john martin
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Anyone know if applying chitin product, like Tanlin, with a tea, would kill the benies?
Segmented worms being killed, wow? This must have been super, super concentrated. I know that I can't keep my bugs in too much of their own shit or they'll go cannibalistic and stuff. But, I also know (and as Kygiacomo has demonstrated) that when you're using actual frass, it's got lots of 'good stuff' in it, so that's my perspective. I haven't used a concentrated product, just frass, and since I grow my own bugs I've got a good bit of it. Just dumped a few pounds into the aquaponics system a few days ago (along with some Sea-90, MaxiCrop concentrate and MicroHume) and am watching the veggies take off."Warning about concentrated doses of chitinase
I have a friend who grows worms. She threw some extra chitin "brew" in one of her worm piles to feed them. The thing she didn't think about was that worms also have chitin in their skin. The brew killed the entire worm population just like it can kill fungi and bugs.
In other words, be careful and only use active chitin brews during an outbreak. It is likely that using chitinase brews can kill beneficial organisms as well as pests. To correct this, once the brew has had time to do its thing and break down (a few days to a week) it is best to re-introduce beneficial organisms to the plant and soil. Spray your plant and soil with a compost/manure tea or simply sprinkle some compost over the dirt and water those good guys into the soil."
Jesus, $12/.5lb? Maybe I should start selling mine.ya its got trillons in man its awesome! just get the 12$ bag off ebay which is 1/2 pound and add 1tsp per folair and watch the magic happen..i think that would be a great ideal bro. please post ur results. what lead me to learn all i could about chitosan was bud rot last year
i never even thought about the seabird guano. im also gonna be using a product called Regalia which is another ISR/SAR inducer in our plants. i had such a bad case of bud rot last year that it opened my eyes to alot of things i was doing wrong. im going hardcore on the prevention plan this year and using ever product or compound i can to induce SAR in our plants from Aloe vera,chitosan,b1 thiamine and Regalia along with ever feeding of potassium silica. im hoping with the outdoor proven strains and these prevention measures that bud rot will be kept to a minimum this year. check this regalia out its all natural as well http://www.marronebioinnovations.com/products/brand/regalia/"Seabirds eat small marine fish, squid, shellfish, and a variety of crustaceans (such as krill and crabs). Since some foods may be better than the rest, we want to know what kinds of food seabird adults and chicks are eating."