Freddie Millergogo
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If they do not work with HIDs then what about COB DIY LEDs? I am not in or near a rain forest so maybe spraying and watering spinosad onegreenthumb's sprays with oil's may work.
Spider mites, how long to shut down a grow to get rid of them?
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Freddie Millergogo
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Have tried ever tried Dr. Bronner's Peppermint soap with neem and rosemary oil plus a pinch of Dawn? The liquid soap has a lot of oils. Any places with good prices on rosemary and peppermint? Thank you for the tip.
Don't waste time or money on soaps chemicals and shit if u have a 4x4 veg and a 4x8 flower 1500 lady bugs will do the trick for larger areas get more lady birds they saved my grow amazon sells them just get expedited shipping shipping is almost 30$ but it saves money in the long run just keep growing and let the lady birds loose
Freddie Millergogo
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Tried ladybugs from Amazon. I went to buy more plus Lace Wing Eggs at the local place that sells all kinds. The fairly nasty lady said Ladybugs are only good for thrips and will starve before they eat spider mites. She sold me predator mites which require time and a narrow humidity and temp range. I did not get to ask her about Lace Wings. They were on my initial order. It appears they work for some people. Ladybugs do not appear to do anything for spider mites.
I used Mighty Wash.
greasemonkeymann
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no.
ladybugs are useless for spider mites.
YES..
ladybugs are useless for everything except thrips and aphids.
they DESTROY aphids..
work great on roses, but inside on cannabis?
ladybugs are damn near useless
greasemonkeymann
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for the record I was unaware of a high temp predator mite specie
the occidentalis
i'll know within a month or so how effective these are in high temps
Lady bird beatles cleared my garden of spider mites think what u want
I'd put my dick on the chopping block that unless your to far gone lady birds will control or destRoy a mite infestation you gotta think they only eat around 4 or 500 mites in their life so you really need to release more lady birds than you need so that they eat the mites and a large portion of lady birds die off due to lack of food then a few remain to repopulate and nip any problem in the but that might occur in the future
Fastslappy
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i dropped another pint of LB's in my g/h , found a outbreak on my Azure Haze
Only problem I've had with them is a few tend to land on my light bulb and burn they stink I'm afraid it will bust my bulb so I wipe it off daily
Freddie Millergogo
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In the USA they are referred to as Ladybugs. I assume this Lady Bird is a European name for the same bug? They are cute and effective on thrips and aphids but not on Spider Mites. I released 1500 and only a few seemed to be interested in patrolling the plants. The "hardworking" ones can moves pretty fast on the leaves and stems. As far as spider mites - I saw zero evidence that they helped.
The lady at the bug store yelled at me for even thinking LB cold help with spider mites. "Where did you hear that? On the Internet?" Heavy sarcasm too. My guess is she knew I was not working with roses and did not approve.
Predator mites but they are hard to get to work. It takes time and they are finicky. Another fellow said Green Lacewings particularly their larvae.
greasemonkeymann
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well, for one, if they were infested, wheres the damage?
what I think is that I see NO spider mite damage, so when did they help with those?
If you reaaally think they work on spider mites, then that's cool man.
Nobody else agrees with you.
The lady birds are why you don't see the mites lulz and I tend to remove damaged foliage I brought some clones in from another site outdoors and the plants they came off of must have had mites because when I pulled em from the cloning chamber they were eat up and here is why I don't use neem it's an oil the few time I had used it shortly after spraying my plants they would all wilt but br rigid when the neem was gone it suffocates the plant and the insects that's all it does its like crude on a baby duck I love my plants I love not making my plants UN happy and if I takes a little more money to have happy plants I'll release 4 times the recommended amount of lady bugs in my tent to kill spider mites I'll do so
Fast slappy likes what this mother loving brother has to say XD here's something we can all laugh at this sad a$$ critical kush clone taken from a flowering plant rofl
Fastslappy
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Dropped another pint today .gonna have to order more my local connect is done for season
.what slows down mites is to raise the R/H
They need low humidity to eat .the lower rh the faster they eat and breed . high rh causes them not pass fluids
.what slows down mites is to raise the R/H
They need low humidity to eat .the lower rh the faster they eat and breed . high rh causes them not pass fluids