Spider Mite Control

**NewGrowth** · 11-27-2009, 10:22 PM

Originally Posted by skoobie dew

Pyrethrum is HIGHLY TOXIC TO CATS!

Regarding the rest of this very good thread:

I didn't hear anything about Stirrup M. Stirrup M is an excellent product. It will get the mites to move around and eat on different parts of a plant/grow room. If you can't get 100% coverage with either avid or florimite, and have mites all over your room, then try it.

I don't believe avid is systemic, I think it is translinear (will affect both sides of a leaf if sprayed on only one side.) I have seen spider mites that are resistant to avid. Avid is for use on ornamentals only. Growers usually ignore this.

IMHO Florimite sc works at least as well as avid. It's expensive but 3 mil per gallon gives you a solid 21 days protection on treated tisue.(new growth is not treated tissue).

For complete eradication you have to treat your plants every 7 days with something new, or treat everything that comes into your grow room twice, or both.

I grow indoors. If you are growing outdoors then the following doesn't apply:

When I have a new mother come into my space I isolate it for over a month. First I dip the entire plant into florimite. Seven days later I use azatrol. Then seven days later florimite again(at this time I sometimes have to spray the plant). Seven days later azatrol again. Another week and I use pylon. Then again with the florimite. At this point I am certain that I have no mites and take the new happy mother to my mother room.

Spider mites are a bitch to get rid of. I don't want to ever have them again. I take clones to clubs in California. If I get mites then I can't take clones to clubs.

That being said, if you get a batch of clones from a club, expect them to have mites even if you don't see any. Isolate them for a couple of weeks, or at least dip them in florimite at least once.

Oh yeah... don't spray anything on your plants except for plain water with the lights on. Don't turn your lights back on until your spray is dry. Allways spray when the temps have been under 75 degrees for a while.

Hope this was some help.
Skoob

All very good info, thanks man. Floramite is definitely a good product and it is what I use in rotation with Avid to control mites. Thanks for the good info on Stirrup M too!

**danube** · 11-28-2009, 03:00 AM

I caught the nasty little f-ers almost exactly 7 weeks in. I mixed a 50/50 spray of rubbing alcohol (90%) and water. Sprayed down the plants thoroughly. Shook off excess.

Next day I hit them with Azamax and mixed it according to directions. In the next 48 hours they were almost completely gone. the one or two I still saw were motionless or barely moving.

I also sprayed down my garden area walls, table, etc. with the rubbing alcohol mix. Seems, for now, to have been successful.

**skoobie dew** · 11-28-2009, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by danube

I caught the nasty little f-ers almost exactly 7 weeks in. I mixed a 50/50 spray of rubbing alcohol (90%) and water. Sprayed down the plants thoroughly. Shook off excess.

Next day I hit them with Azamax and mixed it according to directions. In the next 48 hours they were almost completely gone. the one or two I still saw were motionless or barely moving.

I also sprayed down my garden area walls, table, etc. with the rubbing alcohol mix. Seems, for now, to have been successful.

azamax and azatrol have the same amount of the same active ingredient.

**JN811** · 11-29-2009, 02:38 PM

i pruned my plants today and found a big spidermite!! Does anyone know where i can get some azatrol for cheap?? Please Help!!

**skoobie dew** · 12-03-2009, 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by JN811

i pruned my plants today and found a big spidermite!! Does anyone know where i can get some azatrol for cheap?? Please Help!!

There's no such thing as a BIG spidermite. There are small spiders. Spidermites are tiny. like the size of a pin head, but a little smaller.

**JN811** · 12-04-2009, 04:58 PM

ok well ive found a total of four diffrent bugs in my garden.. White flies, a small black looking fly, some wierd tick looking creature and definetly spider mites...! I have already killed a plant 2 weeks in flowering because of them and now they have spread to my other girl snow white. Ive tried soap + water and alcohol +water and niether worked... I need to kill these fuckers before they kill another plant... They are multiplying at very fast rates and the plant i killed was covered with literally hundreds! I ordered some neem oil and a no pest strip. Will this work or should I buy something better? What can I do to slow them down till I get this stuff?! Btw Im on a buget so I cant afford Avil or Floramite.

**JN811** · 12-04-2009, 04:59 PM

btw I think I got all these damn buggers from Miracle Grow Organic Soil I used before transplanting! NEVER AGAIN!! My avatars the girl I killed last night

ak48 rest in peace

**skoobie dew** · 12-09-2009, 08:31 PM

Originally Posted by JN811

btw I think I got all these damn buggers from Miracle Grow Organic Soil I used before transplanting! NEVER AGAIN!! My avatars the girl I killed last night

ak48 rest in peace

You can get soil mites from soil not spider mites. If you don't have any powdery mildew/ mold issues you can boil water in your room. I know this sounds nuts, but if you get the temp up to about 90 and your humidity above 80 % it will kill all of the adult mites in less than an hour. More than likely it will f-up your whole grow, but there it is.

**Quickset** · 12-10-2009, 08:27 PM

Originally Posted by JN811

btw I think I got all these damn buggers from Miracle Grow Organic Soil I used before transplanting! NEVER AGAIN!! My avatars the girl I killed last night

ak48 rest in peace

You can try using AES110's home made formula

Spider Mites

This worked for me. See my post on page 4. What's happening now? Any plants left?

**mr.smileyface** · 01-09-2010, 01:16 PM

Hey i just sprayed mine with neem oil. There has been a bad infestation and They have formed a few cobwebs. They are on their 4 week of flower. When should i use the floramite? Three days after soaking in neem?