Just Another One
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Green cleaner says that it works on aphids and that is what I used when I was told it was mites. Anyone know if it works well for aphids?
What are these bugs?
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Kaliko
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Mites have Nothing on Aphids . If you think mites are bad then you are in for a long sad ride. You can almost never completely rid yourself of aphids , especially how bad they are on that leaf. If you run a perpetual garden you are best to shut everything down and start fresh after a thorough bombing and bleaching of everything. I had root aphids which are somewhat different I believe but they will slowly dwindle your havests down to almost nada . Beneficial bugs can help you but they are expensive and have to be introduced every other month to be helpful . Aphids are a serious pain in the ass man . Give it hell but green cleaner ain't gonna do it .
Just Another One
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Yeah my buddy who i referenced earlier that dealt with spider mites now has been battling root aphids and said that they're awful. Not very excited to fight any of it. Just scrubbed my flower room last week to fight off mold spores left over from my last harvest. I'm definitely getting the crash course in dealing with the issues of growing.
myke
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Good to know,20 yrs of growing and only dealt with mites once a lot of yrs ago.
myke
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Well best of luck man.
Kaliko
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You must be bringing them into your grow . Either on your clothes or from outside clones. Neither are a good idea. If u come from outside into your grow , keep a change of clothes that never leave the room and change into them befor entering. Always remove your shoes. Little steps go a long way with keeping bugs out. Beneficial bugs have been my savior . I spray dakine 420 spray and beneficial bugs. I have been good for a while now . Hope you get it under control . Bad buggies suck
Just Another One
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The weird thing is I'm super careful. I never go in after being outside and don't ever take clones for this reason. Sometimes my girlfriend comes in to talk to me and she fucks around with our pool constantly so my money is on them catching a ride on her clothes after being outside. Def gonna have to put a stop to that.
The good news is I looked thoroughly through out the day and haven't seen any more at all. I bought tons of lady bugs and lacewing eggs at the garden store and let em go tonight. Fingers crossed.
I cut and hung the plant that I found them on since it was probably about a week from done. Think it will be salvageable?
I figured maybe a bud wash would be a good idea to try and get them off of it. Any suggestions?
Kaliko
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Sounds like maybe you caught them early. I have my fingers crossed for you man. Aphids suck. Bud wash will do good. They probably are not in the buds .
Jjgrow420
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If it's bad you will find them inside.the buds as well. Depends how long they've been there for
Kaliko
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Regular wasps or the beneficial tiny ones ?
Jjgrow420
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Both
Kaliko
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Yeah he said he only found them on 1 plant and only a couple leaves . I personally have never found them that way but if he did and maybe caught them extremely early then a good 1 2 3 wash would work . If not ? Live and learn is how the story goes. We have all been there I would assume .
Kaliko
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Regular wasps would make for a pretty interesting grow room lol
Just Another One
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I actually had 3 hornets in there a couple months ago. That was exciting