by Rincon-Vitova Insectary Earwigs Easily recognizable pests in the garden and active at night, earwigs hide in tight, dark, moist places during the day. True omnivores, they actually are important predators of aphids, insect eggs, but will eat almost all parts of flowering plants, especially soft tissue, like newly forming buds in cannabis. Identification The […]
by Rincon-Vitova Insectary Leafhoppers Leafhoppers feed on leaves and stems with piercing sucking mouthparts that extract a bit of fluid from the plant. Most have insignificant effects. A few species cause small, light flecking/stippling injury may occur at the feeding site. Black sooty mold is a secondary outbreak from their honeydew. Although some leafhoppers transmit […]
by Rincon-Vitova Insectary Grasshoppers Most grasshoppers are general feeders, but they prefer young green plants and some annual flowers. Chewing mouthparts make large, round, smooth holes in leaves. Heavy infestations can strip plants to stalks. During major outbreaks they feed on almost any green plant, and damage may occur over a considerably longer period. Identification […]
by Alex Robles It’s never good when a fire breaks out in an indoor grow but it’s even more tragic when that grow room is in our home. I want to take this moment to say something about fire safety in an indoor home grow. We’ve all heard the horror stories of bad wiring catching […]
by Rincon-Vitova If you’ve grown cannabis indoors, you know how annoying fungus gnats can be. They mostly fly around my grow space reminding that I’m over watering my plants. The best way to fight these garden pests is to get to know them. The following notes about Fungus Gnats were sent over from the insectary […]
by Alex Robles We understand how to cook with cannabis better today than we did 25 years ago. Back then, it was more like wizardry than science if you could make a good batch of edibles that weren’t too strong. Luckily we now live in the future and the home chef in us all can […]