spider mites at harvest

Originally Posted by MrFishy

Mites abandon hanging plants? Sure seems like the weed would have to be super dry for this to be the case? I hope this pans out. That'd be GREAT!

I had a decent mite population about 4-5 weeks into flower. I could notice white spots on all the leaves like they were getting bleached. It was actually spider mites eating the leaves. I cut off any leaves that had any damage from mites... and also got a small rag with neem oil and wiped it all over any good leaves, instead of spraying it on. Cutting off the bad leaves gets rid of some of the mites and any eggs that may hatch future mites. Also the plant will not have to struggle to try and keep a leaf alive that is being eaten. I noticed about week 7 the mites were still there but not as bad and there was less webbing. I have some stuff drying and it seems pretty much miteless. I think that when everything dries out, it shrinks and the mites probably dry out too, and turn into little specks. I'm not scared to smoke it, afterall they are mites eating weed leaves and are probably full of thc themselves.

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