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    best way to sterilize grow room

    im just finishing the last plant that had gnats on it
    i need to fumigate the room as my autos are ready to go in inside a week
    i dont want any more issues with bugs PITA

    anyy sugestions
    i was thinking javex in water and spray down the whole room
    4'x 6' x 8' room
    2-400w MH/HPS bulbs
    sunshine mix #4
    mega crop nutes
    current grow
    cd-1
    jack herer
    afghan kush
    green doctor

    #2
    If your looking for a way to kill anything in the room hang a hot shot no pest strip and seal up the room for 24 hours or more u don’t want to breath that stuff. When time is up turn on exaust fan to remove fumes and store pest strip in a ziplock bag. I haven’t seen any bugs in years. Never,Never do this with weed in the room smoking that shit causes cancer.

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      #3
      3 teaspoons of bleach to a gallon of water, mix should be 100ppm.
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      • Toker1
        Toker1 commented
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        So the NaCl (table salt) does not evaporate like the O does. It gets left behind on the surface after cleaning.

      • 9fingerleafs
        9fingerleafs commented
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        Yeah you’re right I guess it stays behind. I guess you have to wipe down with a moist cloth afterwards.

      • Toker1
        Toker1 commented
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        Yes... you have to clean after cleaning with bleach. Warm water works better than cold does.
        Or rubbing alcohol (good solvent clean) will vaporize the leftovers.

      #4
      Gnats lay their eggs in the growing medium. They live in the medium until they are grown enough to fly.
      Remove adults with yellow stickey traps and use beneficial nematodes inside the medium to hunt out the juveniles.
      If the infestation is really bad, some mosquitoe dunks in conjunction with all that should wipe out the population.
      For cleaning I use organic cleaners in the room. And rubbing alcohol for those areas that get really dirty. H2o2 is also great for small surface cleaning.
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        #5
        Ok I’m flushing the last plant
        it’s cold here now -20 ish to night
        I’m thinking of putting the plant outside to kill all the gnats on it then I’ll bring it in and hang to dry
        thoughts
        4'x 6' x 8' room
        2-400w MH/HPS bulbs
        sunshine mix #4
        mega crop nutes
        current grow
        cd-1
        jack herer
        afghan kush
        green doctor

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        • 9fingerleafs
          9fingerleafs commented
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          -20?? Isn’t that too cold? Water inside cells freeze and break celular membrane. Does that mess up with the bud? I’m guessing drying will occur super fast after that, you tried it before? Does it cure after?

        • Toker1
          Toker1 commented
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          -20 will kill the plant... doesn’t matter if you are talking F or C. What are you talking F? I assume you mean +20 F, right?
          +20C = +68F which is all good!! But +20F is too cold, below freezing is no good.

        • PRIMO
          PRIMO commented
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          You could give your trimmed buds a fresh water rinse before hanging to dry. That'll get a lot of crap off of them. Pests included.

        #6
        I’m going to chop it then put it in the drying room and seal it off I’ll put a filter on the exhaust and let them die
        I’ll hold off on freezing it until I know more
        4'x 6' x 8' room
        2-400w MH/HPS bulbs
        sunshine mix #4
        mega crop nutes
        current grow
        cd-1
        jack herer
        afghan kush
        green doctor

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        • 9fingerleafs
          9fingerleafs commented
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          Maybe just take out the soil to freeze, after chopping so you can spread over a carp to make sure all fuckers die

        #7
        Most bugs don't die when it gets cold. I live in cold and snow, bugs come back when the sun comes out.

        you can dilute hydrogen peroxide in water to flush your soil, Iv used it to kill gnats in coco just can't remember the ratio.
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        • 9fingerleafs
          9fingerleafs commented
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          In that case there’s no point doin it.

        #8
        Spread some D earth on the surface of the pots and let them die suckers die, as for the infected weed a bath with lemon juice and baking soda and water works well just like washing a outside grow before hanging to dry. Rest assured it does not harm the weed and is safe! 😎

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          #9
          Thanks guys she’s hanging and drying nicely all the gnats are dead on the bottom except the few stuck to the buds
          I’m guessing they will smoke up nicely 😉
          4'x 6' x 8' room
          2-400w MH/HPS bulbs
          sunshine mix #4
          mega crop nutes
          current grow
          cd-1
          jack herer
          afghan kush
          green doctor

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          • Toker1
            Toker1 commented
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            Remember the flying ones are the adults. Probably some juveniles or larva stage ones remaining inside the soil.

          #10
          Thanks
          I put the soil outside to freeze will discard in spring
          4'x 6' x 8' room
          2-400w MH/HPS bulbs
          sunshine mix #4
          mega crop nutes
          current grow
          cd-1
          jack herer
          afghan kush
          green doctor

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          • Toker1
            Toker1 commented
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            I send my spent soil out to my ornament garden, even if it’s infested. It’s nothing the natural predators out there can’t handle. Lol

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