Recently I had a furious fight with a spread of bugs that took me a few well two weeks to put a stopper in the predators movements. Three different medicines Mammoth, green cleaner and plant therapy. Followed advice to use these three one every three days first using mammoth I put 40 ml in the feed for each plant also. Now the problem is I used three different types of soil mixes trying to work a super soil. Which soil had the bugs in it (had to be the soil). Do I take the mammoth and put it again in the sprayer and just mix a little spray on top of each soil and blend it in with the remaining soils. Is this their best way to not loose my soils and be able to be safe without having to send samples off to soil testing companies. By the way, I tried colo state before I even began three months ago and sent sixty dollars to them and they still have not given me my soil sample numbers I have tried twice a week. Anyway, what is your advice on soil fix DGC?
When dealing with pests, its important to know your enemy and to know your weapons.
As far as your enemy…. Its hard to advise you on pest control without knowing what pests you are actually dealing with. The products and methods typically recommended for pest issues all really depend on what specific pest you are dealing with. If you can tell us more about what pests you are dealing with it will be a lot easier for us to recommend a treatment.
As far as your weapons… None of the products you listed are really designed to be used in the soil. Some of those products may be “safe” to use in the soil, but all the stuff you listed is typically applied as a foliar spray to combat pests in the canopy, not used to fight pests in the soil. In most cases, soil pests are better dealt with through biological controls or changing your practices. Treating the soil with pesticides is usually considered a last resort, and not something I would recommend with soil you plan on reusing or getting lab tested.
So yeah… my advice is to figure out what specific pest you are dealing with and use that knowledge to develop a treatment plan. (the crew here would be happy to help).
I went to a couple of supply stores and asked all the questions I could and we all looked at the leaves to try and root out which predators I was dealing with, one , which I don’t have the name with me right now, in the soil with one other getting their shop set up in the undergrowth. We looked through magnifiers and phone 400x closeups and all five of us could tell it was going to be hard. One very knowing person who liv ed on the west cost and was an expert on biological warfare which he learned from some major growers said drench the soil since I just started in flower he said it would be safe this 1 time only just like the foliar would be safe this one time It was stated it should wash out in the next 8 to 9 weeks. Sometimes you have to give in to higher authority and these guys and one gal filled the roster. They also yestereday aid they though a little soil flush might help since my $300.00 worth of soils wouldn’t be reliable otherwise but did say ask the DCG for help so I did and thank to the soup but still…HELP!you
if you don’t know what it is, then how do you even know its a pest? Identification always has to be the first step. Otherwise you might end up fighting the good guys.
Lots of products are “safe”, but that doesn’t mean they will be effective at dealing with your problem, or that they won’t have a negative effect on the soil ecosystem or the plant itself.
Grow store employees will always come up with a solution that involves buying something from them. This doesnt mean they are wrong, but it doesnt mean they will always give you the right solution either.
wishing you the best and would love to help you further, but its difficult to help without a lot more info.
Heres a guide I wrote with a lot of general pest control advice:
http://www.dudegrows.com/ipmbasics
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