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Reave
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Cool. I will check him out.
Reave's Soilless: Peat, Bark, Sphagnum, Perlite, White Widow 2018
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High Wally
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I would hold off on the topping business for another week unless you're confident that you don't have a bug issue. These Weeds are resilient as hell, so will likely be fine, BUT!
What Wally said. Also you expose the inside of the stem when you top so you would have to wait for it to heal. Kill them now. I'm pretty sure newty sprayed every day. Start now!
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Reave
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Step 1 Finished:
Cleaned out the whole tent. Sprayed it down with the solution recommended by @newty . 100ml of iso 900ml of water. Shaken well. Applied with a pump pressure sprayer.
Next moving to spray down the plants. Currently they are in the tub under a light waiting for me.... back to work.
Cleaned out the whole tent. Sprayed it down with the solution recommended by @newty . 100ml of iso 900ml of water. Shaken well. Applied with a pump pressure sprayer.
Next moving to spray down the plants. Currently they are in the tub under a light waiting for me.... back to work.
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Great! You're a man on a mission. In terms of how often and how long to spray for, here's some info on thrips (if that's what you have):
"The life cycle consists of five stages: egg, larval, prepupal, pupal and adult. Female adult western flower thrips live up to 30 days and lay 2-10 eggs per day. At 20°C, development from egg to adult takes approximately 19 days. At 25°C, it takes 13 days."
I'd spray like newty does, and then when you're done, go to every 3 or 4 days for another 2 weeks.
"The life cycle consists of five stages: egg, larval, prepupal, pupal and adult. Female adult western flower thrips live up to 30 days and lay 2-10 eggs per day. At 20°C, development from egg to adult takes approximately 19 days. At 25°C, it takes 13 days."
I'd spray like newty does, and then when you're done, go to every 3 or 4 days for another 2 weeks.
Every few days and then once a week until they are gone...or until no signs or symptoms. Your doing it every few days to catch any hatchlings! Basically trying to kill them on diff life cycles. I wouldn’t top until the stress of bugs is gone. Won’t hurt to wait, you’ll just have a nicer sized clone
What newty said!
You could do it every day I’m sure? but I’ve not done that. It probably seemed that way though 
Sure did!
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Reave
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Wow that was fun. Pressure sprayed them down good. Top and bottom of leafs , stems and the top of the soil. Sprayed the outside and bottom of the containers. Placed back into tent dark with fan on. They will be dry at lights on.
A couple of the plants may be light enough to feed. Can I just keep on keeping on?
A couple of the plants may be light enough to feed. Can I just keep on keeping on?
The rest of the program doesn't change. All you've done is add the spraying!
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Reave
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Thanks everyone. Let's see how this plays out.
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Reave
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Update:
Plants don't seem to care too much that they were sprayed down. Some of them even look happy. A couple of the seedlings are droopy. I may have overwattered a couple of them. Whoops. They will dry out good this time.
Used paper clips and pipe cleaners to start holding down some of the plant.
Plants don't seem to care too much that they were sprayed down. Some of them even look happy. A couple of the seedlings are droopy. I may have overwattered a couple of them. Whoops. They will dry out good this time.
Used paper clips and pipe cleaners to start holding down some of the plant.
And all you can hear is the sound of dying bugs! 
Emilya Green
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Kill dem bugs
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Reave
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No sign of bugs. Checked over the leafs and stems this morning with a 30x jewelers loop. No new damage.
Some of the seedlings were having a bad time but seem to be recovering.
The clones and the larger white widow are looking good. They were dry right to the bottom so they got fed this morning. They were very light and dry but still were not wilting.
Some of the seedlings were having a bad time but seem to be recovering.
The clones and the larger white widow are looking good. They were dry right to the bottom so they got fed this morning. They were very light and dry but still were not wilting.
Will you spray again in a few days?
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Reave
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Yes. I was holding off just because of the condition of the plants. I will see how they are doing tommorow then I will spray them again. @newty and others say to try and match up with the bugs life cycle because they are protected in the eggs. Have yo spray again in case more hatch. Funny thing is I have not seen any adults at all. Only the little worm looking stage. They either came in on the clones which I don't think they did because my buddy has no sign of infestation or my Christmas tree. I also have a cat but he doesn't go outside and we have no other plants.
Perfect your on your game 
