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[FullAuto245]

How often do you spray?

 

[davisgirl]

Hold on I’d better call in the big guns ...

@Waira I made a miscalculation in helping @FullAuto245 dose his plants with organicide. The instructions say 2 oz per gallon and I told him to mix 1 oz into 8 oz of water and spray. He did that, but instead doses with 15 mL / 10 oz. not so bad. Then I recalculated and I came out with 3.75mL / 8 oz.

I would spray every two weeks.

 

[Waira]

:smoking: Is this the Arbico product? Website says 3oz/gal,.... that's 0.75oz/qt (or about 22ml/32oz) ...either way your dosage is too high; good thing this isn't one of those stronger aromatic botanical oil products, or the plant might have burned! If you want a beneficial to the plant and "preventative" (by that I mean it may sicken kill any random few vermins about at the time, it's not a systemic), pure neem oil is the ticket. It has some other benefits to the plant beyond pest control, but as with any oily product, it's not for blooming plants due to residues left behind, and they work much better with a wetting agent added in (helps emulsify, cover and stick more evenly)... Coco-Wet is my favorite .... Meantime, consider a straight water rinse if you have a lot of spotting from residues; do that during lights on period, but out of direct blasting light... plant needs to dry fully by lights out.... again a wetting agent in this application would help clear out the residues some,...
Optic Foliar is fantastic stuff! Overgrow is their all-in-one RTU spray, but you can buy conc. of all the components in it, even add in ATAK (fungicide) if you want... The Transort product is super handy and effective for treating deficiencies by foliar, or other feeds/supplements.... this stuff allows temporary penetration through the cuticle layer, right into the tissues, rather than having to go through the stomata (which have to be open and busy when you spray, lights on basically)... no need to spray the underside of the leaf because of this, as that's where most of the stomata are anyway,.. regular foliar you should spray tops and bottoms of leaves,.... wetting agent is critical for this, but you don't need it with Transport!

 

[davisgirl]

Thanks @Waira ! I think we dodged a bullet @FullAuto245. Sorry for leading you astray!

 

[FullAuto245]

Thanks for the help! So should I rinse with a spray bottle? Do I PH that water?

 

[FullAuto245]

I feel stupid asking this lol....but lights on period but out of blasting light? In my tent they are on or off. I do not have a dimming switch for or anything. I’m not exactly sure what you mean there.

 

[davisgirl]

Put plain water in a spray bottle, disregard the pH. See how the leaves look tomorrow.

Maybe jack your lights up a foot or so til we know where your leaves stand?

 

[Waira]

... no need to pH, but I'd use low ppm water, like distilled, RO,...
....yes, lights on, that's when the stomata are open and taking in CO2, releasing water vapor, etc.,... Plus, direct light will force drying faster (less time to absorb), and if there's stuff besides water in the spray, it can potentially cause a sort of burn,... for a simple rinse this isn't that critical, but you should know either way,....
Go to the Reference section and read up on VPD, vapor pressure deficit, and how this related to transpiration... there's a good video link too that explains things! This process is one of the Kingpins (pH in-pot or res' is another) to everything else going on in the plant, you don't need to be a botanist to get the gist and see why and how it links things together,.... T and RH% are far more important than many folks realize!

DG, you just can't help yourself, ay?

 

[davisgirl]

... no need to pH, but I'd use low ppm water, like distilled, RO,...
....yes, lights on, that's when the stomata are open and taking in CO2, releasing water vapor, etc.,... Plus, direct light will force drying faster (less time to absorb), and if there's stuff besides water in the spray, it can potentially cause a sort of burn,... for a simple rinse this isn't that critical, but you should know either way,....
Go to the Reference section and read up on VPD, vapor pressure deficit, and how this related to transpiration... there's a good video link too that explains things! This process is one of the Kingpins (pH in-pot or res' is another) to everything else going on in the plant, you don't need to be a botanist to get the gist and see why and how it links things together,.... T and RH% are far more important than many folks realize!

DG, you just can't help yourself, ay?

Incorrigible!

 

[FullAuto245]

Tha

... no need to pH, but I'd use low ppm water, like distilled, RO,...
....yes, lights on, that's when the stomata are open and taking in CO2, releasing water vapor, etc.,... Plus, direct light will force drying faster (less time to absorb), and if there's stuff besides water in the spray, it can potentially cause a sort of burn,... for a simple rinse this isn't that critical, but you should know either way,....
Go to the Reference section and read up on VPD, vapor pressure deficit, and how this related to transpiration... there's a good video link too that explains things! This process is one of the Kingpins (pH in-pot or res' is another) to everything else going on in the plant, you don't need to be a botanist to get the gist and see why and how it links things together,.... T and RH% are far more important than many folks realize!

DG, you just can't help yourself, ay?

Thanks a ton! Really appreciate your time!