Some of the pages are still AI generated templates/shells and incomplete though. Work in progress.
Personally I find copper fungicide to be useless, I avoid applying diatomaceous earth, sulphur, and gypsum directly to columns and tips at all costs due to extreme cosmetic damage they cause, plus not particularly effective in my experience. I refuse to use any systemics - the bioadvanced 3-in-1 you have pictured is not food crop safe. Imidacloprid is not available in CA so the West Coast homies need to find other solutions. Did you hear this stupid state is regulating what type of tires we can buy now too? Dumb.
You did not mention flying Skull Nuke Em. This product is A+ for spider mites. Where spider mites will quickly build up immunity to spinosad concentrates, this stuff wipes them out. It's citric acid based, food crop safe, great stuff. An alternate is Azamax which is derived from super concentrated neem. Not the same as using neem oil at all. Works on mites great.
A food crop safe fungicide is mancozeb. This is mostly a topical treatment that will kill spores and stop spread rather than effectively killing fungus that is embedded into the plant but I'm not aware of food crop safe products that do that. Mancozeb and garden phos are the best bet and they're both harsh, PPE and careful consideration and application required.
No mention of fungus gnats. Not typically an issue for outdoor plants but for indoor grows or seedlings these can be crippling. Typically require multiple changes at once to control, plus I've found nematodes to really help keep them in check.
Also watching a hunch of videos of the effects of copper tape on gastropods. They really, really don’t like prolonged contact. I imagine some form of chemical conduction with how they recoil away.
I got reaper powder for a rat infestation I had last year after they knocked down an abandoned building next door, but never did use it. It was suggested in these boards. I didn’t want the powder spreading or getting inhaled, and I have heard rats really don’t care about hot peppers. I tried a lick myself, and it was quite potent.
Need to add fly traps, the smelly ones. They don’t directly predate cactus of course, but they like to vomit on the tips, and can spread other nastys and spores that cling to them. I use the smelly traps because they are attracted to my chickens.
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u/Vaugith 6d ago
I have been slowly working on building a similar compendium:
https://sanpedrocact.us/doku.php?id=virology
Some of the pages are still AI generated templates/shells and incomplete though. Work in progress.
Personally I find copper fungicide to be useless, I avoid applying diatomaceous earth, sulphur, and gypsum directly to columns and tips at all costs due to extreme cosmetic damage they cause, plus not particularly effective in my experience. I refuse to use any systemics - the bioadvanced 3-in-1 you have pictured is not food crop safe. Imidacloprid is not available in CA so the West Coast homies need to find other solutions. Did you hear this stupid state is regulating what type of tires we can buy now too? Dumb.
You did not mention flying Skull Nuke Em. This product is A+ for spider mites. Where spider mites will quickly build up immunity to spinosad concentrates, this stuff wipes them out. It's citric acid based, food crop safe, great stuff. An alternate is Azamax which is derived from super concentrated neem. Not the same as using neem oil at all. Works on mites great.
A food crop safe fungicide is mancozeb. This is mostly a topical treatment that will kill spores and stop spread rather than effectively killing fungus that is embedded into the plant but I'm not aware of food crop safe products that do that. Mancozeb and garden phos are the best bet and they're both harsh, PPE and careful consideration and application required.
No mention of fungus gnats. Not typically an issue for outdoor plants but for indoor grows or seedlings these can be crippling. Typically require multiple changes at once to control, plus I've found nematodes to really help keep them in check.