HOW TO KILL SPIDER MITES 100%: " Naturally - no chemicals"
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moonstar45
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question, does it have to be habaneras? can i use different kinds of peppers?
670420grower
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Best defense for Spider Mites are either a drop of Dawn liquid soap into a gallon of water (ph'd) for free or you could buy the following, which are very effective. Omnimite, Azamax, Neem Oil, Miterid......hope this helps............
Fease
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Ya u can use scotch bonnets. Kinda similar. Or ghost peppers, use those lightly though, like one pepper or less. Make sure u rinse it off afterwards with plain water.
moonstar45
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okay, but it's kinda hard finding really specific kinds of chilli. do they base it on Scoville scale? cause habaneros range from 100k-350k, just like scotch bonnets. ghost peppers are 1m lol.
okay thanks, i was thinking of organic alternatives since my plant is flowering already. i already have neem oil but people say it's for preventive than a solution to the annoying spidermites.
670420grower
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At one point in time, i use Cayenne peppers to neutralize them annoying mites and they seem to take it. So i went rogue and bought Neem Oil or Azamax (these are natural and not chemical) and never had a single spider mite on my females. I guess it's just luck. This was my concoction 5 years ago.
Cayenne pepper & Garlic
Soap & Cayenne pepper
Jalapeno peppers
Happy growing
Cayenne pepper & Garlic
Soap & Cayenne pepper
Jalapeno peppers
Happy growing
moonstar45
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thanks,At one point in time, i use Cayenne peppers to neutralize them annoying mites and they seem to take it. So i went rogue and bought Neem Oil or Azamax (these are natural and not chemical) and never had a single spider mite on my females. I guess it's just luck. This was my concoction 5 years ago.
Cayenne pepper & Garlic
Soap & Cayenne pepper
Jalapeno peppers
Happy growing
will try mixing all cayenne, peppers, garlic, soap into one and see what will happen. did you try to heat/simmer then first or just put them in a blender then strain?
670420grower
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Yes, you can do that, then put into gallon of water with either a drop or two of dawn soap and presto! If you are going to spray, make sure to spray on top and bottom of leaves & stem too.
marquezmurder
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I now spray everything in veg with Einstein oil'neem oil' and a drop of dr. Bonners peppermint soap. No mites anymore. However I also will use azamax once before I throw them into flower.
rob333
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that recipe is way off been useing one for a long time my old man gave it to me he uses it on his outdoors been uses it for about 30 years like i said that recipe is close to not the right oneHOW TO KILL SPIDER MITES 100%
By Calibuzz - 30 year grower
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You have Spider Mites? YOU HAVE A PROBLEM!!! Unless you are diligent and work hard, the problem will not go away, your crop is doomed as one by one they fail and die.
As a Native American, proud of our heritage and ways in keeping with the environment, I give to you a method that is naturally harmonious, and pure. The method is so benign, you may use this method even during flowering - without a single harm to your precious plants.
The best way is not the easiest by far; to do the perfect job takes comitment - so all you lazy bud heads who want a quick fix: "look elsewhere, or coat your precious medicine with chemicals and poison...and remind me not to smoke your herb."
Editor's note: One will find a bit of cross talk in this thread, and some rude posts. The Editor aplogizes that many have strayed off the central subject and prefer to haze each other. However, one will find many other concerned members with great suggestions and feedback. - calibuzz
"Now then, for all you fervent horticulturists..."
Spider mites are alive; you can make them dead. All life is fragile, but... "how do I kill the mites without hurting my crop?"
I will not use pesticides or harmful chemicals on my plants; thus, I have found an all-natural way to rid the infestations that sometimes occur. Curing your plants takes time and care, but you can rid your babies of the mini-spiders that suck your plant's life's blood.
Spiders have skin-like exoskeletons; the tissues are sensitive to change. Molecules soak though their pours, skin and orifices; thus, what may bother you - a giant living organism - might prove fatal to a spider the size of a pinhead. This is so when using a common group of proteins found in Nature. I will teach you how to naturally and inexpensively rid your plants of the dreaded spider mites.
