HELP! spidermites

I'm half way before harvest and I'm starting to have spidermites!!! What could I do to keep the buds smokable and get rid of these light speed breeding bitches!!! HELP

I hate Spidermites

Spray them with cold water, it'll drown most of the spider mites. After a few days to a week they should be gone. During which time you should lift your lights a bit to avoid droplets causing lens burn.

Don't water them in the dark. Lack of light and excess moisture leads to bad things growing, like bud rot.

spray them with neem oil

dont spray your buds with neem oil....dont fuckin spray your buds with anything besides water

SiCoSkateboards said:

dont spray your buds with neem oil....dont fuckin spray your buds with anything besides water

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Water will slow down mites development, even w/out soap? And Water will not make troubles with bud growth?

It pretty much a losing battle. Though at the 1/2 way mark, you got a chance.

bug bomb (prethium @4%) then again a week later (they lay eggs, and not all fuck at the same time. Synchronized spidermite fucking come soon to the next Olympics )

Once the harvest is done, NOW you got work.
Bomb the room.
Clean the room
Repaint the room
Spray down room

(neem is more a deterant then a killer)
Mites like the lower humidity and moderate temps we like to flower in.

Best of luck. the little buggers are buggers.

I've also found it difficult to 'spray/wipe down' every leaf, since a bushy plant its near impossible or an all day affair per plant. Foggers, baby, foggers. (with a normal areosole nozzle installed)

I'll spray them fckn soapy water until harvest... I I was not in Flower, I would ahve soak the whole plant into warm water+soap for about 10min and rince under shower... THIS works REALLY fine to kick these little bitches ass... I'll not grow anymore for few years cuz We plan to have a baby and the grow room is the baby bedroom ... So it's my last grow for years and these spidermites are not at a good timing!!!

So wat u guys are saying spraying with plain pH balance cold water is good enough?

I've read that they dislike humidity and it slow the breeding process of these mites... If you spray every day twice... it could help you keep these bastard in low population until harvest w/out using chem stuuf to kill too when smoking...

MaDz said:

I've read that they dislike humidity and it slow the breeding process of these mites... If you spray every day twice... it could help you keep these bastard in low population until harvest w/out using chem stuuf to kill too when smoking...

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I'm gonna start tonight when the babies wake up. Let's see. Hope u get rid of ur f@%&ers.

use a solution of 50% water and 50% rubbing alcohol, you can also get Hot Shot no pest strip which is not flypaper, it lets out a chemical that kills bugs and it helps with spidermites.
Just spraying them with water won't do shit, I had spidermites for 4 months and tried everything, the only thing that really worked was pyrethium spray by dr. doom. It was not the bug bomb it was a aerosol spray. You could use it but give your plants 4 to 5 weeks before chopping them. The spray will kill all of the mites within 3 applications 4 days apart. Also clean your room really well especially the grow area and spray the area down really well too. Make sure not to soak the leaves, lightly mist them.

Wal mart has a pest spray that is safe for tomatoes, it has Pyrethins in it, I have had to use that 2 weeks before harvest and it did not effect the taste of bud.

gangjababy said:

the only thing that really worked was pyrethium spray by dr. doom. It was not the bug bomb it was a aerosol spray. You could use it but give your plants 4 to 5 weeks before chopping them. The spray will kill all of the mites within 3 applications 4 days apart. Also clean your room really well especially the grow area and spray the area down really well too. Make sure not to soak the leaves, lightly mist them.

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I have used a similar product, and you really need to be careful with that stuff. Wear a mask and follow direction, if says spray from x amount of feet away, well do so.

GoldenGanja13 said:

I have used a similar product, and you really need to be careful with that stuff. Wear a mask and follow direction, if says spray from x amount of feet away, well do so.

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Yup, I learned that the hard way!

Cold water, and not a fine mist, more like a jet. If your spray bottle has that setting. Be sure to get the bottom of the leaves.

Otherwise give them a cold shower. Your plants will be fine.

It doesn't work if they dry off, you pretty much have to do it several times a day for several days minimum, but no nasty chemicals. The water should be knocking them off, as well as drowning ~3/4 of them.

They hate water, the ones that don't die leave.

I order preditor mites and they work real well. Once every 6 weeks or so I order a batch and don't worry about spider mites any more.Costs a little bit but mite damage will reduce your yield quickly. Being an organic grower I won't bomb and well you don't want to spray soap on your buds.

Ladybugs also will eat them(and other pests), and you can probably get them from a garden supply center for pretty cheap.

drdodge29 said:

I'm gonna start tonight when the babies wake up. Let's see. Hope u get rid of ur f@%&ers.

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You're having F$%ckerMites too ??

TeaTreeOil said:

Ladybugs also will eat them(and other pests), and you can probably get them from a garden supply center for pretty cheap.

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Ladybugs really don;t do anything when an infestation has already set in.
Again, water won't do shit!

gangjababy said:

Yup, I learned that the hard way!

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As I did too, I burned the leaving shit out of 8 ladies all 2 weeks apart in flowering, so I was really pissed about the ones closer to harvest. But those freaking Mites snuck up and pitched tents everywhere.