We hear pro growers talking a lot about IPM. Have you ever wondered what IPM really means? Integrated Pest Management really boils down to being proactive and adding little things to your gardening regimen to prevent pests from entering your garden.
What does IPM mean to you? Let’s chat IPM!
For me its a regular part of my growing routine.My flower room gets a bleach wash before each run as i don’t spray anything on the plants once in flower mode. When my plants are ready to go into flower the last two weeks they will get a neem oil brew i make sprayed every2-4 days wheaather they need it or not as a prep. My baby plant i keep an eye on them i don’t really like the spray them as they tend to get suffocated from the soap/neem.
Different spots require differnt amounts of IPM…My current spot is a dark danky crawl space so thats why I do what i do.
Can azamax and spinosad be used in a regular maintenance program and how often should they be applied?
They can be applied regularly as part of a preventative IPM strategy, I would inoculate every week or two during vegetative growth at 1/2 to 3/4 strength and alternate the treatments to help ensure insect populations are nonexistent.
I start with cleanliness, no leaf or fragments on the floor (or laying on the media), any soil spills get cleaned up, I try to keep anything not needed for the plants out of their grow area…a clear, clean background makes it easy to see anything out of place…any small, mobile spots with 4 - 6 - 8 - 1000 legs will be seen and squashed.
I take off my shoes from the outside, they can carry a lot of bad stuff in, soil borne pests and pathogens.
I do plant maintenance before going outside for yard work…or shower and change if the outside work came first…last thing I want to do is introduce a caterpillar to my garden one day and see Jabba the Hutt looking out first thing the next day!
Sticky yellow paper traps are my next defense…bugs like the yellow color and they are sticky, I’m always getting them stuck on me…plus they can help identify what’s bugging your plants and help plan the proper defense by catching an offender rather than spray and think the pest is taken care of.
I have a green LED headlight for checking the garden after lights out…the green LED won’t affect it’s dark period and that’s when lots of pests are active.
Healthy plants, roots in aerated soil not kept too moist…fans, fresh air and good air movement help…bugs can smell a plant open to attack, roots with rotting tips, pathogens are everywhere constantly carried in on our street clothes…just looking for a host…Pests, a host and opportunity…chip away at the triangle!
I’m from a generation that saw DDT with a skull and crossbones on shelves to be used…where Monsanto and Roundup are now being taken to court over heath issues after decades and decades of use…and prefer stopping pests at the door rather than regular spraying.
What would you dose the AzaMax for a bad spider mite infestation? Indoor, living soil grow, with a mulch layer and cover crop. @Growernick
Onto the IPM once eliminated. What’s a regular dose of each? How many ml/gal would you say?
I forget the mix strength it’s on the bottle tho I just mix to recommended strength. I still need to get to town to grab a bottle ,but when I do I’ll send u some with instructions lol
asian beetles are great predatory insects. buy a container and let em go. ipm oh shit lol im a licensed exterminator so you dont even wanna know that story lol.
powdery mildew can be handled with 10z of eagle20 per gallon of water. water plants with mix and its gone. no spraying.
