Originally published at: Overloaded powerstrip brings bomb squad to illegal grow house - Boing Boing
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Some things just need to get plugged into the wall socket.
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I’m puzzled, why would you need pesticides if you’re growing inside? Or was it for mice?
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Neighbors?
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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.
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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.)
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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/
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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.
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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.
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