OKAY SO I HAVE 3 BEAUTIFUL PURPLE STRAIN PLANTS THAT ARE 3 WEEKS INTO FLOWERING. I NOTICED 1 PLANT ABOUT 3 WEEKS INTO VEG HAD SPIDER MITES SO SPED TO THE LOCAL HYDRO STORE AND BOUGHT 100% NEEM BY DYNAGRO. STARTED APPLICATING IT AS IT SAID. eVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL RECENTLY I STARTED NOTICING THAT THEY HAVE GOTTEN WORSE. I NEED THESE LITTLE FUKERS TO GO AWAY.PLEASE SOME TELL ME WHAT I SHOULD DO? +REP FOR YOUR ANSWERS.

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i to have mites and they just won't go away i hate these damn things!its like get the fuck out of my garden. i have heard of some fogger but i'n not sure you can use it during flower.i would try some predators they eat the mites and won't hurt the plants then they die off there about seventy five dollars.

You also might want to try neem oil

I hate spider mites and they love the purple strains. Your best bet is preventing them before they get in there. I treat all my plants with Neem Oil even if they do not have any signs of bugs.

My mixture is Hot Water, Neem Oil, SM-90 (or MM2000) a few drops of liquid dish soap to get it all mixed up.

I treat them about once every two weeks but taper off about three weeks into flower. When I treat them I spray every single leaf, every nook and cranny, every stem on every plant.

Ladybugs are a predator of mites so you may want to look at home depot or any garden supply house for ladybugs.

There is always Pyrethrum Bombs but that should be a last resort

Good luck in your Battle...

Fuck. I just found 'em on my plant too. Argh.
Time to hit the gardening center.

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I am a noob and am on my 2nd grow... 3 og kush, 2 prpl trainwreck, 1 ss haze. I had mites in veg, knocked them back, then got them when I switched to flower. I am now on week 7. They did not seem too bad about 1 week ago, but I started really looking and saw webs. Took a paint brush and got the webs off. Last grow I had mites web up the inside of the biggest cola and kill the goddammed thing. Its like they get together and figure out where the biggest bud is and all decide "hey, lets go fuck that thing up". Needless to say I am figuring out this thing on my own. I started with the organics and thought I would be patient. When these plants come out I am going to hang them to get the mites to climb up to the string (which I will cover with Neem and Don't Bug Me). Then I am going to bleach the room, bomb the thing w/ pryth, put a no pest strip in for 3 days, then bomb again.
Does this seem to be a good plan?
The guy at the hydro store told me that mites were just a fact of life in Humboldt. The climate is just too good for them. I found a post online (not here) by a guy from Humboldt saying the mites here were like super mites because of all the resistances they built up. What the hell? Anyone have advice for mites that are the spawn of the devil?

its probably alot colder in northern california, but bumping up humidity and flushing infested leaves with cold cold water, or u can use a mixture of 1:1 with rubbing alcohol and water and mist the bottom of your leaves let dry mist again and rinse and shake, or here: i was wondering if these recipes would work maybe someone can give them a try: http://www.growery.org/3047/How-to-K...on-on-Cannabis

you could use avid, but its not worth the 1000 dollars unless you have a huge crop!! i use Aza-max. it is made from a tree's sap, and is super effective against spider mites. its about $80, but it makes like 50 gallons.. you mix it with water (follow amounts on directions) wear a mask and gloves, even though it isnt supposed to be toxic to mamals, its just better. and after you got it mixed and shaken up well, you just spray every leaf and then dump some into the soil(about the same amount as you water it everyday). this killed all my spider mites and i had thousands.. the plant absorbs the insecticide so you dont want to treat the plant 6 weeks before harvest. you do this treatment once, and then again 2 weeks later. its pretty cheap, works 10000000000X better than that cheap aerosol crap, alcohol/water, and soap.. good luck !!!

thanks... tried to spot spray the leaves a few weeks ago w/ rubbing alcohol & water. Not such a good idea. I got some on the buds and stopped very shortly after. I think the og kush doesn't have that much smell (only one I sprayed on), but some of the buds on that plant smell like dirty feet when you stick your nose up to them. I gave a gentle squeeze to one of the buds to see if the inside was mushy. It is still hard as a rock. I will see what happens in a week when I cut them.

I will go w/ aza-max. I have the new girls vegging now. They are going in as soon as the others come out and I can clean the room. They will be treated well.

BTW. Ladybugs suck. I also read that they do not do anything unless put in at veg. When they get in a 12/12 they do not go after the mites. I just ended up with a lot of ladybug crispys on the tops of my bulbs.