Conradino23 Keeps On Keeping On Outdoor & Indoor Using LOS/High Brix Methods

Conradino23 · Jul 30, 2018

Hmm in my long war against mites I tried a lot of stuff, that worked more or less or it didn't, but I never tried mixing water and alcohol. So today to knock the suckers down right before the harvest I added some grappa to my spray and I treated bottom buds/leaves, where they found their home and guess what? It totally worked! It killed them on contact! I checked with my loupe and they were dead as a doornail! The good thing about it is, that alcohol will evaporate in half an hour leaving no residue, which is as good as it gets

kelticBlue · Jul 30, 2018

Grappa, impressive stuff. Sounds like a winner.

Conradino23 · Jul 30, 2018

Yeah I read about it, but then I stumbled into some negative opinions, so I dropped it. In a hindsight I should've gone with alcohol straight away. Well, lesson learnt.

Pennywise · Jul 30, 2018

I used alcohol on broad mites and it worked a charm, I used it every 2 days at first to kill any hatchlings popping up. It works!

Tead · Jul 30, 2018

conradino23 said:
Hmm in my long war against mites I tried a lot of stuff, that worked more or less or it didn't, but I never tried mixing water and alcohol. So today to knock the suckers down right before the harvest I added some grappa to my spray and I treated bottom buds/leaves, where they found their home and guess what? It totally worked! It killed them on contact! I checked with my loupe and they were dead as a doornail! The good thing about it is, that alcohol will evaporate in half an hour leaving no residue, which is as good as it gets

Ummm... "WOW!!!!" seems way too small.
Thanks baby!

Morglie · Jul 30, 2018

Washing them in water with hydrogen peroxide kills them all at harvest as well. I don't remember the exact ratio recommended, but a pint bottle in a 5 gallon bucket of water does the trick, and it doesn't harm the resin.

Tead · Jul 30, 2018

Why would one use something called "Hydrogen Peroxide" when one could use Rum?
Teehee.... couldn't resist! I actually could totally see why dumping rum on one's plant might leave behind some not so welcome (or, perhaps very welcome... dunno) residue... but Tead would never let that hold him back.

Morglie · Jul 30, 2018

Lol. I have heard of people using it in a foliar, but I've only ever used it to was at the end. I have a feeling rum would add some flavor in the wash.

Mr. Magoo · Jul 30, 2018

So what was your spray made up of Conrad? Just water and grappa?

Hash Hound · Jul 30, 2018

Con I was away for a few days and just had a chance to catch up. The WQ is looking great.
The more you described the smell of her, the more I think she's leaning towards the W side. My WW smells her best when she smells like old Christmas fruitcake.

NorCaliwood · Jul 31, 2018

Hey here's alittle list to look thru. These are the recommended sprays they allow here. If you look down the list they have afew with H2O2. And afew others, that I thought it was interesting? They have most of the commonly used ones in it, with its ingredients listed.
https://www.oregon.gov/ODA/shared/D...PesticidesPARC/GuidelistPesticideCannabis.pdf

ilikemsticky · Jul 31, 2018

ok all caught up dam gone two weeks and you have pages to read its been busy here con glad to see you ended up with some beautiful looking ss buds after all the bs you had you really did a good job saving that girl and your wq is looking like its going to be some rock hard nugs that plant is really pretty love those wq buds good to be back! :smokin:

MagicJim · Jul 31, 2018

conradino23 said:
Hmm in my long war against mites I tried a lot of stuff, that worked more or less or it didn't, but I never tried mixing water and alcohol. So today to knock the suckers down right before the harvest I added some grappa to my spray and I treated bottom buds/leaves, where they found their home and guess what? It totally worked! It killed them on contact! I checked with my loupe and they were dead as a doornail! The good thing about it is, that alcohol will evaporate in half an hour leaving no residue, which is as good as it gets

I was wondering about alcohol. I used to use it for mealy bugs and scale on jade plants. All pests love a jade. It's good to know this worked.

Hash Hound said:
old Christmas fruitcake

Got to love that smell :rofl:

Conradino23 · Jul 31, 2018

Pennywise said:
I used alcohol on broad mites and it worked a charm, I used it every 2 days at first to kill any hatchlings popping up. It works!

I used it 2nd day ad it works much better than everything else!

Tead said:
Ummm... "WOW!!!!" seems way too small.
Thanks baby!

Glad to help, man

Morglie said:
Washing them in water with hydrogen peroxide kills them all at harvest as well. I don't remember the exact ratio recommended, but a pint bottle in a 5 gallon bucket of water does the trick, and it doesn't harm the resin.

I'm just gonna give them a cold shower.

Tead said:
Why would one use something called "Hydrogen Peroxide" when one could use Rum?
Teehee.... couldn't resist! I actually could totally see why dumping rum on one's plant might leave behind some not so welcome (or, perhaps very welcome... dunno) residue... but Tead would never let that hold him back.

Rum wash. I could get behind that :laugh:

Morglie said:
Lol. I have heard of people using it in a foliar, but I've only ever used it to was at the end. I have a feeling rum would add some flavor in the wash.

I'm sure it would

Mr. Magoo said:
So what was your spray made up of Conrad? Just water and grappa?

Yep.

Hash Hound said:
Con I was away for a few days and just had a chance to catch up. The WQ is looking great.
The more you described the smell of her, the more I think she's leaning towards the W side. My WW smells her best when she smells like old Christmas fruitcake.

We might get there with curing. So far I can describe her as a mixture of earthy, overripe mango and rotting lemon gas. And she really stinks up everything around.

Norcaliwood said:
Hey here's alittle list to look thru. These are the recommended sprays they allow here. If you look down the list they have afew with H2O2. And afew others, that I thought it was interesting? They have most of the commonly used ones in it, with its ingredients listed.
https://www.oregon.gov/ODA/shared/D...PesticidesPARC/GuidelistPesticideCannabis.pdf

I've checked. It's an interesting list. A lot of stuff that I've used personally.

ilikemsticky said:
ok all caught up dam gone two weeks and you have pages to read its been busy here con glad to see you ended up with some beautiful looking ss buds after all the bs you had you really did a good job saving that girl and your wq is looking like its going to be some rock hard nugs that plant is really pretty love those wq buds good to be back!

Welcome back, man. I hope you had a great holiday. Yeah all things considered I managed to fight back against mites. But the plant herself helped me a lot, she just didn't give in. I'm smoking the freaky pheno, and although the smoke is quite weak it's very mellow and pleasant, so I'm expecting another level here.

MagicJim said:
I was wondering about alcohol. I used to use it for mealy bugs and scale on jade plants. All pests love a jade. It's good to know this worked.

Got to love that smell

Yeah I'm glad I discovered it! I wish I knew before.

Conradino23 · Jul 31, 2018

Ok, so the plants look like that now!

White Querkle is quite lanky and these colas are real spears. She grew with no problems, she just needed to be water very often... not enough water and she was drooping quickly. Buds are rock hard, but they're hidden under the mass of sugar leaves. Smell is very strong and earthy, but there's a fair share of gassy, rotten lemon smell too, which makes for a hell of a mix.