Met 52 stops Root Aphids

oldschooltofu · Dec 11, 2011

MET 52 cannot be used in hydro. either put them in coco/dirt or use another method. heard if you are in buckets, dry ice can suffocate them (watch youtube)

so i pulled up the rootballs, all white on bottom 3/4 no roots showing in top 1/4
added another 3g per pot on bottom and top
i might just have reg nut deff. plants are growing well. no wax. only saw one bug yesterday while taking clones. so i know i still have them. i think using a fungus, you have to let it do its work over time. i still plan on flipping lights in a few days. tied them down today

my clones and seedlings are growing too. starting to root all white, no wax. (on the two i checked). wil be adding more met 52 as they grow. and def with each transplant.

cannarado · Dec 13, 2011

Hey Onespark what is the shelf life of this stuff?

Compost · Dec 14, 2011

Is this stuff available in Canada? BC is now plagued by the RA, and no one is trying anything that works.

budtendermike · Dec 14, 2011

Anyone try this?

budtendermike · Dec 14, 2011

Compost said:
Is this stuff available in Canada? BC is now plagued by the RA, and no one is trying anything that works.

There's a company called growers central located in B.C. that supplies Met52.

nvthis · Dec 14, 2011

Anyone familiar with getting this in Cali, pm me please.

Thanks.

oldschooltofu · Dec 14, 2011

budtendermike said:
Anyone try this?

sounds like it works similar to met 52 or biotanaguard.

GanjaAL · Dec 14, 2011

Anyone know where to pick this up in SoCal?

Resinable · Dec 14, 2011

Has anyone tried to incorporate met 52 into an aerated tea? I'm trying to get this stuff to penetrate into a three gallon root ball infected by RA. I transplanted infected three gallon root balls into ten gallon smart pots of roots organic hydro mix which I inoculated with Met 52 @ about 10 grams per gallon (about ten days ago). Also I have been adding a tea with the Met 52 and just got Caps foliar pack which I have also been adding to the tea. Unfortunately the plants are still showing signs of active RAs.

Contemplating killing them and starting fresh but the plants are large and would be ready to flip to flower if healthy.

Danoid · Dec 15, 2011

What I did with caps benes is on my small plants I mixed enough up to do a 10-15 minute soak in a rubbermaid tub. On my big plants I took a shis kabob sker and poked holes(30 to 40) in my root ball and watered it in very slowly over the coarse of a couple hours. I am in soil/soiles mix and THIS IS NOT Caps instruction it is just what I did most likely overkill. Your results may vary Good Luck in fighting these little bastards

cannarado · Dec 15, 2011

Resinable said:
Has anyone tried to incorporate met 52 into an aerated tea? I'm trying to get this stuff to penetrate into a three gallon root ball infected by RA. I transplanted infected three gallon root balls into ten gallon smart pots of roots organic hydro mix which I inoculated with Met 52 @ about 10 grams per gallon (about ten days ago). Also I have been adding a tea with the Met 52 and just got Caps foliar pack which I have also been adding to the tea. Unfortunately the plants are still showing signs of active RAs.

Contemplating killing them and starting fresh but the plants are large and would be ready to flip to flower if healthy.

You should probably give them more time to recover. Do you use any type of enzyme (hygrozyme, sensizyme, multizyme) when you water? That might help break down the damaged roots and promote new growth.

motherlode · Dec 15, 2011

another thing I read in my travels about root aphids was to use an insecticide soap (safer makes one) because it helps break down the coating the RAs leave on the roots preventing them from up taking nutes and water

Onespark · Dec 15, 2011

cannarado said:
You should probably give them more time to recover. Do you use any type of enzyme (hygrozyme, sensizyme, multizyme) when you water? That might help break down the damaged roots and promote new growth.

Yes. Interesting thought R. Have not thought about brewing it up with the tea. Anyone playing with this? I don't think you would even need to go that far, but?

drobot · Dec 16, 2011

Hey everyone!

Having a terrible issue with these little fucks. I've been using SNS-203 and it seems to be working a little, but they were back within two days of my first treatment. About to place my order for this stuff with Susan, but I want to know if anyone has used this stuff in a hydro system. If so, how would I go about applying it? Mix the granulars in with my hydroton? Any advice would be awesome, thanks.

oldschooltofu · Dec 16, 2011

motherlode said:
another thing I read in my travels about root aphids was to use an insecticide soap (safer makes one) because it helps break down the coating the RAs leave on the roots preventing them from up taking nutes and water

thanks for the tip, can you use any soap, i am still seeing Mg def

motherlode · Dec 17, 2011

oldschooltofu said:
thanks for the tip, can you use any soap, i am still seeing Mg def

wish I knew where I read that - i know it was on an ag schools site

they didnt say what brand of soap - just that it had to be an insecticidal soap

it would break down the waxy deposit the aphids leave on the roots

Resinable · Dec 17, 2011

Drobot: depends on which kind of hydro you are running; you might try some evergreen 60-6 if you can get it.

I ended up killing my giant plants in ten gallon smart pots; they probably would have pulled through eventually but as I become increasingly desperate probably is just not good enough. It was very hard to do, especially as I examined the root ball and there was tons of healthy new growth.

I have an idea to disinfect my flower room: the room is sealed and well insulated so I could turn off my AC and turn on my HIDs and cook the room for a number of hours. I think this strategy is sometimes used to kill bed bugs; I don't think they can withstand 140 deg for a certain period of time. Anybody have any thoughts on this approach? I am wondering what temps I would need to reach and for how long?

motiv303 · Dec 19, 2011

Headed over to get a 5lb. Bag from Green Mountain harvest in about an hour, they were kind enough to break it down for me. It's time to finally be rid of these Fukn things. My battle has only been going about 3 months but has been MAAD expensive, can't wait til its done ( god I hope it will be). Continuing with microbe lift for gnats and also have 50,000,000 nematodes coming in, just in case. Thanks for the met 52 info Altimood and Onespark! Peace and good luck all. MOTIV

oldschooltofu · Dec 19, 2011

i think the met 52 will kill the nematodes. might want to check on that before applying?

altimood · Dec 19, 2011

oldschooltofu said:
i think the met 52 will kill the nematodes. might want to check on that before applying?

It won't kill nematodes. It kills bugs with hard outer exoskeletons. Fungus gnats could give shlitz about Met. I'd say run the nematodes if you already have them. Can't hurt. Met will slay those root aphids.:nod

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