Cacti pesticide, fungicide and fertilizer advice?
The standard here for succulent/cactus growers is osmocote 13-13-13, starkle g granules (dinotefuran) pesticide and captan (don’t know if you guys ever heard of that one) fungicide.
Should this be safe for consumption? I also plan to run the stack on some other Amazonian shrubs and vines just with different soil composition
Posted Dec 14, 2019, 4:18 AM UTC
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I would encourage a healthy microbiome with compost tea and mycorrhizae.
That will take care of all three of those problems.
Hmm I have some great white myco in hand. I used to have a really bad problem with white flies. They are gonna tear it up if I don’t use the pesticide I think. It’s meant to be g for fruits and veg so should be alright.
What compost tea recipe do you use?. EWC?
Indoors?
Don't use Neem oil.
A couple things, do you have rocks/perlite/something at the bottom of your pot?
If so, don't do that. Repot immediately with your soil mix all throughout.
I would try a couple things depending on what works best for you.
Beneficial Nematodes
Diatomaceous Earth
Nicotine salt in water in a spray bottle.
Alright, I didn’t put any gravel at the bottom. Only for my trichocereus the very first one I put coir chunks just to stop the soil falling out. I will look into buying those items.
The compost tea, I just make it with whatever I have. Coffee grounds, Mykos, Great White, Castings, Tea, Kelp, Alfalfa. Whatever.