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There are one or two products that are claimed to have living bacteria (BMC for one), but most are inert. Top dressing crumbled Dunks has given the best control in my experience. Not to say you probably couldn't add to a tea brew with good effect, I'm just not sure it wouldn't become microbe fodder.

Azadirachtin products vary in make up. Some, like Azamax, contain all the liminoids and other compounds found in pure neem, while others are merely azadirachtin A and B mixed together. Asking GH would be a sure bet, but I would think Azamax effects microbes based on the effect of pure neem and...

Trap and destroy? Haven't tried it, but hear wet rolled up newspaper works a charm.

A good humidifier or fogger is indispensible.

I don't believe you'd use the word sir if you knew me :D May have been burn from the neem. Oil falling out of solution in the sprayer/on the foliage, or exposure to sun soon after could cause burns. Concentration and ratio of soap:oil may be another factor.

Is the foliage getting neem/soap or just the soil?

Chitosan, potassium silicate, compost tea and/or commercial innoculants, insect frass. The list goes on. Really depends what pest/pathogens are a major issue in your area. Some people are nutty proactive. I tend to respond like a spastic afterwards.

Everything floats down here.. Mulch will slow things down a bit.

I'd second the overwatering. The 'maters look limp and one of the plants looks to be damping off.

Eh, another pricey grow store product. 10$ a gallon mixed solution hehe. Had a friend burn their plants on the second application, though I never did get a handle on the why of it. Standard insecticides have proven results, list their ingredients and don't make wild claims. You can spot the...

There is a lot of nonsense information out there passed around.   Conventional fertilizers ("chemical") do not kill microbial life (soil elements), and in the case of Trichoderma and other species, can actually help.   What does happen is that the "microbial loop" that naturally provides soil...

  Ah, appears I'm wrong. They must be stock photos, or perhaps it's just my shoddy memory.

Wierd, a few of those pictures are from the Prairie Plant Systems underground mine grow in Saskatchewan. I can spot those half dead plants anywhere. The unsmokeable, down right toxic bunk they grew there was part of the legal argument that gave us a nice medical system for a few years. I hear...

The power of perception...     I miss using a composting toilet.

Why not indeed :D

Sorry to hear about the loss Essegi :( Especially to such odd circumstance. Old cats have slowly passed on in the last few years and now the house is cat-less. About time for a kitten or a puppy to run around making a mess of the floors.

I'm so happy this went downhill. It would be slightly awkward dropping this here other wise.     Not that it would have stopped me. I do have a more goatse version I save for special purposes/people.

Around 2.5% v/v vermicast (rough half cup per gallon) and 0.25-0.5% (0.25 for low circulation brewers re: air stones, two-four tsp per gallon) black strap molasses is as simple and safe as you can get. Might look kind of anal (Me? No...) with percentage points, but they're universal and easily...

Not a problem, though all I've got are the second generation (finger-bang pollinated but not isolated) of Pepper Joes wonder-emporium of quality true breeding seeds.. :D I did order some MOA Bonnets from Judy recently, as well as a pack of Bhuts from Tomato Grower Supply, and could throw a few...

Anytime, any place.   That said, it depends what you made it from. Depending on the concentration (re: some recipes lean towards nutrient slurry, which is great for mature plants), you'd need to water it down a bit.