Safer BioNeem or similar product are safe alternatives for insect control - I've used this successfully for the only spidermite attack I've had, which was caught early and was small-scale. It can be hard to completely eradicate the insects with biologically safe products.

The HotShot No Pest strip works really well by most accounts, I would use one of these before I used some other form of manually-applied chemical control. The HotShot has the advantage of continuously applying the insecticide, killing the larvae as they hatch, and eventually eradicating the insects. It is supposed to be relatively safe and breaks down rapidly, but who can say for sure what the long-term effects might be (the same holds for any form of chemical control IMO).

I've used predator insects outdoors, they only control the bad insect population and rarely eradicate them IMO. In the end, it all depends on what you're willing to live with and who is smoking the product; I personally wouldn't use chemical methods that weren't FDA-approved for food crops if I was supplying other people...

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Good info, I personally don't want to resort to using chemical methods but this is my first grow so i'm not sure what to expect with these mites. i'm going with the strips. Do you know if I can use the strips and lady bugs at the same time or whould it kill them aswell?

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I reckon it would kill just about any insect, including ladybugs. If I was going to use a HotShot, then depending where you're at in your grow - I wouldn't use the HotShot for at least the last two weeks of the grow - I would use it for about two weeks to make sure the adults and larvae were killed, then I would take it down and use ladybugs to help prevent recurrence (not sure if the ladybug's would survive or hang around with nothing to eat, though).

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Sounds like a good plan, i'm on my 4th week of 12/12. I'm gonna go with what you said, going to use hot shot for 2 weeks see where i'm at with the mites then lady bug my plants to keep them at bay until it finishes off. thanks once again you really helped me out. peace

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