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biosynthetic wrote:
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I've had gnats on this run, put a load of sticky traps around the pots, thought they had been decimated but I let the plants dry out a bit this week and while watering last night I noticed loads of them emerging from some of the pots :rage: as they are in flower I can't really do much but I'll just have to make sure not to let them dry out like that again :idn:
you could give them a neem tea mate, it WILL GET rid of them :oik!:
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I wonder if I could stick one of them wicks in my bum hole and drop the other end in a bottle of rum down my sock?

I could get pissed at work then and no-one would know.

Genius.
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Wow...that one should go into the "Stoned thoughts" forum
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Marcus wrote:
Wed Aug 16, 2023 8:55 pm
I wonder if I could stick one of them wicks in my bum hole and drop the other end in a bottle of rum down my sock?

I could get pissed at work then and no-one would know.

Genius.
No smell
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JJ wrote:
Wed Aug 16, 2023 9:45 pm
Marcus wrote:
Wed Aug 16, 2023 8:55 pm
I wonder if I could stick one of them wicks in my bum hole and drop the other end in a bottle of rum down my sock?

I could get pissed at work then and no-one would know.

Genius.
No smell
I use rum as an aftershave anyway! :running-around:

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Greenfingers wrote:
Wed Aug 16, 2023 5:42 pm
biosynthetic wrote:
Wed Aug 16, 2023 5:21 pm
I've had gnats on this run, put a load of sticky traps around the pots, thought they had been decimated but I let the plants dry out a bit this week and while watering last night I noticed loads of them emerging from some of the pots :rage: as they are in flower I can't really do much but I'll just have to make sure not to let them dry out like that again :idn:
you could give them a neem tea mate, it WILL GET rid of them :oik!:
It would probably work but I don't really like neem personally, if I did use it would be in veg only. They don't seem to be affecting the plants more annoying than anything else :cheers: cheers
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I used a thick layer of perlite or hydroton and it helped me curb them. My sticky traps showed a drastic decrease after that application. I prefer non-chemical cures when possible.
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Marcus wrote:
Wed Aug 16, 2023 8:55 pm
I wonder if I could stick one of them wicks in my bum hole and drop the other end in a bottle of rum down my sock?

I could get pissed at work then and no-one would know.

Genius.
Spat me coffee out i was swigging alover the screen when i read this. You crazy mofo. :rofl:
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Marcus wrote:
Wed Aug 16, 2023 9:49 pm
JJ wrote:
Wed Aug 16, 2023 9:45 pm
Marcus wrote:
Wed Aug 16, 2023 8:55 pm
I wonder if I could stick one of them wicks in my bum hole and drop the other end in a bottle of rum down my sock?

I could get pissed at work then and no-one would know.

Genius.
No smell
I use rum as an aftershave anyway! :running-around:
Isn't that vodka 🤔 🤣🤣
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I've found what I was looking for GF... @Greenfingers I couldn't remember what it was called but I found it in the shed yesterday.

https://www.garden-innovations.co.uk/smart-valve.html

I used one of these clever little things when away a lot.

Dumped the pots in the conservatory in a huge tray on top of some capillary matting and that thing in the corner attached to my old autopot res.

PLants were alive and upright whjen I got back after a week.
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