Root Aphids!

Root Aphids are probably one of the worst pests you can get in your plants. You want to kill them and not mess around. If you use a bunch of chemicals you can build up their resistance and make them stronger each generation.

The chemical "Imidacloprid" is an aphid killer, and this chemical is used in many expensive pesticides in high% ratings. you can get the same chemical for about $12 in several Bayer products. I use Bayer Fruit & Vegetable for Root Aphids. 2ml per liter and drench the roots. i do 3 applications spaced apart by 5 days between each application. It saved my garden and i've never seen them come back. and i've seen it save dozens of other gardens..

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Science & Technology

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• Root Aphid
• hydroponics
• imidacloprid
• bayer fruit & vegetable
• garden

[Claytron830000000000]

@PlantProblems i believe they are, i looked, either way they are what i have on my first grow within the first week of my clones, sux...

[LordGandor3]

@electrodubz Greentrees hydroponics has the Smallboy w/the upgraded charcoal filter for $106 plus tax

[LordGandor3]

@electrodubz Supposedly they are using chlorimine which makes the chlorine last longer

[electrodubz]

@LordGandor3: A dechlorinator is a good investment cause it saves you the wait... I currently put a couple airstones in my water and let it bubble away. After 24 hours or less the chlorine evaporates.

[electrodubz]

@LordGandor3: A dechlorinator is a good investment cause it saves you the wait... I currently put a couple airstones in my water and let it bubble away. After 24 hours or less the chlorine evaporates.

[LordGandor3]

@electrodubz Thanks , I`m also going to buy a Smallboy de-chlorinator cause Escondido water seems to be adding more chlorine & maybe chlorimine . I never had to ph before just added 1 tsp per gal of green brown & pink General Hydroponics . My WW x Sk#1 is very hardy. Hydro was so easy. Then I brought in a new clone & she tells me after a couple of weeks she`d been having aphid problems so I nuked them right away & I thought I got all of em but maybe not

[electrodubz]

@LordGandor3: For hydro use the bayer solution for a few hours, then fill the rez back up with regular nutes, and repeat that every few days depending on how bad your infestation is.. Then you return to your regular feeding schedule. For clones just dunk them in the mixture and feed normally til next dunk. Bayer stays in the "bloodstream" of teh plant. I say don't mix with nutes cause you dont want to alter the pesticide. Additives can make a mixture imbalanced and render it ineffective.

[LordGandor3]

@electrodubz So dip with Bayers & the next four days dip with nutes & then the 5th day dip them again with Bayers ?

[electrodubz]

@LordGandor3: I would not mix with nutes, just by itself and be sure to PH correct the water for your medium. For clones i'd just dunk them whole in a bucket of Imidicloprid, grodan cube and all. leave it in there for about 10-20 seconds then sit it somewhere to drip dry, make sure you wear gloves and a mask, Imidicloprid is not to be played with.

[LordGandor3]

@electrodubz So 7ml Bayer per galon of water mixed with nuttrients ? Should I nuke the cuttings that are in 1.5 inch grodan rockwool with the same ratio ?