I do. After the bleach wash finish it with a 10% lemon juice and warm water wash. That's what I do. The citric acid takes away the bleach smell and the thin bleach residue that's invisible but there.
Not for one plant in a whole tent, no. Can you gently bend the leaders down to the next lowest layer of the canopy?
It's hard to keep bugs from migrating from one tent to another. After all, they migrated in from outside! But if you have to do them one at a time, you would need to do the veg tent first. If the flower tent gets cleaned before the veg tent then the bugs repopulate the flower tent from the incoming veg plants.
Hi HG - not sure how you go about cleaning your tent out, I enlist a helper for that chore. But I have them do exactly as I would do if I were walking, and it only takes about half an hour total. Once the tent is completely clear and the light taken out (but the hooks and cord and stuff still in place) we put a thick pad down on the floor. We use paint tarps. Then you can put a ladder (a 6-footer usually works real well, most people have one) inside the tent. This allows quick and easy access to the fan and filter and ceiling - the three areas most people either miss or forget when they clean their tents. I know I did the first time. So the fan, filter, and ceiling are all done with a rag (rag and bucket in play here). First the peroxide treatment (or whatever you use). Then we use a swifter with a mop rectangle on it, one of the firmish ones that's towel-esque, and it's on the pole, so we do the walls all around with that. Also with the rag we do the round ports. Then you're down to the floor, and you simply remove everything and do the floor last. I pay particular attention to the folded over seams if you have any, almost everyone does in a tent. Pollen and mold and such collect under the folded over seams. Then you're done.
Take him out for a big ice cream cone, then ask him again. Maybe he was just in a bad mood.I asked Felonious if I could just spray Bug spray in the tent and close the door until everything is dead? And, then clean. But he crushed that idea.
At the same time? I don't think I knew that! Not even just a flower tent? Does that mean some of your autos are running at 12/12?
I actually do surface spray mine. The flap on my veg tent stays open. I spray it then leave the tent open for the day. I also clean my tent weekly, when I say clean I just mean dust pan the bottom, and change the water on my moats. I have my drip trays placed in a larger drip tray with water which creates a moat. My nursery dude told me spider mites often ride in on the back of ants. This stops ants entering.I asked Felonious if I could just spray Bug spray in the tent and close the door until everything is dead? And, then clean. But he crushed that idea.
I actually considered that too!!! Why did he put the kebash on that idea?I asked Felonious if I could just spray Bug spray in the tent and close the door until everything is dead? And, then clean. But he crushed that idea.
Take him out for a big ice cream cone, then ask him again. Maybe he was just in a bad mood.
I would think that mapping out the perpetual and how to best use the three tents would be a good idea before starting out. Like one auto, one veg, and one flower...something like that.
I actually do surface spray mine. The flap on my veg tent stays open. I spray it then leave the tent open for the day. I also clean my tent weekly, when I say clean I just mean dust pan the bottom, and change the water on my moats. I have my drip trays placed in a larger drip tray with water which creates a moat. My nursery dude told me spider mites often ride in on the back of ants. This stops ants entering.
Starting again with seeds has been a game changer for me. In hindsight all of my clones had mites, which made the struggle ongoing.
I also used different sprays too. These are my mixes, in case it helps.
Good news, since introducing a new seed breed, zero spider mites *touching wood*
Why are you moving your autos to the 12/12 tent ever? They'll produce more if left in the veg tent.
When you put the plants back in the tent you're back where you started. The bugs mostly live in the plants, and they will repopulate the tent within days.
The light schedule doesn't matter to autos as they flower when they're ready. If you leave them in the veg tent they'll get more light and grow bigger flowers.
When the next batch hatch you're back where you started. That's why it's best to spray every other day with something for three weeks. Kill them as they hatch.
