Baking compressed coco bricks for sterility

[GanjaAL]

Got a question... is everyone rinsing with RO water or are they just using tap????

I have hard water and am wondering if I rinse with that... will it throw up the PPM?

 

[Dirty White Boy]

You'll be just fine using tap water.

 

[Diggler]

Well I have a small room that I am testing 25 in coco and really liking it big time....but I have gnats for the first time ever and thinking it must have come from the coco I got...picked one back of loose coco and the rest were in the bricks...any body have any ideas how to kill these bastards off? Sure lots suiciding off the lights but how does a fella kill the eggs?

 

[GanjaAL]

sticky traps... also nats are drawn to water so who knows where they came from. If they are laying eggs in the medium... I suggest using capulators bennies here on the farm. I believe his root pack should do the trick.

@Dirty white boy... thanks brother. I was not sure if the hard water deposits stick to the coco. I will use hot water and rinse in painters cheese cloth or pillow case... either way I have to buy one LOL. The ol' lady won't let me use one from the house...LOL. Got to keep momma happy.

 

[Diggler]

Have tried the water tray and it does not catch as many as the bulbs are doing. Have not tried the sticky traps thou...but it still does not get the eggs? Is there no good way of killing the eggs?

 

[El Cerebro]

Bti knocks out the gnats, same stuff as in mosqueeto dunks and one of many in Cap's bennies.

 

[Diggler]

Ok I am not familar with any of those? Are they sprays or something you feed the plants?

 

[Dirty White Boy]

You'd just use it like a soil drench. You you can put one in the water it'll get merky after awhile then water away...it dosnt kill adults but will kill the larvae by forcing them to puke to death. They can't eat so slowly they die.

 

[dankworth]

Ok I am not familar with any of those? Are they sprays or something you feed the plants?

You will want BTi (bacillus thuringiensis israelensis) which is a bacteria that will kill them off over several weeks. You can get this from cap's foliar packs on this site or from Microbelift. The microbelift product smells like hideous unwashed ass.

 

[Diggler]

Ok thanks so much fellas!

 

[Dirty White Boy]

They also sell mosquito sinks at lowest or home depot in packs for cheap.

 

[Diggler]

Do you think they carry that in Canada? I will go and have a look.

 

[GanjaAL]

The microbelift product smells like hideous unwashed ass.

LMAO! Where the hell do you come up with this stuff brother????

 

[desertsquirrel]

wow thats a lot of work for some new coco... haha

why not just reuse your old stuff?

 

[El Cerebro]

Do you think they carry that in Canada? I will go and have a look.

Bro, with as many mosquitos as you guys have up there, they gotta sell that stuff by the case at canadian tire.

wow thats a lot of work for some new coco... haha

why not just reuse your old stuff?

Oh no, don't even ask..