TheArkansasBlackbird
TheArkansasBlackbird t1_ixov3nr wrote
Reply to comment by Hyalus33 in A cheap $200 solar-power plastic robot that destroys weeds, shows that global agriculture can dramatically reduce the chemicals used in farming, and reduce the 45% of crops lost to pests. by lughnasadh
You are planting your pot too close together. That's why you have spider mites. If you spread the marijuanna out a little bit it gets enough airflow that the spidermites don't actually like living there.
Also why you can't get rid of them. Your shit is too close together.
I live in a spider mite infested area and I've only had them twice and they actually just died off naturally when the summer hit and the humidity went away.
You can honestly remove a lot of your pest issues by understanding what they prefer to live in and making that a non issue.
Now for the commercial grower they want as much money as they can make per square inch, so they pay to remove the issue. (don't worry, I'm also one of those, but I do my dense planting in the winter cause I sell plants to other people). But for the home grower, just opening up the space and some good pruning can give the airflow that makes spidermites go away.
TheArkansasBlackbird t1_ixouj00 wrote
Reply to A cheap $200 solar-power plastic robot that destroys weeds, shows that global agriculture can dramatically reduce the chemicals used in farming, and reduce the 45% of crops lost to pests. by lughnasadh
ANYONE that grows plants on the regular would recognize this as BS.
TheArkansasBlackbird t1_j010a0u wrote
Reply to Scientists have developed a solid-state battery material that doesn't diminish after repeated charge cycles, potentially offering a durable alternative to the lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles by unswsydney
*yawn* more pop science bs. Nothing like locking the actual facts behind a paywall to make it sound real.