Spider Mites
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herpert derpert
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its like 96% water
2% rosemary oil
.1% garlic oil
.1% some gibberish acid
its 100% organic(as in naturally organic) and works wonders. its EXPENSIVE(like 40 a spray bottle....) so heres my home made remedy from an old school farmer mixed with some of my ideas that just knocked out all my little mites. they had to go since they refuse to pay rent or help trim.
50% water
25% peroxide
20% rosemary oil
5% childrens lice shampoo!
costs only about 5 dollars for a warehouse worth's of spray. i got the lice shampoo and peroxide at the 99 cent store, and boiled rosemary in a crock pot and strained it.
it smells kinda nice actually, and you can spray it on your plants ANY time, though im not reccommending you spray it on while budding unless youre in a real shithole
otherwise,
1) spray your plants with this once, spraying HEAVILY underneath the leaves, this is where they live and where they lay eggs, not on top, so spray underneath(get a pump sprayer and save yourself from tendinitis), go ahead and practically drench them, starting at the bottom, moving to the top, getting EVERY leaf, they can and will hide on a spot you miss. promise you. this wont hurt the plants AT ALL---HOWEVER, put a plastic bag on top of the soil, it can hurt the roots if too much is absorbed, though a very very light layer on top will help kill the eggs on the soil. in about 4-6 days do this spray sequence again. bug free.
2) always wash your plants when transplanting the first time, simply dip in a highly diluted miticide(such as the spray) as a preventative measure
3) ALWAYS WASH YOUR POTS AND TRAYS AFTER YOURE DONE WITH THEM this is extremely important! eggs will sit and hatch while theyre not in use and wait for the next food source they can find. believe me, these guys can live forever.
wash with dawn or a biodegradable soap and SCRUB SCRUBADUB. soak in water with a highhly diluted amount of bleach.
4) dont bring your friends to your grow room, a picture lasts longer and is worth a thousand words, but now its worth more than that since you wont have any mites!
5) dont go to anyones grow who has bugs or fungus, theres nothing to see there, yours are much healthier
6) DONT BRING IN YOUR PETS, wash your hands, change your shirt before going to your room, pets are the devils advocate, they rub against everything ( no i dont hate animals i have a dog and a pygmy goat =] )
7) if youve been outside, be anal about this, change yoru shirt at least, if not take off your shoes/socks and change your pants, mites are tiny and you wont catch them hanging onto the back of your shirt.
keep your grow room under 80 degrees, anything above this with low humidity (besides stressing your plant) is like viagra to these guys! they just start multiplying like zombies!
/thread, right?
its like 96% water
2% rosemary oil
.1% garlic oil
.1% some gibberish acid
its 100% organic(as in naturally organic) and works wonders. its EXPENSIVE(like 40 a spray bottle....) so heres my home made remedy from an old school farmer mixed with some of my ideas that just knocked out all my little mites. they had to go since they refuse to pay rent or help trim.
50% water
25% peroxide
20% rosemary oil
5% childrens lice shampoo!
costs only about 5 dollars for a warehouse worth's of spray. i got the lice shampoo and peroxide at the 99 cent store, and boiled rosemary in a crock pot and strained it.
it smells kinda nice actually, and you can spray it on your plants ANY time, though im not reccommending you spray it on while budding unless youre in a real shithole
otherwise,
1) spray your plants with this once, spraying HEAVILY underneath the leaves, this is where they live and where they lay eggs, not on top, so spray underneath(get a pump sprayer and save yourself from tendinitis), go ahead and practically drench them, starting at the bottom, moving to the top, getting EVERY leaf, they can and will hide on a spot you miss. promise you. this wont hurt the plants AT ALL---HOWEVER, put a plastic bag on top of the soil, it can hurt the roots if too much is absorbed, though a very very light layer on top will help kill the eggs on the soil. in about 4-6 days do this spray sequence again. bug free.
2) always wash your plants when transplanting the first time, simply dip in a highly diluted miticide(such as the spray) as a preventative measure
3) ALWAYS WASH YOUR POTS AND TRAYS AFTER YOURE DONE WITH THEM this is extremely important! eggs will sit and hatch while theyre not in use and wait for the next food source they can find. believe me, these guys can live forever.
wash with dawn or a biodegradable soap and SCRUB SCRUBADUB. soak in water with a highhly diluted amount of bleach.
4) dont bring your friends to your grow room, a picture lasts longer and is worth a thousand words, but now its worth more than that since you wont have any mites!
