Originally published at: Overloaded powerstrip brings bomb squad to illegal grow house - Boing Boing
…
2 Likes
Some things just need to get plugged into the wall socket.
2 Likes
I’m puzzled, why would you need pesticides if you’re growing inside? Or was it for mice?
6 Likes
Neighbors?
7 Likes
I’ve had an inherent mistrust of powerstrips ever since we had electrical problems in the house and lost several strips to sparks and smoke.
Anybody know what brand this one was? I am always keeping a list of brands to avoid.
1 Like
Of the places to cheap out on, your illegal grow-op electricals isn’t one of them.
(Also, it’s Massachusetts, where weed is legal… guess it says something about the market when people still do this.)
2 Likes
Ooh, if bugs get into an indoor monocrop, they think they’ve died and gone to heaven. It very much becomes the-plants-are-locked-inside-with-the-bugs.
Commercial operations typically go multiprong: “physical, biological, and chemical”, as this page puts it: https://www.insongreen.com/how-to-get-rid-of-greenhouse-pests/
4 Likes
For the want of a powerstrip, a kingdom was lost…
Its possible that some kind of pest made it inside at some point, enough that they felt they needed to spray everything. I know my inside plants get occasional infestations from possibly Mealybugs, but its recurring enough that i know i can deal with them through non-toxic means with a homemade spray using water, dish soap and neem oil. But if a grow operation is having an outbreak i can see how they might panic and decide to just use conventional sprays.
4 Likes
whiteflies, thrips and spider mites.
neem oil works, but is bad if it stays on the flower when consumed.
at least… that’s what a… friend… told me.
5 Likes
5 Likes
I don’t run illegal grow ops, but just doing some balcony and indoor gardening in high rise apartments means I can definitely confirm that infestation can be a big issue. Unwashed hands, microscopic organisms on the original seeds or cuttings…
At human scales, can confirm you get far FEWER cockroaches, spiders and mosquitoes at 10 floors up - but not zero.
2 Likes
Oh one more point - I understand that unexpected high power and water draws, dodgy wiring from stealing electricity from neighbours, etc - not uncommon ways that these ops are caught
Just reading story to make sure this was not my neighbors.
3 Likes
This topic was automatically closed after 5 days. New replies are no longer allowed.
