Fungicide in flower?

BUDies

Active Member
I currently have a problem with spider mites, aphids and spiders in my garden and had heard that pepper spray would help with the spider mites but the guy at my hydro store strongly recommended this product for everything, it's main ingredient is neem oil which I had heard you are not supposed to use in flower, but does that mean from the beginning of flower or just a certain amount of time before you harvest? I have a solid month before the first of my outdoor plants are ready to harvest currently they have all white hairs with just one or two orange hairs on one of them. And would it make a difference if I just made it all into hash? Thanks in advance
 

MYOB

Well-Known Member
I doubt neem oil will help you if you have established mites AND aphids late in flowering. You may just have to do the best you can to remove any live insects and eggs manually and keep a daily inspection until harvest. The mites will leave the buds when they are harvested. Are the buds covered in webs? Are they root aphids? Spiders are not harmful to plants and are more beneficial as they eat other insects.

Spraying buds in late flowering is a recipe for botyritis which can devastate an entire crop with the same ferocity as a mite infestation.

If you want to kill the bugs no questions asked, look into hot shot no-pest strips. I hear they annihilate any creature in a grow room. People have different opinions as to the safety on plants that will be consumed/other living organisms but the actual data looks to demonstrate that in the quantities commonly used, it is safe.

good luck
 
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