5) dont go to anyones grow who has bugs or fungus, theres nothing to see there, yours are much healthier
6) DONT BRING IN YOUR PETS, wash your hands, change your shirt before going to your room, pets are the devils advocate, they rub against everything ( no i dont hate animals i have a dog and a pygmy goat =] )
7) if youve been outside, be anal about this, change yoru shirt at least, if not take off your shoes/socks and change your pants, mites are tiny and you wont catch them hanging onto the back of your shirt.
keep your grow room under 80 degrees, anything above this with low humidity (besides stressing your plant) is like viagra to these guys! they just start multiplying like zombies!/thread, right?
WeedFreak78
Well-Known Member
I hate these little fokers!! At least you inside guys can (worst cast scenario)scrap everything,dissinfect and start over. I'm trying to control these bastards on my outdoor girls, so far neem every 3-4 day and a gentle wipe down by hand between neem applications(this part is tedious- there getting big 
seems to be keeping it under control. I'm thinking of going nuclear on them while there still vegging to eradicate them. Anyone else deal with them outside?
seems to be keeping it under control. I'm thinking of going nuclear on them while there still vegging to eradicate them. Anyone else deal with them outside?
herpert derpert
Member
thats the worst. if theyre in pots you can actually give them a soak upside down in a miticide, even while theyre flowering(though just use regular water)! just make sure they dry off fine and they'll actually be saved.
Edward Ray Hubbard
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I have battled a while to kill spider mites i had them 3 times and a sure fire way to kill them the first time the first time first set of a fogger it's the doctor doom fogger then the next day spray. Azalea Max by general hydroponic then you water you're plants with the rest of the azalea Max right on the dirt . Thats the fastest easiest way.
I always see little red looking ants/spiders crawling in my grow room I don't think they're spider mites...I think they came in the hydroton...havent seen none on plants Orr anything....are they so small u can't see em cuz if so I don't have em...but there is some red small ant Looking things crawling around and it never had a problem til I opened the hydroton I think they were in there
Mike2988
Member
I just purchesed from ebay hope it works.
Home made mixes might kill the adults but do nothing for the thousands of eggs waiting to hatch every 3-4 days
Floramite works great you can get 1 oz for $30 on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/FLORAMITE-SC-1OZ-SAVE-YOUR-BUDS-CHECK-MY-FEEDBACK_W0QQitemZ140331678263QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item20ac6b7a37&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65:12|66:2|39:1|72:1240|293:1|294:50#ebayphotohosting
Usage is 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon per gallon of spray... long residual control of more than 21 days (meaning 1 treatment is usually all you need if your area has been totally cleaned)
Mix ratio is 1/4 teaspoon to 1 gallon of water - 1 fl oz makes 24 gallons of spray.
( You may also mix ratio at 1/2 teaspoon to 1 gallon for major infestations - making 12 gallons of spray )
kushykushkush
Member
I woke up this morning, checked on my baby clones and noticed 2 of them had very fine spider webs on them, looked closer and saw 3 or 4 mites crawling around. I mixed a solution of 8oz of rubbing alcohol, 8oz of water and a 1/4 tsp of liquid dish soap. Sprayed my babies down, the mites were killed instantly. Hopefully if there are eggs they fried too. I'll give them a few days and give them another light spray. These clones are in a DWC cloner but the mothers were in soil. I sprayed the mothers down too.
So I just had the worst infestation of spider mites I have ever had. Freakin Killed my garden, just got done cleaning out the hole room an im crying on the inside. Papaya and jack herer under 1000w SCROG, the most beautiful garden I have had yet until the spiders mites fucked it all up. Either 1 or more of 3 things caused it looking back on it after doing some research. I have a 10 x 15 room built into the garage an about 1/3 sealed off for the garden which usually stay between 70 an 80 degrees an sitting 40% - 45% humidity. Some of soil I used was left over from the previous harvest stored in a big plastic trash can with a cover(will be doing DWC next time tho). I have an AC unit in the wall which is possibly sucking in dry dusting air. I got the clones from a club an is possible they were dormant on the clones. They went into flower about 3-4 weeks ago and only noticed them about 1 week ago. I put about 750 ladybugs in the room the day after I saw them an they seemed to be at least in a stale mate with the mites. So I decided to order some Might Wash(which is the bee's knee's for killing pest without cem's), however no place around me sells it and its not due to arrive until tomorrow. Lesson to be learned here is don't wait to buy pest killer. Expect it to happen so IF it does you can kick its ass quickly. I have been growing for a few years so Im not a newb, I have never seen spider mites multiple so quickly. O well......time to get the bleach an get to work.