DE earth in living super soil

You can eat DE. Its safe to blend in you mix. Also use neem seed powder. Or just sterilize you soil. Not time effective. Most guys just steam their soil.

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Thank you!! Will check out the neem powder…
Wasn’t sure what effect it would have on my super soil dynamic:)

Awesome, that’s a great idea if the food grade doesn’t kill it. Saw one more this AM, sprayed a heavy dose of neem solution!!

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Neem cake or karanjam cake is in my base soil mix…then I don’t use it again… but again that’s a choice based on no experience to or not to…so far…

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Neem cake has helped me w strains that attract bugs for sure

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Thanks @Ladithief and @hoppiefrog…I’ll have to add it on in the future…

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Method:

  1. add layer of DE or sand to pot surface

  2. Let dry between watering and use drippers in one spot

  3. Add yellow sticky traps everywhere

This should help without needing to spray

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Thank you for the info, that’s exactly what I am doing tonight…although the neem treatments may have done the trick and also watering just once a week for now!

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Yeah with all bugs it’s about breaking their ‘cycle’ I had knats this worked

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Yea, luckily it isn’t so bad but we all know it will get worse if left unattended! How thick of a coating did you use? top dress them later in the game and would like the DE to be flushed down at that point.

Not that thick 1/4 inch they can’t lay eggs if you do that also have fans blowing around makes flight difficult

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