General Hydroponics GH2045 AzaMax, 4 Ounce, Orange

I was skeptical. I have a large indoor grow room with many tropicals, peppers, and overwintering tomato. I've used various methods to control aphids and mites, inc H oil, insecticidal soap, spinosad, pyrethrin, neem, and physical methods like CO2 chambers and daily washing of leaves. None were ineffective, but none reduced the population low enough to call them 'elimimated'. Usually they bought time, sometimes only days or a week, and cumulatively damaged the foliage while knocking down the pests. They also often left unpleasant smells, residues, or were a concern around pets, requiring me to seal the room for days. I saw AzaMax recommended, and researched what it actually was. It seemed expensive, but compared to the volume of neem required for similar action, I felt it was reasonable. As an extract there are no smells or issues with emulsifying oils. Based on a tip, I combined AzaMax with Beauveria bassinia spores in a spray bottle (they are compatible, in my experience). I sprayed thoroughly over all plants hosting aphids. This combo treatment ceased aphid feeding immediately and led to aphid death within days, and my plants didn't even notice - it was like water to them. Two treatments a week apart finally freed my room from aphid explosions, and when they did show up I was able to prune selectively, as they were sluggish, slow to reproduce, and did not spread. I can now say that it is actually possible to eliminate aphids indoors completely, even when they are widespread. A single treatment wipes out spider mites completely. They are even less resilient than aphids to the combo approach. This has significantly reduced my stress and increased my enjoyment of my hobby.

AzaMax is a great product and General Hydroponics has great products from my experience thus far. Mine came exactly as described, with very detailed instructions. The instructions include directions for foliar application, as well as hydroponic and soil/medium application. It also includes an extensive list of all the creatures AzaMax controls. IIRC AzaMax works by introducing pheromones that disrupt the pests ability to mate, lay eggs, and molt, among other things. The directions indicate that it's important that no one is allowed in the area AzaMax is applied in for at least 4 hours (Possibly only applies to foliar usage). It's probably also a good idea to use a respirator, but I'm not sure if the directions indicated this was required. AzaMax is 100% natural (allegedly), and my plants didn't even seem to notice it was there. Within the first 24 hours of application, there were no more pests to be seen. Prior to application there were some on every leaf. The eggs however did not die out, and the pests returned within about 7 days. Another quick application and there are no living pests in sight. I believe I will be able to effectively end their life cycle with only 2 or 3 treatments (maybe one more, but there are not many eggs left, and they may all die out from this last treatment). I would recommend AzaMax to anyone trying to grow fruits or vegetables without chemicals. AzaMax is an effective means of controlling pests.

I can say, to anyone who reads online and goes nuts trying to figure out how to get rid of those pesky little mites, that may be eating away at your garden... this has helped. When using this, I would mix up the 8 -marker (8oz Im guessing) dose, along with some 91% isopropyl alcohol (maybe 10% of the 24oz container I would mix it in. After treating the garden space with this mixture, every 3-5 days for a month, they were completely gone. The alcohol helps kill more instantly, and the Azamax helps disrupt their ability to reproduce. Although I considered more dramatic measures like ladybugs, this mix helped the most, and took care of the problem mixed w/ alcohol. Make sure to thoroughly cover the leaves and everything when spraying, and the problem should be easily solved for you as well. I am sharing this b/c I too had frantically looked for solutions online, and wasted money on other methods. Then I read some interesting info posted on a university study, which used a combination of reproduction disruption, with an instant kill solution... and I figured that the two ingredients would be along the same lines. I was right, and I hope to pass this knowledge on to others who have been apprehensive due to cost and the mix of success stories. I do not feel the alcohol alone would have done the job.

I endorse AzaMax because it kills spider mites. There are a dozen or more products out there that say they kill spider mites, but don't, as you probably know. My cannabis is flourishing, and AzaMax gets a lot of the credit. Four star rating though, because of the dilution instructions. I followed them on my first application and burned a lot of leaves. The concentration that works is not given, and I had to do a trial-and-error series. So you will probably end up fiddling around with the proportions of AzaMax to water for your particular species of plant.

If not using this in place of Neem on a bi weekly staggered with other products for pests you are not doing it right. Neem oil treats every single disease derived from insects mold and fungus while keeping mites to a minimum and this is concentrated Neem that out performs cold pressed neem when properly sprayed regularly along with your fungicide and other organic preferably synthetic pesticides if there are a lot of trees and flowers the caterpillars can destroy entire crops like mites and other government and military utilized crop dusted pests and funguses fires, smart dust, radiation, metals etc. Alright well I will be flagged for truthspeak no doubt take care.