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I have heard so many good things about Cap's Bennies and always meant to try it, but never really got around to it.
I only have the foliar pack, can anyone tell me what it does? Is it just for pesticidal purposes or does it act as a benificial as well? Do you think it will help revive my girls? I was planning on using a drop-per-gallon of Superthrive as well.
That is HUGE, especially given the genetics I've lost to those things.When I have had RA outbreaks in the past, I have just dumped a kilo of foliar pack in to my 100 gallon res and drenched to runoff every week through harvest. It gets expensive, but it will save the crop, and instead of getting nothing you will get a plant that looks like it never even had RA
Hell yea! I'm gonna get the root and nute pack and give it a go. Thanks, Cap!Hey Mush,
The foliar pack is mainly for use as a pest deterrent. It has the same active ingredients as many other commercial products, but all in one place. Met52, Serenade, Botanigaurd, nofly, photosynthesis plus... all of these and then some can be replaced by just the foliar pack. You do not need to make a tea with it, you can just mix it with water and an organic surfactant like yucca extract. Mix well to break up all the clumps (I do this by hand), and then let the talc carrier settle out for about 5 minutes. You may then pour the liquid off the top in to your watering vessel, a pump sprayer, or a reservoir that you pump your nutes from.
If you are battling an existing infestation you must use the product as full strength. You can drench every week for soil born pests (root aphid), and spray every 4 days for foliage pests (broad mite).
For preventative measures once you have your situation under control, you can use the root and foliar pack tea (simple recipe found on the OG BIOWAR website) as a diluted drench every 7-10 days. The dilution rate is as follows:
For recirculating systems such as recirculating deep water culture (i.e under current), use 2 cups of brewed tea per 5 gallons. This is also the dilution if you mix a res up weekly and feed your plants from it (i.e ebb flo, or top feed recirculating). Make sure you keep a recirculating pump running 24/7 in you res if you do this.
For drain to waste systems the dilution is 1 part tea to 9 parts nutrient solution. So if you are watering with 10 gallons use 9 gallons nutrient solution and top off with a gallon of tea.
When I have had RA outbreaks in the past, I have just dumped a kilo of foliar pack in to my 100 gallon res and drenched to runoff every week through harvest. It gets expensive, but it will save the crop, and instead of getting nothing you will get a plant that looks like it never even had RA. Plus, it's all natural and safe to use. I handle it with bare hands and no respirator. The microbes can't survive at human body temps. No need for the gas mask and tyvek suit. After harvest I clean the shit out of everything, back up my moms by cloning in another room, clean some more, and trash all the old substrate. You can always win if you are consistent and diligent. Never put anything off for tomorrow if you can do it today.
If you ever have questions on it hit me up I am always happy to help! :D
-Cap
That's gonna be kinda challenging, the humidity is pretty low here. 20%-40% (year-round), after I do a heavy foliar it is usually around 50%-60%, don't know if I can get it to 70%, but I'll get it as high as I can and give it a shot. I've honestly never tried, so maybe I can get it a lot higher than I think.No problem! One thing I forgot to mention that @Bill Murry mentioned that I will elaborate on...
If you're using the foliar straight, add it to your dechlorinated water, mix it up well, let it sit 3-5 minutes, but no longer than 5 minutes! I think I remember Cap saying if you wait too long, the microbes can also tend to sink to the bottom... While the 3-5 minute window is prime.
And spraying when humidity is over 60% is the magic number. I can usually achieve ~70% humidity by shutting everything down(a/c, dehuey, fans etc), then giving the room a quick spray, come back an hour or so later and humidity will have sky-rocketed. If your ambient humidity is low because you live in the desert, spraying a sealed-off room down quickly will allow some evaporation (on top of the plants' transpiration) to take place and really jack it up.
I don't quite recall the science exactly behind applying the foliar below said humidity, but take our word for it, lol.
There are few products that I push, but OGBW has my faith for sure. Might sound like too much trouble at first but trust me, shit works :cool:
Newp. Spinosad?I always just assumed caterpillars were an outdoor problem.
They're dead, lol. Lesson learned; don't take cuts from sloppy-ass fkrs and 3-prong it. NPS, FTW!How is everything looking?
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