jonnynobody
Well-Known Member
Been battling the borg for the last 2 months hardcore. I tried everything. Floramite, forbid, and avid in 3 day rotations. Avid was so fucking useless I sent it back to wal mart for a refund. Floramite and forbid worked a little bit but only for a day or so, then the borg came back in full force. It was just a never ending cycle of getting nowhere fast. I kept reading for solutions and it seems a lot of people have had success using wettable sulfur spray or sulfur burners running for 2 hours/night on a timer to kill spider mites and keep mold from growing. I don't have a burner and am not comfortable running one in my house, but I'm good with spraying it.
I hosed 'em with 3tbsp/gallon wettable sulfur yesterday. Shit is gnarly man. I wore a face mask and full hazmat gear. A tiny bit of residue from the powder got on my lips and the shit burned for nearly 10 hours. If I walk back into the room today for a few minutes I can feel the sulfur on my lips. Shit is unbelievably corrosive but doesn't hurt the plants. Strange shit but very cool. Science bitches!
Today all the plants leaves are perked up pointing to the sky again. Being that it's organic and non toxic it seems like a good IPM product. Can't use it in flower though. Shit'll make your bud taste like sulfur. No bueno. I'll post some pics tomorrow to see if the protection of all that sulfur on the leaves keeps them gone. I've read it can be sprayed every 7 days but no more than that. 1 more application in 6 days which will be 7 days into the flower cycle well before any flowers develop. That should carry them through the bulk of the flower cycle without issue. I'll use venerate and spinosad through flower every 3 days. Anyhow here's the pics
Stuff I used
They were heavily defoliated 4-5 days ago. You can see the white coating of sulfur on the leaves. Didn't harm the plants one bit and the mites are getting all fucked up. Pulled a few leaves and scoped 'em. A few eggs present on some old damaged leaves, but I had to look hard to find any on the upper leaves and newest growth. The sulfur continues to coat the leaves and if larvae or adults try to eat the leaf it's lights out for the borg.
I hosed 'em with 3tbsp/gallon wettable sulfur yesterday. Shit is gnarly man. I wore a face mask and full hazmat gear. A tiny bit of residue from the powder got on my lips and the shit burned for nearly 10 hours. If I walk back into the room today for a few minutes I can feel the sulfur on my lips. Shit is unbelievably corrosive but doesn't hurt the plants. Strange shit but very cool. Science bitches!
Today all the plants leaves are perked up pointing to the sky again. Being that it's organic and non toxic it seems like a good IPM product. Can't use it in flower though. Shit'll make your bud taste like sulfur. No bueno. I'll post some pics tomorrow to see if the protection of all that sulfur on the leaves keeps them gone. I've read it can be sprayed every 7 days but no more than that. 1 more application in 6 days which will be 7 days into the flower cycle well before any flowers develop. That should carry them through the bulk of the flower cycle without issue. I'll use venerate and spinosad through flower every 3 days. Anyhow here's the pics
Stuff I used
They were heavily defoliated 4-5 days ago. You can see the white coating of sulfur on the leaves. Didn't harm the plants one bit and the mites are getting all fucked up. Pulled a few leaves and scoped 'em. A few eggs present on some old damaged leaves, but I had to look hard to find any on the upper leaves and newest growth. The sulfur continues to coat the leaves and if larvae or adults try to eat the leaf it's lights out for the borg.
