i have 16 medium sized vegging plants. none are in flower and were going to be cloned.. i got 7 females and 9 males, and plan to keep the females as mothers for a second round...

so i got my protection on, and you will need it.. used a painters breath mask, my chemistry goggles, and 2 long armed rubber gloves and proceeded to spray the HELL out of the 16 plants.. top to bottom.. and then spraying under each leaf, and then dragging my hands bottom to top touching them to make sure it got on all surfaces.. and a ton of runoff.. basically the first batch lasted for 10 plants, and then i made another smaller batch.. 16 ounces of water and 3ml of azamax. shook it up and proceeded to finish up the last of the plants.. then i left them as is for several hours...

i came back later and noticed that the res water was milky whitish now.. basically, since i use 5.5" netpots, and hydroton, all the runoff and extra ended up in the res anyway.. and there was a LOT of it (close to a half gallon approx).. so later that nite, i cycled out a LARGE portion of the res, and replaced the nutes and Phs back down. i figured since the plants have a ton on them, the leaves will allow some absorption, and having cleaner res water will make them respond quicker better. can't be healthy to have the res so filled with azamax like that.. well, maybe at the conc. i made this stuff.. which was the highest on the label.. 2 TBS per gallon..

i will post again tomorrrow and let you know how they are doing. but so far, they have begun to return to a more normal happier looking state. the rubbing, and handling caused a little roughness, and sagginess initially.. but no different from when i took these plants into the shower 2 days ago and washed the hell out of them.. etc....

good luck with your issue.. for me, it was thrips, and these are less into the roots, and more into the leaves..

-jas

The plan is to give them another treatment in about 4-5 days... then let it sit for another 1-2 days.. then take them back into the shower and wash off all the azamax completely... so they will be healthier and again rebound quicker.. i hate to give my plants any kind of pesticide, even if its approved and labelled safe..

-jas

Perhaps you should look into growing some garlic within your garden. Winterizing takes a few weeks, but overall garlic isn't hard to maintain and grow. It definitly keeps bugs out of a grow room.