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What are people in Canada using for IPM?
I ask because all the approved insecticide and fungicides for cannabis growing are regulated products in Canada which cannot be obtained without either being a farm, exterminator, or selling the products. I am in Ontario so if anyone knows of a source for products such as Actinovate or Regalia Maxx that doesn't require a pesticide license please let me know.
What I can access is limited to the following:
Potassium salts of fatty acids
Pyrethrin
Sulphur
Nematodes
Yucca extract
Neem oil
Essential oils
Originally I wanted to generally avoid applying oils to my plants by preferentially using biocontrols (bacteria, fungi, etc... that attack the target pest/disease), but these are not available to the average gardener in Canada.
My new plan for veg only is below
Apply nematodes at transplant
Week 1
Sulphur (Fungicide)
Week 2
Neem oil (Fungicide and Insecticide)
Week 3
Potassium salts combined with pyrethrin (Insecticide)
Repeating until flowering starts, then no foliar IPM during flower.
I am new to growing indoors so I can use some help developing my IPM plan to ensure I can both prevent outbreaks and when they do occur I can control them without the pests developing resistance to the products being used while at the same time producing safe and high quality flowers.
I ask because all the approved insecticide and fungicides for cannabis growing are regulated products in Canada which cannot be obtained without either being a farm, exterminator, or selling the products. I am in Ontario so if anyone knows of a source for products such as Actinovate or Regalia Maxx that doesn't require a pesticide license please let me know.
What I can access is limited to the following:
Potassium salts of fatty acids
Pyrethrin
Sulphur
Nematodes
Yucca extract
Neem oil
Essential oils
Originally I wanted to generally avoid applying oils to my plants by preferentially using biocontrols (bacteria, fungi, etc... that attack the target pest/disease), but these are not available to the average gardener in Canada.
My new plan for veg only is below
Apply nematodes at transplant
Week 1
Sulphur (Fungicide)
Week 2
Neem oil (Fungicide and Insecticide)
Week 3
Potassium salts combined with pyrethrin (Insecticide)
Repeating until flowering starts, then no foliar IPM during flower.
I am new to growing indoors so I can use some help developing my IPM plan to ensure I can both prevent outbreaks and when they do occur I can control them without the pests developing resistance to the products being used while at the same time producing safe and high quality flowers.