MIMedGrower
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I feel for you man. It's a shitty thing to deal with.
Root Aphids have a weakness in that the adults need to fly round just above the soil to attract a mate, this makes them fools for yellow sticky cards, knock off the adults, and there's no grubs. What I do when I grow in pots is cut a hole in the sticky card and cut a slit to the hole, and just place it round the trunk of the plants, always seems to control them, just don't start counting what's on the cards, it's very addictive. lol
Funny thing, on my last run I watched a male thrip land on a female that was stuck to a yellow card, he thought his luck was in, until he got stuck too. Was hoping to wake up the next day to see an orgy taking place.Not a lot of help I know, but it cheered me up. lol
Yeah man, been taking a break from the forum for the last couple weeks.@Dirtbag you around?
Yeah man, been taking a break from the forum for the last couple weeks.
Sorry to hear about the RA diagnosis dude, that explains a lot though.
Tough issue to tackle in a perpetual setup. But I think an aggressive botanigard treatment would be the place to start. If that fails, Imidacloprid is your friend.
Can botaniguard be used on flowering plants?
You bet. It's one of the few things I'd use on plants in flower. You need to use 2x the standard label rate for root aphids. A few applications 5-7 days apart.
They are a bitch big time. I had the same experience, multiple phantom deficiencies for several grows, I was blaming everything from bad nutrients to just thinking I'd lost my green thumb lol.
For cleaning walls and floors etc I used bleach. As insurance I'd run imidacloprid on all new vegging plants for a month or two, that way even if you get eggs hatching the imid will wipe out any aphids long enough that they wont be able to re-establish. I think it will be tough to beat them without a hard reset and then some harsh preventative IPM treatments for a little while, ideally with a nuke for RA's.
Short answer, not really. Azamax and botanigard alternated might be able to knock them way back and possibly erradicate them eventually, maybe. But Imid used properly will 100% end the war, guaranteed, and it will have no negative affect on crop quality. I just like assured outcomes. And when it comes to a pest as persistent as the root aphid,... I personally wouldnt take chances.
Short answer, not really. Azamax and botanigard alternated might be able to knock them way back and possibly erradicate them eventually, maybe. But Imid used properly will 100% end the war, guaranteed, and it will have no negative affect on crop quality. I just like assured outcomes. And when it comes to a pest as persistent as the root aphid,... I personally wouldnt take chances.
But that's me.
Wow this has been going on a long time!! sorry this happened to you man but at least now you know what it is, holy shit this issue goes back into last year!!
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