I think the fliers still feed on exposed roots so they would probably die too, but I'm not 100% sure on that. You could lay out yellow sticky cards over the pots and hang them by the lights to catch most of them too. But even if you do nothing for the fliers, all the RA's both flying and otherwise will be gone a few days after using Imid at the correct dosage.
Keep in mind this is only to be done in Veg, I would never use Imid in flower ever.
In the first 2/3 of flower I would make a few applications of a full strength dose of botanigard in a drench, and pyrethrin bomb and botanigard spray for the fliers.
Thank you so much dirt bag. I have some more questions if you have the time to answer. You are such a wealth of info!!!
I killed and dumped the flowering plants. A hard choice to make at the end of wk 3, but seemed like the best thing to do because i don’t really want to invest all that extra work and energy only to have the flowers be dull and small in the end.
As a regular ongoing IPM strategy in the future I will follow your recommendation of a
Botanigard drench in the first 2/3 of flower. 2 questions about this. First,
Botanigard is expensive, so as regular maintenance (after root aphids are gone), do you think 1 or 2 drenches with
Botanigard will be adequate enough? Second, I think I read that you cannot use nutrients in the same mix as a
Botanigard drench. Is that correct?
My current IPM spraying regime in veg and first 2/3 flower: Azagard + Zerotol 1x/wk,
Botanigard 1x/ wk, and sulfur every 10 days. Do you think that spraying these weekly will build resistance? should i switch to other sprays as well sometimes?
(I did realize through your thread that the
Botanigard that I have been spraying was most likely too old to have been doing anything.) Is it correct that 1 bag of
Botanigard should be used within 2/3 months and after that it is no longer viable?
The thing that I am most concerned about after going through all this effort and investment to suspend plants in Veg and treat with Imid, sterilize the space, and buy new pots is that the Root Aphid eggs will still be around and hatch in 6 months again!!! the lil
bastards:/
Luckily I have 2 spaces in different locations so I can completely clear plants out of one space and sterilize and then move plants over and sterilize other space. Regarding getting rid of eggs, I’ve read so many things. what would you recommend for the eggs? I was thinking to heat rooms to 105 for 4 hrs to hatch eggs, then bomb with pyrethrum, then spray H2O2. will that do it? god i sound paranoid....
Im looking forward to seeing the flowers at their full potential again. I think the root aphids have been plaguing me for 6 months or more.
Thanks again and blessings!
