Preventive measure: insects

[Stone420]

I have a small 4 -5 week old Blue Dream in mid-veg growing outside waiting for my small tent to come open to move her in for the remaining grow. I noted a leaf trail in a leaf, and if I'm not mistaken this is a thrip trail. I looked with a loupe and cant see evidence of insects, but some leaf marks and holes indicate I may have visitors. I have her in a small 1.5G container waiting for the bigger 5G pot to up-plant, then she'll be heading indoors this weekend. For now, her pot is nested in between 2 huge rosemary shrubs that I hope are providing some natural repellant.

Looking for good products to apply to her (mid-veg) so I don't take bugs into my grow tent. If I use a light dose of Malathion, I have some on-hand and it will be 3 or more months before any of the plant gets used. I have also heard that a bit of dish soap and some 91% Isopropyl alcohol will work. Or will some hydrogen peroxide in RO water kill off any bugs I cant see?

Thanks for any tips before she heads into the tent.

 

[WilliamJBud]

Try neem oil. Welcome

 

[Stone420]

Thank you!

 

[WilliamJBud]

Make sure you spray under the leaves too

 

[Stone420]

will do!

 

[Emilya Green]

This is a great preventative for all sorts of bugs and diseases.

Making your own Lactobacillus Serum

The deeper I get into my studies of organic gardening, the more I find that we can do in our home gardens to greatly enhance our end results. Many of us know about compost teas, and have developed recipes for seedlings and clones, vegging plants, flowering plants and late flowering plants. We...

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I also regularly spray my plants with microbial teas. I would much rather attack them in this way than applying any sort of pesticides or other chemicals.

 

[WilliamJBud]

Will try your recipe in the future but I didnt have the time to make it on my outdoor grow My bud took my girls north to be planted outdoors

 

[Stone420]

This is a great preventative for all sorts of bugs and diseases.

Making your own Lactobacillus Serum

The deeper I get into my studies of organic gardening, the more I find that we can do in our home gardens to greatly enhance our end results. Many of us know about compost teas, and have developed recipes for seedlings and clones, vegging plants, flowering plants and late flowering plants. We...

www.420magazine.com

I also regularly spray my plants with microbial teas. I would much rather attack them in this way than applying any sort of pesticides or other chemicals.

I enjoyed this post. I'm just beginning to learn the benefits of a soil's micro-subsystem. I use the best soil I can find and water with organic nutes like Fox Farm Big Bloom bat guano and worm poop, Recharge with myccorrhaize and a touch of additional molasses plus natural fish emulsion fert. I hope my natural approach will be a deterrent to insects as well.

 

[Emilya Green]

I enjoyed this post. I'm just beginning to learn the benefits of a soil's micro-subsystem. I use the best soil I can find and water with organic nutes like Fox Farm Big Bloom bat guano and worm poop, Recharge with myccorrhaize and a touch of additional molasses plus natural fish emulsion fert. I hope my natural approach will be a deterrent to insects as well.

absolutely it will... spray some of that on the leaves too as a foliar feed right at sundown.

 

[Stone420]

absolutely it will... spray some of that on the leaves too as a foliar feed right at sundown.

Excellent. I'll start today!