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Aphids ain't fun

So here is my situation, I'm at 20 weeks of veg. , not that I want to be, friggin aphids.

I've been fighting with these aphids for a few months. I've tried neem oil and antibacterial soap. Treatment after treatment and I still can't win. The plants are big and healthy but now my grow room smells like soap and neem oil. I've been spraying the canopy violently with water and it seems to be working. So finally my question is, how long should I wait to flower? I haven't seen an aphid in a couple days. I'm pretty sure I shouldn't go into flower before they get eradicated. Any thoughts or advice would be awesome. Thanks to

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Mr. Grow It

Feb 26, 2022

TheBudBaron

Mar 03, 2022

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so I decided to raise the temperature in my grow room(since I've been using CO²) to over 90° for an hour and a half followed by spraying 60° water at high velocity to knock them down(without directly spraying the flowers) and it all worked. I went from a few hundred aphids to very few. I had to make the decision; it was either, loose my plants to aphids or try something drastic and possibly kill them myself. I'm lucky it worked out and the plants were able to handle it. So now my big buds will survive and I should be able to harvest in about two weeks.

Mr. Grow It

Mar 11, 2022

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@TheBudBaron Buds look really nice. Hope you were able to get rid of the aphids and get a good harvest still

TheBudBaron

Apr 07, 2022

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@Mr. Grow It not really, they got into the flowers and even after washing and clipping them I used a microscope and could see aphid bodies stuck in the flowers, they destroyed my crop, buds look good but un smokable. Might make oil with it or bubble hash. Switching to DWC for next in Hope's of avoiding pests. Setting it all up now, will be germinating today. Hoping for the best.

TheBudBaron

Feb 13, 2022

Well here I am again, with friggin aphids!!!!! Half way into flower and they are back with a vengeance. What a heartbreaker finding these things again... it's either I raise the temps in my room to over 90° for an hour and try to kill them off or freeze them off with cold water in a spray bottle, both these things will have an effect on my girls. Too late in flower to use soaps and oils or chems. What do you guys think, these things can easily destroy all the time and work invested.

Mr. Grow It

Jan 11, 2022

If they are gone, you should be good to flip to flower. More info on aphids: https://www.mrgrowit.com/post/aphids-on-cannabis-plants

TheBudBaron

Jan 11, 2022

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@Mr. Grow It awesome thanks

TheBudBaron

Jan 11, 2022

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@Mr. Grow It that's a great read, very informative.

TheBudBaron

Jan 11, 2022

@mutinysoldier I appreciate the answer, I can't buy any ladybugs in my part of Ontario at the moment, can't even buy them on Amazon, this is why I've resorted to neem oil and antibacterial soap.

mutinysoldier

Jan 11, 2022

I know lady bugs can be used to control aphids but have never had the issue personally. Hopefully someone with experience with aphids indoors will chime in.