The Habanera Pepper (sometimes pronounced Habenero) is the key ingredient in pepper spray. Once you make a batch of CALICLEAN you'll see why. One may buy habanera peppers in any vegetable section for about 6 dollars a pound. The peppers are light orange to dark red, and are about the size of a bic lighter when fully mature, most are half that size. Go buy a pound, now!!! If you have mites, time is of the essence.
NOTICE: The spray you make is not harmful to humans (hab peppers are an ingredient in all really good south of the border salsas), but irritating to mucus membranes and soft tissues, it will make you cough - as its like breathing chili powder, so use care.
"GEE, MY PLANT LEAVES ARE DOTTED WITH WHITE SPOTS AND TURNING PALE OR YELLOW."
If you have taken a powerful magnifying glass to the underside of your plant's leaves you will have seen the little off-yellow dots with a brown center that move about slowly over the plant leafs and veins - the mature mites. These big mites leave web-strands like other spiders. Web strands between leaf and stems (as they cross back and forth to new vulnerable leaves), and between leaf serrations are indications of a healthy infestation and big mites on your plants. You may also have seen almost too-hard-to-see little brown dots crawling slowly about. These are the baby mites that will grow into big suckers. You may also have seen groups of little white dots near the central leaf brachiation and the main leaf veins. These are clutches of mite eggs. They will soon hatch and produce up to 80 mites per clutch, per mature mite. You are screwed if you do nothing. But fret not, you can save your plants, and they will recover and thrive - with diligence.
HERE IS WHAT TO DO
Making the Calicleaner
1.) Get a sauce pan - fill with one pint of water - put on lowest flame possible (do not boil !!!).
2.) Chop 4 -5 Habanera peppers fine. Chop open seeds and central membranes, as the power lies there.
3.) Simmer chopped peppers for 20 minutes - making sure not to boil (you will destroy the active proteins).
4.) When you put your head over the pan and the wispy-steam stings your eyes, the Calicleaner is ready.
5.) Pour the Calicleaner through a fine mesh strainer - a little fine grit is OK - let cool in a clean bowl.
6.) Pour room temperature contents in a mister spray bottle. Your are ready to apply.
HOW TO APPLY Calicleaner
1.) Put on gloves, and wear a mask, or at least put a bandana around your nose and mouth.
2.) Turn off all fans - you do not want this spray in your eyes!!!
3.) Spray the bottom of EVERY leaf - starting with the bottom leaves first, work up to the top.
4.) After the bottoms are done, hit the tops and the stems.
5.) Squirt liberally in new leaf pods - tightly wound new leaf growth (the small mites hide there).
6.) Get the heck out of the room till it clears.
7.) Repeat procedure with each plant.
8.) Spray the soil, the pots, and the floor or earth around the area to kill dropping mites and stop migration.
9.) Wash hands with soap and water when complete - the stuff will heat-up skin for 4 hours.
10.) DO NOT WORRY. Though the stuff is lethal to mites, the plants love it.
WHAT’S NEXT??
Congratulations! You have successfully killed the mites that you sprayed - on contact!. Plus, the mites are thwarted in biting again as they get a lethal dose of hot mouth. Your plants should be turning green again with in half a day. Though the leaves are scarred, they will recover and work again - producing vital sugars for growth.
However, you are not done. Some mites will escape the spray, though you have killed 95% of them. Thus, you will have to do the spray again tomorrow. As a matter of fact you will have to spray every 2-3 days till you see no more mites - usually up to two weeks. SOME EGGS WILL HATCH!!! Thus a week after the first spray, do a super job again, the baby mites are likely out and about. Kill 'em right away.
Use your magnifying glass to inspect each plant carefully, when nothing moves and you see no more webs, your plants are clear. YEAH!!
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marquezmurder
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Teach us how to douglasthat recipe is way off been useing one for a long time my old man gave it to me he uses it on his outdoors been uses it for about 30 years like i said that recipe is close to not the right one
OldSoul777
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Has anyone tried Terminix ultimate protection with cinnamon oil. Can I spray directly on plants. No signs visible with the naked eye but can be seen under a 30 x scope. It is still under control for the moment. I spayed with some fruit and veg spray with pyretrum for the time being.
