best way to clean inside of tent, making sure potential bugs are dead dead dead???

[Cronk]

I wanted to clean my tent before I start up again because I had some plants in there from outside. They had caterpillars and I thought maybe other things.

So I went to misting the inside with a bleach water solution----then I thought, HOLY SHIT! WHAT AM I DOING? what if the bleach destroys the tent finish?



What is the recommended way to do this? everything smells like bleach now and I'm unhappy about that.

thanks

[CaptainWiese91]

I don’t think it will destroy the tent.
but I use alcohol to clean my entire grow tent every time.
or my wife does 😂👍🏻

I never used bleach- think it’s an American thing to do 🤷🏼♂️😅

[Tersky]

lol no offence taken my man. There are a lot of differences between american and european ways of doing things. I try to think logically and know that bleach smell lingers where alcohol doesnt linger as much. I still tend to do things the american way in a lot of things but thats because i was taught by americans. Always like to hear different ways of doing things tho!

[CaptainWiese91]

Yea I found that out in Afghanistan when I served with some rangers. But that is just military Stuff.

It’s fun to see how differently we do things across the pond.
Or even in Europe, from country too country.
I miss the original Danish pastries here in Portugal. There a literally no good pastries or cakes in this country 😂

[bboyfromwayback]

You’re right, we tend to bleach the shit out of everything here lol

[Cronk]

I don’t think it will destroy the tent.
but I use alcohol to clean my entire grow tent every time.
or my wife does 😂👍🏻

I never used bleach- think it’s an American thing to do 🤷🏼♂️😅

we are steady in our ways if nothing else.

[CaptainWiese91]

Nevertheless - I don’t have any thing in my tent after the alcohol 👍🏻

[quirk]

Cold pressed Orange Oil. Organic (d-limonene, one of many terpenes in cannabis) and the finest cleaner/solvent known to man. Also used as a drench in my grows to destroy arthropods. Smells heavenly. Medina brand is great. Use in your laundry as well. Bleach is for idiots, not you.

[Tersky]

Like this idea.

[Farmbuck]

Here check this : https://whatforme.com/how-to-clean-grow-tent

[9fingerleafs]

Leave it empty for a few days and bugs will die. Then clean with a cloth and a bucket of water. If you want to disinfect use pine oil. Smells amazing and kills everything. It’s a common household cleaner ingredient

[Tersky]

Also like this as well. To clarify you mean pine oil not pine sol right?

[9fingerleafs]

Yeah good old natural pine tree oil. Sold very concentrated for disinfecting floors

[ChadWestport]

Just leaving it empty for a few days won't take care of any eggs waiting to hatch. It it wise to leave it empty for a short time but there also needs to be a chemical or natural agent added to sanitize.

[ChadWestport]

I never used bleach- think it’s an American thing to do 🤷🏼♂️😅

lol, you so nailed me and what I was going to say. Reminds me of getting called out in Amsterdam for being American because when the guy asked to borrow a lighter, I handed him a Bic. Apparently everyone in the EU uses clipper lighters.

But yeah, bleach at a solution of 1:20 with water. ah, you kill me CaptainWiese91

[Xena]

Everyone I know still uses a Bic.....lighter and ink pen.

[ChadWestport]

CaptainWiese91 You kill me - in the, you're too funny and my side is hurting laughing way. My answer was entirely predicted by you.

[CaptainWiese91]

Ohh I see 😂👍🏻
Was way to high yesterday 🤣

[PRIMO]

Set of a bug bomb, Ace Hardware like ,ten bucks.

[JSH1973]

If you are in America you can get Trump to throw a nuke in it, just like with the hurricanes :-)

[ChadWestport]

Sometimes, I lie and tell people I'm Canadian.

[Rwise]

What about these UV lights they are now using to sterilize a lot of things with? There would be no leftover anything to deal with.

[JSH1973]

What about these UV lights they are now using to sterilize a lot of things with? There would be no leftover anything to deal with.

I think that more for bacteria than bugs, it would be great though to have a bug killing grow light for weed 😁

[Rwise]

We use UV A and UV B in the grow room and in nature, these lights as I understand them are UV C which kills everything (I have to wonder just how safe they are), I would give up that they may not be strong enuf to do the job, and more a sales gimmick.

[Cronk]

THey do kill mold in my basement. They give off a bit of ozone which may kill bugs. could also kill the plants, though? I don;t know but definitely good between grows