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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.
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