I like to flower as organically as possible but when it comes to my mother and veg room all bets are off. It all starts with treating your mother/veg room and plants aggressively.
Just outside of my veg room I put on a Tyvek suit, and disposable booties. EVERY single time, no matter how much of a rush I'm in. Workers do the same and are asked to shower and change into clean clothes before they come over.
In my mother/veg room I use sticky traps, bombs, systemics and sprays. When I get a new cut from someone is when any and all problems will occur. As soon as I get new cuts I water them with 1ml per gal of
Eagle 20 and I spray them with 1 ml per gal of
Eagle 20 and 1/4-1/2 tsp per gal of
Floramite (in the same sprayer). Two days later I will spray them with 1 ml per gal of E20 and 1/4-1/2 tsp per gal of
Avid (in the same sprayer). Two days later I'll set off a Pyrethrum bomb and water them with Triazicide and Bayer Tree & Shrub. Then I'll spray
Azamax once a week as my main preventative from there on out. If I do run into mites again at any point then I go back on the
Avid and
Floramite leapfrog every 72 hours.
I sterilize the veg room once a month (if I wasn't kinda lazy I'd do it once a week) as well with with a 5% bleach solution. I spray and wipe down everything but the plants and mop the room with the same thing. Also I hang Hot Shot, No Pest Strips. One in the entry room, one in veg and one in the flower room for the first 3 weeks of 12/12.
I will be adding
Forbid and Conserve SC to the mother room preventative regimen and rotating everything randomly from here on out. I'll be using a 4'x4' quarantine tent in the mother room from this point forward as well.
All in all my preventative schedule works really well. If you do obtain cuts from someone ask what pesticides they use and at what dosages...this has recently caused a problem for me as the person I obtained cuts from was using the same things as I was and the mites became very resistant...I didn't find this out until it became an issue.
And of course you should read all labels, turn off all fans and lights, wear all the protective gear...a full face mask respirator, Tyvek suit (with a hood), gloves, etc...These are all very dangerous products and should be treated with extreme caution.
Great thread ;)
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