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670420grower
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been using Azamax for awhile now and very pleased with the results.
Not sure about sprays but i may be wrong. Here is a remedy that i use and it seems to work fine. It is also very inexpensive and seems to be very safe as far as not damaging the plant.
Try doing this:...chop up about 10 habanero peppers and several cloves of garlic. Put them into a bottle of water and let set for a few days until the water is very hot, pepper wise. You could also chop up other types of hot chilis but habaneros are the hottest.
After allowing to soak for several days strain the water and you're ready to start spraying. I call it "habanero hell". It's totally natural with no dangerous chemicals. It seems to kill them instantly and will probably make the leaves too hot to suck on. Any really hot peppers will probably work.
rob333
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inbox me for the recipeTeach us how to douglas
OldSoul777
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Thank you! I will give that a try. these things seem inevitable. The pop up on every grow. After the first time they never struck that hard again as I knew what to look out for. I am putting an intake filter on my tent to see if that helps. I keep my grow room spic and span. I try to do what I can to prevent them.
marquezmurder
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Intake filter,good, room clean 3 times a weeks, good, intigrated pest managment, better. Do me a favor while your at it, if the ladies are not past w2 of flower, spray at the highest folia concentration the first time with azamax, wait 3 days, do an insecticidal soap, 5 days later do another round of azamax at med concentration. Then later down the line a day before flower spray them again with azamax, 3 days insect soap.And for those who dont know azamax is basically from what i have gathered concentrated neem oil with a transglomer? Idk if im sayin g that right im kinda high, its mixed with whatever agent helps it pass throught the leafs so note, it takes those days to be effective.
These methods are safe and easy like the calcibrew.
side note. I have a buddy who created his own product thats all natural, and can be used up to the day of harvest for safe ingestion. Now it just a matter of all that good buisness stuff like makin g it available to people other than me and a few select Co. And Ca. Growers. I wish i knew what was in it because it molts adults, hatchlings and eggs from growing/reproducing.
670420grower
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No problem and glad to share some of my remedies
Hope you'll combat them annoying mites.happy growing!
OldSoul777
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You guys are great. I didnt know they laid eggs and hached so quick. Thanks a million! I will stay to that schedule. I am using that Terminix spray. The main ingredient is cinnamon oil then it has two other oils if I remember correctly. No adverse effects to the girls so I guess its safe. I couldn't see why it wouldn't, its all natural. The only thing I worry about is the oil. I wasn't sure if it slow or stop the plant from transpire. I am also using Bifenthrin, spraying directly on plants. I didnt make an intake filter yet. I need to get to the fish store and pick up some 100 micron filter pads. I am also in the process of building window boxes to pull in fresh air from out side. I am connecting the fan to a digital thermostat. These things are cheap and work great! http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-110V-Digital-ITC-1000F-Temperature-Controller-C-F-2-Relay-With-NTC-Sensor-/381166929016?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item58bf51c478 . I have one on my chiller and am buying one for the inside of the tent. I will hook it up to the fan. I will wire the fan so it is on low full time and turn on high when the tent gets too hot. I will also do this with an oil filled radiator for the cool evenings. I would love to mount them in the wall of the tent but I dont want to cut it. When All said and done I will have 3 of these on each side. one for inline fan, 1 for resivor chiller and 1 for the oil filled radiator. Here is a pic of the hood I have. I am ordering another 600w kit tomorrow and am trying to figure out what the best hood is. Each grow area is 4x4 so I would like a reflector that will be the best for this. The ones I have now measure about 18" X 15". Seems small but I dont know. Will a bigger one reflect more light? If so does anyone want to buy or trade me for these? They are nice quality and have a pane of glass to contain the heat.
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marquezmurder
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I have 2 18x20 per 4x4 space but, one always works for temp reasons. Hope this helps. I always buy matching equipment, just ocd.