Alaskan1's Flo n Gro Mixed Bag Grow

Deege420 said:
it will help with powder mold, fungus etc read the FAQ like smokz said ^

IDK why MoORE people don't use it?!?!?
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I'm not sure....I bought some of it.....after reading all the warning on the both the box and the bag inside the box, I didn't use it...really frighting warnings.
This was supposedly food grade, but I didn't even want to breath any of it.
Just my experience with it. Maybe a health food store might have the real safe stuff.
 
OldMedMan said:
I'm not sure....I bought some of it.....after reading all the warning on the both the box and the bag inside the box, I didn't use it...really frighting warnings.
This was supposedly food grade, but I didn't even want to breath any of it.
Just my experience with it. Maybe a health food store might have the real safe stuff.
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You need the stuff farmers use in their animal feed. Completely safe. They use it to kill harmful and unwanted bacteria or fungus or little insects
 
OldMedMan said:
I'm not sure....I bought some of it.....after reading all the warning on the both the box and the bag inside the box, I didn't use it...really frighting warnings.
This was supposedly food grade, but I didn't even want to breath any of it.
Just my experience with it. Maybe a health food store might have the real safe stuff.
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I, have eaten DE to show customers it's completely safe. Just opened it up, right on the sales floor of the nursery, and eaten a pinch. Breathing it can cause problems if exposed to it for a long period of time, just wear a paper mask while spreading it in your yard. When I get DE, I get the 5Gal bucket and spread it pretty thick all over the yard, on the roses, the peppers, the irises, the cacti, the step stones, all of it. Just reach in and toss it around like when we used to broadcast seed. Lay it thick at the foundation of the house and the thresholds. Creepy crawlies won't cross it.

The typical chemical composition of oven-dried diatomaceous earth is 80 to 90% silica, with 2 to 4% alumina (attributed mostly to clay minerals) and 0.5 to 2% iron oxide.

Diatomaceous earth consists of fossilized remains of diatoms, a type of hard-shelled algae. It is used as a filtration aid, mild abrasive, mechanical insecticide, absorbent for liquids, matting agent for coatings, reinforcing filler in plastics and rubber, anti-block in plastic films, porous support for chemical catalysts, cat litter, activator in blood clotting studies, and a stabilizing component of dynamite. As it is heat-resistant, it can also be used as a thermal insulator.

Pest control

Used as an insecticide, the fine powder absorbs lipids from the waxy outer layer of insects' exoskeletons, causing them to dehydrate. Arthropods die as a result of the water pressure deficiency, based on Fick's law of diffusion. This also works against gastropods and is commonly employed in gardening to defeat slugs. However, since slugs inhabit humid environments, efficacy is very low. It is sometimes mixed with an attractant or other additives to increase its effectiveness. Medical-grade diatomite is sometimes used to de-worm both animals and humans, with questionable efficacy. It is most commonly used in lieu of boric acid, and can be used to help control and eventually eliminate cockroach and flea infestations. This material has wide application for insect control in grain storage. It has also been used to control bedbug infestations, but this method may take weeks to work.
 
Alaskan1 said:
If it were up to me alone I'd just get rid of the plants. BUT, the wife wants to try and save them........Reached a comprimise and will move them out to the garage where it's too cold for them and they will surely die.
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I hope it works I would just be worried that they would go into there overwintering life cycle and start laying eggs some where untill it warms up and start all over again.

One other thing you can look into if they do come back is using Imid in veg.
 
HomeMedGrower said:
I hope it works I would just be worried that they would go into there overwintering life cycle and start laying eggs some where untill it warms up and start all over again.

One other thing you can look into if they do come back is using Imid in veg.
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As much as my wife hates it we have decided to cut up the plants and toss them in the garbage. It's the safest thing to do at this point. We have healthy plants growing and a new set of clones to go into another tent in a week. Just don't want to take the chance at this point.

We will bleach the tent after it's contents have been removed and will then move the mother plants into their new home. I'm excited about it myself.

On another note, I was up until 4 am setting up the new flo n grow system and am half way there in completing that. I have a lot on my plate for the next few days!!!

I want to thank everyone for their suggestions and GREAT information. That's what
this site is all about and I just want to give everyone a great big :thankyou: and :welldone::goodjob::bravo:
 
Damn bud, sorry to hear that those creepy crawlers are still messing with ya. Time to break out the blow torch and smoke those B!$ch#s.

I just bought a bag of the D-earth and plan on trying it for gnats. Figured I would give it a try now before they spread,,,havent seen but a couple.
 
Just went and applied it to the top of my soil. I'll post pics in my journal. Dont know if you will be able to see it but it made one hell of a mess.

One more thing I'll add to applying the D-earth.......be smarter then me and dont apply it with the fans on :)
 
puffpuff said:
Damn bud, sorry to hear that those creepy crawlers are still messing with ya. Time to break out the blow torch and smoke those B!$ch#s.

