Okay guys. Been working with the soap nut tea and talking to chunk at GCO. Soap nut tea is a game changer as far as IPM. It has effectively eradicated the fungus gnats. I will be applying 1x per week. I will share chunks post here because he's a good guy and he just wants good information out there.
Chunk
"I take a handful (about 20-25 half shells) and stick them down the neck of a 1 gallon Arizona Tea jug. I run hot tap water over them to fill the jug and let them steep overnight. I add a cup of the this "concentrate" to a watering can and water over the
Blumats.
You don't need to be exact IME, I've over done it and probably underdone it too but have never noticed any negative effects. You can also use it in foliars to emulsify neem/karanja.
Another new trick I learned from Coot a couple of weeks ago is to use
limonene to emulsify
neem oil much like potassium silicate. A couple drops in a shot glass mixed up and it emulsifies it for spraying plus you get a contact insecticide along with the benefits of neem and karanja.
An 8oz bottle of food grade d-
limonene on Amazon is $14.99 and you can also use pure orange essential oil."
"Soap nut tea was and is the next game changer for me @MajorToker ............right up there with malted barley flour and 315w CMH/LEC lighting.
No mites, mildew or gnats and the girls be stinkin' !"
View attachment 748308now when a guy posts this picture I'm all ears