Spider Mites.... How do I get rid of them

BillyBudd

Member
Ladybugs, predator mites, neem tree oil or (my secret solution) 50% Isopropyl alcohol, 50% water, tablespoon of Canola oil, couple of drops of dish detergent. Spray the leaves, especially the underside, during vegatative stage only. Use predator mites during flowering cycle as you cannot get the buds wet. It will probably cause botrytis. You can follow up with an H2O2 bath in few days (15 ml per 20 liters). Repeat every 3 days until infestation is gone. If it is too far in flowering then just manually remove the webs and crush between your fingers.
 

homebrewer

Well-Known Member
If you have mites now, I'd suggest using a bug bomb like DoctorDoom. It can be used near harvest time as well. Once you've killed the living mites, start using 'Take down' and regularly spraying/watering with Azamax.
 

iscrog4food

Active Member
Dont ude azamax/azatrol during flowering. You can use it during veg but make sure to foliar rinse after. Also to control mites you can drop the temp or raise the humidity or both. Another effective control is cold water sprayed under the leaves. They hate cold and wet
 

Hogg

Active Member
Best thing I ever did was go to walmart and buy one of those hotshot hanging things, its called the hot shot no pest strip. I had em so bad they were even building webs and this alone got rid of them and have never seen one again. Best $5 I ever spent and wouldnt do a grow without one hanging in the room if you look even subcool uses them in his grow room.
 

homebrewer

Well-Known Member
Dont ude azamax/azatrol during flowering. You can use it during veg but make sure to foliar rinse after. Also to control mites you can drop the temp or raise the humidity or both. Another effective control is cold water sprayed under the leaves. They hate cold and wet
What is your reason for not using azamax during flowering?
 

iscrog4food

Active Member
Dude.. have you read the label on that shit?!?! I know i dont want to smoke or eat that shit and i dont put anything on the girls that i dont want to injest (especially during flower). Plus it is really for onamentals not consumables.
 

homebrewer

Well-Known Member
Dude.. have you read the label on that shit?!?! I know i dont want to smoke or eat that shit and i dont put anything on the girls that i dont want to injest (especially during flower). Plus it is really for onamentals not consumables.
I think people would benefit more from your posts if you actually knew what you were talking about. Azamax is safe on ornamentals, trees, vegetables, fruit and nuts (from page 1 of the instructions). It's also safe to use up to and including the day of harvest (page 11). You obviously have no experience with this product as this info IS ON THE LABEL.
 

HookdOnChronics

Well-Known Member
Hot Shot No Pest Strip

Used and PROVEN! Works better than anything hands down! I've turned a few fellow growing buddies, and some of my buddies buddies onto this item. Why? Because there is NOTHING that works better! Just be smart with it! Don't go licking the fucking thing! lol
 

rebel1699

Active Member
I think people would benefit more from your posts if you actually knew what you were talking about. Azamax is safe on ornamentals, trees, vegetables, fruit and nuts (from page 1 of the instructions). It's also safe to use up to and including the day of harvest (page 11). You obviously have no experience with this product as this info IS ON THE LABEL.
homebrewer has it right. The inserted book with the product will tell you all you need. But just in case, here is a little bit of info on the active ingredient azadirachtin.

Azadirachtin is a chemical compound belonging to the limonoids. It is a secondary metabolite present in the neem tree seeds. Azadirachtin is a highly oxidised tetranortriterpenoid which boasts a plethora of oxygen functionality, comprising an enol ether, acetal, hemiacetal, and tetra-substituted oxirane as well as a variety of carboxylic esters.

And

It was initially found to be active as a feeding inhibitor towards the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria), it is now known to affect over 200 species of insect, by acting mainly as an antifeedant and growth disruptor, and as such it possesses considerable toxicity toward insects (LD50(S. littoralis): 15 ug/g). It fulfills many of the criteria needed for a natural insecticide if it is to replace synthetic compounds. Azadirachtin is biodegradable (it degrades within 100 hours when exposed to light and water) and shows very low toxicity to mammals (the LD50 in rats is > 3,540 mg/kg making it practically non-toxic).

Hope that helps some.
 

skunkmeister

Active Member
Ive heard of it before but does it sound safe to you? It doesn't to me. If it can suck the oils right off your skin imagine what it does to plants. Even if it is diluted.
 
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