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Sorry if this is already on the forums someplace. I have been searching and searching and can not seem to get a straight answer. Maybe I have but my brain is scrambled from too much studying.
I have to do a total clean up and restart due to losing a russet mite war and I could use some help.
All plants have been culled.
I've read in a lot of places that heat treatments are very effective. 120F for an hour is supposed to kill russets and their eggs. Can anyone validate this? If it does in fact work would a one hour 130F soak of pots and soil kill bad guys in the dirt and leave beneficial bacteria alive? It would not be a full sterilization of the soil, just a russet/egg killing water bath.
Isopropyl: I read many different opinions of this as a killer of bug/eggs. I would like to use this, if it works, to treat the gear that can't be easily rinsed of residue like ballasts, bulbs, etc. Does it kill russets and eggs and at what strength would I have to use?
Bleach: I read that bleach is an effective killer of russets and eggs. I'd like to use this on walls, floors, and other hard surfaces that don't necessarily need to be rinsed. Does it work and at what concentration would I need?
Vacuuming: I have a pretty solid Shark vacuum that has three filters, Two layers of foam filter incoming air and a very tight folded filter gets the exiting air. Will this be effective to clean rugs, corners (before or maybe after bleach spray), and suck up dust (and mites and eggs).
My treatments so far:
Azamax (strong mix) foliar sprays applied four times to the plants over a twelve day run. I soaked them well. I also did an Az soild drench halfway through. I used Hot Shot Foggers (Tetramethrin...0.20%, Cypermethrin...0.86%, Piperonyl butoxide...0.50%) 2x spaced one week apart. At what I'd hoped was the end of the treatment regime I rinsed the ladies with water only the when dry hit them thoroughly with Bayer Advanced 3-in-one Disease and Mite Control (Imidacloprid - 0.47%, Tau-Fluvalinate - 0.61%, Tebuconazole - 0.65%)
After all of that the plants looked like hell (they looked like hell at the start also) and I still found very active russets on them, not many, but they were there. I made the decision to cull the crop and start over.
I have read a lot about homemade remedies using essential oils, peppers, garlic, you name it. I have a tough time believing this would do much after the russets have survived my treatment.
Input from anyone who knows some facts would be greatly appreciated. I'd rather not get a bunch of just suspects, guesses, heard about's, etc.
Thanks in advance for any help. I'm frustrated, pissed, sad, confused... I have just lost years of breading.
Peace.
I have to do a total clean up and restart due to losing a russet mite war and I could use some help.
All plants have been culled.
I've read in a lot of places that heat treatments are very effective. 120F for an hour is supposed to kill russets and their eggs. Can anyone validate this? If it does in fact work would a one hour 130F soak of pots and soil kill bad guys in the dirt and leave beneficial bacteria alive? It would not be a full sterilization of the soil, just a russet/egg killing water bath.
Isopropyl: I read many different opinions of this as a killer of bug/eggs. I would like to use this, if it works, to treat the gear that can't be easily rinsed of residue like ballasts, bulbs, etc. Does it kill russets and eggs and at what strength would I have to use?
Bleach: I read that bleach is an effective killer of russets and eggs. I'd like to use this on walls, floors, and other hard surfaces that don't necessarily need to be rinsed. Does it work and at what concentration would I need?
Vacuuming: I have a pretty solid Shark vacuum that has three filters, Two layers of foam filter incoming air and a very tight folded filter gets the exiting air. Will this be effective to clean rugs, corners (before or maybe after bleach spray), and suck up dust (and mites and eggs).
My treatments so far:
Azamax (strong mix) foliar sprays applied four times to the plants over a twelve day run. I soaked them well. I also did an Az soild drench halfway through. I used Hot Shot Foggers (Tetramethrin...0.20%, Cypermethrin...0.86%, Piperonyl butoxide...0.50%) 2x spaced one week apart. At what I'd hoped was the end of the treatment regime I rinsed the ladies with water only the when dry hit them thoroughly with Bayer Advanced 3-in-one Disease and Mite Control (Imidacloprid - 0.47%, Tau-Fluvalinate - 0.61%, Tebuconazole - 0.65%)
After all of that the plants looked like hell (they looked like hell at the start also) and I still found very active russets on them, not many, but they were there. I made the decision to cull the crop and start over.
I have read a lot about homemade remedies using essential oils, peppers, garlic, you name it. I have a tough time believing this would do much after the russets have survived my treatment.
Input from anyone who knows some facts would be greatly appreciated. I'd rather not get a bunch of just suspects, guesses, heard about's, etc.
Thanks in advance for any help. I'm frustrated, pissed, sad, confused... I have just lost years of breading.
Peace.