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WPM success

Have any of you guys tried using a blacklight flashlight during the night cycle to inspect for molds and bug poops? It's kind of a scary thing because when and if you see them, they will be a bright glowing neon green, like nuclear waste in the cartoons. Great tool for inspecting plants in ways we normally can't with the eye.
 
ChadWestport said:
Have any of you guys tried using a blacklight flashlight during the night cycle to inspect for molds and bug poops? It's kind of a scary thing because when and if you see them, they will be a bright glowing neon green, like nuclear waste in the cartoons. Great tool for inspecting plants in ways we normally can't with the eye.
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I use this Esco Blacklight to spot and remove fluorescent arthropods. Disclaimer: If you have a weak stomach do not use this to check the bed linens at the No Tell Motel.
 

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I have a UV flashlight I used to find cat barf back in the day. My own special kind of CSI. It does work. I believe it lights up proteins. Also good for finding animal pee on the rug.
Now I want to go look for bug poo, but its dark out there and the chances of running into a live bug in the dark are astronomical, lol.
Wouldn't that light be bad during the dark cycle? I suppose you could turn the lights off when they are supposed to be on and accomplish the same goal.
 
CSI - cat scat investigator ;) Good question about it interrupting the sleep cycle. I'd have to confirm this, but I don't think light in the UV spectrum would wake the plant up. I would keep it to a minimum on each area of the plant, but these lights don't project a strong beam very far, mine is more for closeup inspection. It looks similar to the one Quirk posted.
 
Darn Rwise I panicked a few weeks ago and I sprayed some organic neem on most of my buds because of a aphids infestation,,, Now I'm not sure if I completely scarp my grow..! Getting too old for this kind of stress.
 
I don't see any vinegar residue on the leaves. That's good to know for (weed) flowering.

Two days I didn't spray, watching closely. I might have seen some little bug or new WPM crop on younger leaves. Looks like this is going to be a PRN solution.
 
Damned if I didn't just find out what else vinegar is good for: plumeria rust pathogen Coleosporium plumeriae! Brown crap on the underside of the plumeria leaves. I didn't recognize it as any kind of rust. I'm more familiar with it on roses. Super cool. Still no leaves lost since this began. Spraying is going to be a daily deal, for sure.

The hibiscus has been overtaken by the whiteflies. It was expected since I only sprayed once.
 
One of the plumerias lost two lower leaves, last night. They had the same sort of issues I've been having all along. I'm not, currently, worried.

The same plant is putting out a few curly new leaves. I'm figuring the new ones aren't getting vinegar because they unroll then unfold like a book. They aren't getting any juice when closed.

In the year+ I've had the cuttings in dirt, spending most of their time trying to grow leaves, I've not had any flowers, until now. More to come. The image is scratch-n-sniff.
 

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My plumerias are looking fantastic. The one that has grown buds, has grown many more than the picture in the previous post. Nothing dying off before flowering.

Anyone else still doing anything with this?
 
I was too afraid of pickling my buds, so tried baking soda, which literally burnt the shit out of all my immature pistils. They all turned brown over a three day span after spraying....
It did stop the WPM tho.
Really, really hope to avoid seeing it next year with the choice of more appropriate cold weather, short season, mould resistant strains.
I can tell you that I’ll never spray with baking soda again, unless the pistils are all dried up already.
 
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