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MattyBong
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Exterminator/Fumigator while Coir Colonizes
#12773554 - 06/20/10 01:32 PM (13 years, 9 months ago) |
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I am just spawned to two trays of Coir a couple days ago and I just found out my apartment is gonna be having an exterminator coming by to fumigate for roaches.
Not sure of the chemicals they will be using, or even when they will be coming, but obviously I will have to leave the sub colonized until and after they come.
My question, will the chemicals they will be using hurt and/or contaminate my coir? What are some steps I can do to prevent this? I have the trays covered in garbage bags already. I think I will be putting them someplace high, and also am thinking of leaving them outside on my balcony while this is going on.
Thoughts?
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RogerRabbit
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Re: Exterminator/Fumigator while Coir Colonizes [Re: MattyBong]
#12773823 - 06/20/10 02:22 PM (13 years, 9 months ago) |
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Outside is best if they're not also spraying the balconies. Another option if you know approximately the day they're coming is to slip the trays into a large plastic trash bag and seal it tight. There should be enough air in there to last a day or two. RR
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hamloaf
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Re: Exterminator/Fumigator while Coir Colonizes [Re: MattyBong]
#12774227 - 06/20/10 03:31 PM (13 years, 9 months ago) |
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RogerRabbit said: Outside is best if they're not also spraying the balconies. Another option if you know approximately the day they're coming is to slip the trays into a large plastic trash bag and seal it tight. There should be enough air in there to last a day or two. RR
This.
Also, apartment fumigations are usually nothing more then a few sprays in the kitchen. Around the stove and refrigerator. Where roaches are mostly. Feeding off crumbs and little things like that that get left around when you cook. Even after you clean And a spray in the bathroom. If you are lucky. It's not like your apartment management company is going to fork out the cash to detail fumigate each and every apartment. These apartment management company types are are just trying to get the job done as quickly and as cheaply as possible. Giving the work to the lowest bidder. Mostly for the purposes of keeping up to code(s).
Pick a room or a closet the furthest away from your kitchen and bathroom, kitchen mostly and do like Roger said and "slip into a large plastic trash bag and seal it tight". You go get you an opaque plastic storage tub and place them in there. If wanna be anal. Seal in tight in plastic trash bag along with placing into opaque plastic storage tub.
I like the idea of placing them out side the best. Except for the fact that placing them out side greatly increases your risks of unwelcome eyes falling upon your projects stumbling upon what you are up 2.
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RogerRabbit
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Re: Exterminator/Fumigator while Coir Colonizes [Re: hamloaf]
#12774850 - 06/20/10 05:35 PM (13 years, 9 months ago) |
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hamloaf said: nothing more then a few sprays in the kitchen. Around the stove and refrigerator. Where roaches are mostly.
Damn I'm glad roaches don't survive the winters up here. It's been 20 years since I've seen a cockroach.
Our cabin is a haven for spiders all winter, so I'd hate to have to spray. They move in during fall, and the Mrs and I herd them all into the bathroom(so they have access to water) until spring, when we catch them in coffee cans and take 'em to the garden. . .hundreds of them. They freak out the in-laws and other guests so they never want to stay overnight here, which is fine with me. RR
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Fungal growth
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Re: Exterminator/Fumigator while Coir Colonizes [Re: RogerRabbit]
#12774873 - 06/20/10 05:42 PM (13 years, 9 months ago) |
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RogerRabbit said:
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hamloaf said: nothing more then a few sprays in the kitchen. Around the stove and refrigerator. Where roaches are mostly.
Damn I'm glad roaches don't survive the winters up here. It's been 20 years since I've seen a cockroach.
Our cabin is a haven for spiders all winter, so I'd hate to have to spray. They move in during fall, and the Mrs and I herd them all into the bathroom(so they have access to water) until spring, when we catch them in coffee cans and take 'em to the garden. . .hundreds of them. They freak out the in-laws and other guests so they never want to stay overnight here, which is fine with me. RR
hmmmmm now THERES an idea....
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Entheogenic
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Re: Exterminator/Fumigator while Coir Colonizes [Re: Fungal growth]
#12776379 - 06/20/10 11:06 PM (13 years, 9 months ago) |
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My old landlord just used the "bug spray" excuse mostly just to snoop around. They were in my apartment for less than 30 seconds, but I'll be damned if they didn't look in every room and closet.
In fact, a friend of mine is in the pest control business, and he said he gets a bonus for every apartment he turns in that gets arrested/evicted for drugs. No shit. Those are for housing projects, but still, HIDE YOUR GROW.
Call me paranoid, but the last time the landlord came through, I came to the door without a shirt on, told him to give me 10 minutes to "get dressed," and threw a blanket over my FC. I also keep all of my supplies in inconspicuous boxes.
I can't wait 'til we get our house...
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