Hi BB, thanks for the update. I had used a organic spray, but I'm still seeing signs of spider mites, so in a couple more days, I'm using the alcohol mix you used. I by no means have the webs, that the other person has, they are just on the underside of the leaves, and the spots on top, but I don't want to let that happen either. Most of the mites happened to also be on the fan leaves, so I did major trimming on those. Thanks BB, and good grow to you. Much appreciated.

Am the one with all the webs on my plants! i dint notice the webs until now? How long do you think it took for my plants to get this bad?

420caregiver: I noticed that there were spots on my leaves, the fan leaves, which made me look underneath. That is when I noticed the tiny black spots, which are the spidermites. To have the infestation like you have had, I would say that they had to be there for over a couple of weeks. I have now been fighting these guys for a week and a half, still having the black spots, but I am using the alcohol mix today to kill them. Hope you were able to get yours under control.

BB: I was only able to find the 70% alcohol myself, but I will use about 12ounces and then water to make 32 oz.

Thank you I did see the spots on the leafs i thought they were marks from when i sprayed them with DONTBUG ME spray! so a couple of weeks later i was spraying my plants and the mist from the spray made me see all the webs! i was so sad, but now i have got them under control! i used a girls small make up brush to remove the webs then i spray them every 2-days with (SAFE SPRAY) a Canadian product that works great it doesn't damage the plants its like a bath for plants and at the end of the day i look with 60x magnification and see that 90% of them are dead (You still see 1 or 2 around) i dont know how the spray works for eggs but will see.
I also moved 4 of my infested plants into a new trash can and sprayed them and left them in there with a fan! so hopefully this will take care of the big problem i still spray my room every 2 days just to clean them and make sure there ok!


I will post pictures soon

Hi guys, wanted to let you know that i'm STILL mite & white fly FREE.

Glad to hear you're getting the problem under control.

Wishing all, good luck & good grow......BB

i have spider mite all over my early skunk and thai super skunks,even outside in the wet uk weather,i keep catching them and crushing them individually(a most time consuming exercise i must say) did spray with soap water,and that seemed to do well,but they seemed to have called for back up,was 6 mites on 1 leaf this morning!!!!!

so alcohol is good for killing bugs,i know this,but what about the effect on the plant????

ive read there are some excellent little ladybugs,not the usual uk onesv that are red etc(althought but they work too),but little black bugs,that LOVE to eat and prey on spidermites,they are completely predatory,will guard your ganja from many things including the dreaded spidermites and its cool having your own little bug army!!!!

Hey Max, I used 70% alcohol cut 50/50
with water. Some folks are having success with a 30/70 mix, but I have had no ill effects with the mix I use.
The plants get a slight leaf curl for about
3 or 4 hours, than straighten right out
with no appearent problems.

I have used the Lady bugs in past grows & they do the job, but then they leave & if there is a recurring problem, I have to go out and buy more.
I have come to trust the"AL/H2O" mix
completely, and it's always standing by
for me. I create a lot of air movement, (fans), after spraying. This helps evaporate the alcohol quickly.

I wish good luck for all, & good grow.....BB

Whats up burger boss. I use the 70% cut 50/50 with tapwater and it works great. Just dont saturate the soil. And you dont half to get wild with it. They die on contact. Check it out thru a micro scope if you can.

Azatrol. 2 fl. oz/gal at $100 a quart. Pretty pricy but no more spidermites. Picked some up the other day.

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Hi Aces, yes, this really does work rather well. I try to keep the mixture AWAY from the soil, lightly spraying the
underside of the leaves ONLY. I do own a pocket microscope, (ALL serious growers should!) Be sure to vent your grow area real good after spraying to help evaporate the alcohol, as the little bastards die on contact, and you want to get rid of the alcohol ASAP.

As for paying $100 per quart of whatever the other poster suggested, I will pass for now as long as the 99 cents per quart of alcohol is working with no ill effects. I will use the $99 saved to buy some more great genetics.

Good luck & good grow to all........BB