The Doc! by Magnetous

Hi all! Back on the Grinspoon diary! Sry only phone pics for this week! So this is the first week of 12/12 and obviously no pistils yet. As I used a bag of soil that sat for a few month in my garage I had to fight against some nasty fungus gnats! 😡 But the great news is I got rid of them! And quite quickly this time! I think my method is on point now. Here is how: Get you some Mosquito Bits like you see in the last pic. This is a totally natural product, no chemicals at all! The way it works is as follow: the little yellow chunks you see are inoculated with a bacteria called BTi (Bacillus Thuringiensis israelensis) and this bacteria produces a toxin that is deadly to the larvae of mosquitoes of course but also to gnats! So this bacteria won't hurt any of the beneficial organisms in your soil but only kill the wanted larvae! The procedure: I tried many different ways of applying the bits and the only one that as been really effective is this one. Fill with water a bottle/container/can big enough to be able to soak well the soil in your pot(s). Allow chlorine to evaporate if there is. Take one teaspoon of Mosquito Bits per litter of water, 4 teaspoon per gallon and put them in the water. Mix a bit and let this sit for 24 hours. So the next day, filter the water to get rid of the bits (there is no problem to let them in the water but it can be tricky depending on the way you water your plants) and soak your soil with it! Repeat after one week and voila! you should be gnats free!! You can repeat as many times as you need. You can even add your nutes to it (at least the organic ones) Note that the BTi only kills larvae so it is important to continue to catch the adults with sticky sheets while you apply it. It is a wise idea to treat your house plants too because they are often the source of the gnats. Also careful with the aromatic plants that you buy at your store they are very often infected. Hope this can help some of you ! Apart from that the Doc is fine! You can see at the bottom of the main stem that she probably would like to shoot some new roots! This plant is really vigorous! I poured 2ltrs of PK Boost Tea to prepare the bloom phase but didn't had any tabs at all as she seems just fine. I'll eventually add some Bactrex and Orgatrex when the first pistils show themselves. That's it for this week! Cya!