Mr.Juice
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Very much a newbie, so have no experience on the growing aspect. The insect and biology part is a different matter. Just to throw in my two cents about biological control:
You can go to nurseries and buy ladybugs in large quantities. During the cold and winter months, ladybugs hibernate and huddle in masses. As soon as warm weather hits, their biological urge is to fuck off and disperse. They are collected during this cold period, what happens normally in joe blows regular garden. Joe blow buys 2000 ladybugs from a nursery, disperses them in his garden, and maybe has 3 or 4 that stick around. How that would translate to an indoor operation? Not sure. Grabbing the occasional ladybug when it’s warm out and releasing into a grow, could be a preventative measure. To sustain a population of ladybugs would mean a constant food source, ie a population of aphids. Just a thought anyway
You can go to nurseries and buy ladybugs in large quantities. During the cold and winter months, ladybugs hibernate and huddle in masses. As soon as warm weather hits, their biological urge is to fuck off and disperse. They are collected during this cold period, what happens normally in joe blows regular garden. Joe blow buys 2000 ladybugs from a nursery, disperses them in his garden, and maybe has 3 or 4 that stick around. How that would translate to an indoor operation? Not sure. Grabbing the occasional ladybug when it’s warm out and releasing into a grow, could be a preventative measure. To sustain a population of ladybugs would mean a constant food source, ie a population of aphids. Just a thought anyway