I just bought a bag of the D-earth and plan on trying it for gnats. Figured I would give it a try now before they spread,,,havent seen but a couple.
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Yes, I will be dismantling the whole shebang tonight I'm afraid. right after I fix the light that fell in my tent today ON MY PLANTS!!!!!
News at 10!
 
Rest in peace my lil strugglers

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HomeMedGrower said:
:thedoubletake: What?
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My ratchets are hanging from "S" hooks from the top bar. I had to open up the "S" hooks a bit to get the to go around the bar. I forgot to bend them back once I had them around the bar :icon_roll

I was had been using the semi flexible 6 in hose for my cooling and venting. Reason being is there was less resistence from that type of hose. But, when I went to lift the light there was no flex in the hose and it somehow jacked the ratchet right out of the "S" hook. Down came the light right on top on my plants! :trance: Semi broke one of the branches on one plant and flattened a few other plants. I was able to get the light back up pretty quick.

I bent ALL the "S" hooks back to where they should be and installed the more flexible vent hose. I was able to get the branch back and I taped it up with scotch tape. Looks like it will survive.

Cleaned out the 4x4 tent and cut up and tossed the plants. Tomorrow I will vaccum up the tent and bleach it really well. Then bring it into my bedroom to house all the mother plants.

Did a PH of the res tonight and it's not going up much anymore like it was. Only drifted up to 5.9 and dropped it down to 5.6. PPMs were at 1630 but they had been drinking some water. Tomorrow I'll add more water and re PH them.
 
Local Grown said:
Bummer man, best is to smoke some then get back on the horse so to speak. :thumb: :peace:
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I saved the top cola, I have it drying. I know it will be ass to smoke and not potent at all but wanted to give her a final goodbye and thank you!

My second grow is kickin ass and taking names. The plants aren't making the rookie mistakes. I am
 
You're using .7 conversion tds meter right?

sounds like you did a good job on the repairs. Tape works good on these girls too!
 
sorry to hear bout what happend mate, just hope you rescued what you could, and i hope that bud you saved drys and cures and ends up been a half decent smoke,

you really adding the pages up now, where in different time zones so when i check back in the next day i end up reading about 5 pages if im reading a journal like yours with loads of post, teSmp's old journal was like that, i think his record was about 7 pages over night, so i dont think your beating him yet, not far off,

looking forward to the scrog mate, bang some pics on when you get it sorted, its something i may try in my next grow or if i have only got 2 females i may try it with this grow, all depends what the cannabis gods give me, if they give me girls then ill be happy, if they give me 2 girls ill still be happy, if they give me 1 girl, ill be ok, but if i get all male, then i stop praying to the cannabis god, as he seems to be taking the piss out of me, if my femenised seeds turns out male, ill know who to blame, cant blame the seed bank as they state for souvineer purposes because its the only way they can sell them in my neck of the woods, so they wont discuss germination,
 
donpaul.p said:
sorry to hear bout what happend mate, just hope you rescued what you could, and i hope that bud you saved drys and cures and ends up been a half decent smoke,

you really adding the pages up now, where in different time zones so when i check back in the next day i end up reading about 5 pages if im reading a journal like yours with loads of post, teSmp's old journal was like that, i think his record was about 7 pages over night, so i dont think your beating him yet, not far off,

looking forward to the scrog mate, bang some pics on when you get it sorted, its something i may try in my next grow or if i have only got 2 females i may try it with this grow, all depends what the cannabis gods give me, if they give me girls then ill be happy, if they give me 2 girls ill still be happy, if they give me 1 girl, ill be ok, but if i get all male, then i stop praying to the cannabis god, as he seems to be taking the piss out of me, if my femenised seeds turns out male, ill know who to blame, cant blame the seed bank as they state for souvineer purposes because its the only way they can sell them in my neck of the woods, so they wont discuss germination,
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Thanks for reminding me, I have tewo plants that should be letting me know if they are boys or girls. I'm going to go check them now
 
Yikes! Seems like you've had a "crash course" with challenges coming from all directions. Welcome to growing!

Sure sorry you've had to deal with the hiccups, but each one is a learning experience I suppose. I've sure had some close calls with the lights -- I'm usually doing things by myself and I'm not really as strong or as coordinated as I once was, but I tend to forget this too often. More than once I've been inches from destroying the plants or myself trying to move or hang lights. I think you did the right thing by culling the 2 with the root aphids. Let them :rip:. You can fill those tents up with fewer plants, too. It doesn't take many if you bush them out or move them horizontally under a screen for example...

EDIT: Oh, and Jandre - nice post on that diatomatopus earth stuff. It sounds like the MMJ of soil ammendments --> Good for almost everthing, and as Jandre pointed out, it can even be used as an "edible". Yeah, I spelled it wrong, but too lazy to look up spellin' it right. ;) Was gonna rep you Jandre for a great post, but must have done it too recently.
 
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