Spider mites...

whitebb2727

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Do you have a fan speed controller or variac? You can slow a vaccum or shop vac down and vaccum your plants.

Generally if you can get the plants outside, you would spray them off with water.
 

Uberknot

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Do you have a fan speed controller or variac? You can slow a vaccum or shop vac down and vaccum your plants.

Generally if you can get the plants outside, you would spray them off with water.
Awesome I did not know that!! I bought one of those speed things, but couldn't use it with my inline fan.
 

daloudpack

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I do in fact have an extra speed controller and shop vac..for soil treatment what would be better h2o2 or spinosad/mightywash I will foliar as well.. Not sure how the vac will do in the scrogg but I'll try it out on my two plant flower room
 

Colo MMJ

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The Al Bundy guy is more experienced then I am. Spinosad.

I have used SNS 209 which is rosemary oil. After 5 waterings it is in the plant and mites hate it. I would keep watering until they are gone. They bite the plant and it tastes bad. They leave or starve. $22 buck or so for a bottle and it makes 60 gallons. Some dudes say yu can taste rosemary oil in smoke but if you flush with water in the last week it should be fine.

Cheapo method:
Get a one gallon sprayer or 32 oz spray bottle.
For the 1 gallon sprayer I make 1/2 gallon. 60 ml of 3% hydrogen peroxide, 5 to 10 ml of Dawn or dish soap (no anti bacterial) and about 50 ML of 70% to 90/91% rubbing alcohol. Mix with pressure and shake when spraying. Spray under leaves then drench the plant. Plants will look like drowned rats but they will bounce back

These ingredients at Wal Mart will cost you less than $4 and last probably 10 to 14 sprayings.

Spray under the leaves & drench after lights out. Let it sit about 7 hours in dark and rinse with water. Run fans to dry before lights come back on.
 

Colo MMJ

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I do in fact have an extra speed controller and shop vac..for soil treatment what would be better h2o2 or spinosad/mightywash I will foliar as well.. Not sure how the vac will do in the scrogg but I'll try it out on my two plant flower room
Soil treatment? Watering also SNS 209 but Spinosad should be fine. You can also use diatemecious earth in the potted soil.
 

THE KONASSURE

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spray with spinosad

water with spinosad

good by spidermites

very important you spray the whole plant you have to get under every leaf

after using spinosad wait 10 to 20 days if the mites are not gone then use it again but it normally kills all bugs fast

A big fogger bomb can help inside too, set it off 2 to 4 days after using the spinosad to kill any mites you may have missed

I recall it takes around 2 to 4 days for their eggs to hatch ?
 

THE KONASSURE

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Thirps are easy compared to mites. Even a Sulphur spray will nuke them. Thirps are usually on the stems but they are also under leaves and can hide well.
really ? I`ve got rid of spidermites with just water

were as thrips I find a right bastard to kill and my mate had issues with them for years too but spinosad gets them

also I hear blue sticky traps are good

I use all kinds of things like we have a pill for the root ball and a few things we spray with in veg to keep them at bay

seen far less of them in the root zone too but we did find some giant Nematodes under our sacks so maybe they ate them... lol
 

whitebb2727

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I do in fact have an extra speed controller and shop vac..for soil treatment what would be better h2o2 or spinosad/mightywash I will foliar as well.. Not sure how the vac will do in the scrogg but I'll try it out on my two plant flower room
Use a layer of sand or mulch to stop fungas gnats. Mix the spinosad in with two waterings to treat soil and systemic action in the plant.
 

daloudpack

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K so mighty wash killed a good bit of the thrips I see them all fucked up and motionless on the leaves how ever the forestry of my 4x4 scrog is just to dense and I didn't get them all I see see some on some leaves so I ordered captain jack dead bug spray x3 bottles , one 4lb captain jack dead bug dust, which both contain spinosad ,and 3- 3oz Dr doom bug bombs (pyrethium)
..so my plan is in 3 days to set of one 3oz Dr doom in each of my 4x4 flowering tents leaving the doors open so some can escape and fogg my basement as well and following up with the captain jacks in about 3 or four days after what do u guys think .
 

mauricem00

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I use a little cayenne pepper ground up in a spray bottle with vinegar and garlic. If that doesn't work I use a welder's torch to lightly burn them off.
I find that cinnamon and garlic work as well. mix a packet of pet flee killer with a quart of cinnamon water if the mites stick around
 

Michael Huntherz

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In my opinion, Don't use pyrethrins on anything you plan on selling or smoking or sharing, ick! That shit is not good for ya!

Spinosad is nontoxic, do that, foliar and in the water. That's the best, most effective, safest and most likely to work way to get rid of thrips,
 

daloudpack

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What about the dead bug (spinosad ) dust? Would that be good for the soil watering not sure if I'll have enuff of the spray to feed in the soil
 
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