Every year I read comments in the outdoor auto/photo competition thread where participants rave about a product called Rot Block or Phyter. This season I was one of the lucky cultivators to be chosen to put Rot Block to the test in my 2023 outdoor grow. I will be applying it to my greenhouse, which is in the early stages of my first Light Deprivation grow. I tarp the greenhouse from 7pm-7am daily and as you can guess humidity spikes for this dark period.
It’s pretty unregulated in here, and I don’t think this photo includes the nighttime humidity as the thermostat resets in the AM for high/low readings every 24hrs, not unusual to see humidity in the 90’s. I had a lot of budrot last year in the greenhouse
I mixed up a full gallon for my first application which was way too much but I sprayed it all for a good soaking anyway.
Stoner move not just making the recipe amount. I added 19g of Rot Block to 1 gallon of RO water and put it in a hand pump sprayer.
began the application with a fine mist
But once I realized I made too much I switched to a jet of water and got deep canopy penetration
Every bit of plant in the greenhouse was dripping wet by the end of it
And my initial reaction when I returned to check how the drying was progressing is that it left a white film that is reminiscent of powdery mildew. So now if I do get powdery mildew I won’t even know because it looks like it already has it, here’s to hoping it works so well that’s a moot point!
I’ll update as I apply more or as I notice changes, like if the pistils turn from exposure etc.
since I made too much solution I also hit my fully outdoor Smell of Success photoperiod, even though she’s just vegging
It’s pretty unregulated in here, and I don’t think this photo includes the nighttime humidity as the thermostat resets in the AM for high/low readings every 24hrs, not unusual to see humidity in the 90’s. I had a lot of budrot last year in the greenhouse
I mixed up a full gallon for my first application which was way too much but I sprayed it all for a good soaking anyway.
Stoner move not just making the recipe amount. I added 19g of Rot Block to 1 gallon of RO water and put it in a hand pump sprayer.
began the application with a fine mist
But once I realized I made too much I switched to a jet of water and got deep canopy penetration
Every bit of plant in the greenhouse was dripping wet by the end of it
And my initial reaction when I returned to check how the drying was progressing is that it left a white film that is reminiscent of powdery mildew. So now if I do get powdery mildew I won’t even know because it looks like it already has it, here’s to hoping it works so well that’s a moot point!
I’ll update as I apply more or as I notice changes, like if the pistils turn from exposure etc.
since I made too much solution I also hit my fully outdoor Smell of Success photoperiod, even though she’s just vegging
