RatherbBurnin

I planted some of my plants outdoors in sand.. they are growing quite well but when i went back today to look at them i noticed some of the leaves had holes in them where something has eaten them... when i looked closer it looked like a really small grasshopper was on it.... can anyone tell me if this is possible and what i should do you rid of these bastards,,, also my other plant i think has spider mites.. what should i do for those???
thanks

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TripDaniels

at your local garden shop they should have plenty of different insecticides designed to kill specific creatures. Just don't overdo it or you can produce super bugs. Also make sure they're not laying eggs on or inside it. Look for ideosyncratic appearences at the internodes and leaves.

swift4_20

Just use a mild organic soap spray every so often to control the bugs.Grasshoppers are known to be around mj.Use insecticides for the pesky critters when you can't seem to rid them with the soap spray.

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TripDaniels

what kind of soap spray do you use?

RatherbBurnin

what is the ratio of soap to water... i have like joy dish soap ur sumthing like that.. will that work?? what about the perixide and water???
thanks

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RatherbBurnin

can someone please give me a detailed method before these son of *****es eat all my beautiful babies.. also my mom has some tomato dust for bugs.. she said that it might work for my MJ.. can anyone tell me if it will or will it kill it..???

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swift4_20

If you want a real good insect recipe then here's one that I use that I learned from Panama. This is a recipe for an organic insect repellant that works pretty well with most insects.

Ingredients:
3 hot green peppers (canned or fresh)
2 or 3 cloves garlic
3/4 tsp liquid soap
3 cups water

Puree the peppers and garlic cloves in a blender. Pour into a spray bottle and add the liquid soap and water. Let stand 24 hours. Strain out pulp and spray onto infested plants, making sure to coat both tops and bottoms of leaves.

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Bonk

On my garden I use this mixture:

Take 1 bag of chewing tobacco and boil in a gallon of water for 20 minutes. Let cool. Strain out the tobacco.

To resulting mixture add a cap full of ammonia, a tea spoon of cheap generic dish soap (the watery weak kind you see at stores like Shop N Save), a can of beer, and a can of cola.

It does a pretty good job of perking plants up (as it has some nutrients in it), and seems to keep most insects from bothering them. If slugs are a heavy problem in your area you might want to omit the beer (as it tends to attract them).

The soap and nicotine are supposed to give them indegestion (and nicotine is a contact & ingestion poison for a lot of them). It wont kill everything off, but it will tend to make your plants less appealing than the stuff around them.

RatherbBurnin

thank you soo much.. this is my second attempt at a grow.. my first one was just a real big experiment.. i did everything to the plants just to see how they reacted... i end up with a oz off 3 plants...... this time.. i have 6 plants outside.. and they are starting to look promising .. i hope to get anywhere from 8-12 ozs as my plants are looking like they will be able to do that....
thank you guys soo much... hopefully this will rid of those damn bugs that threaten my babies.

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