tips for spider mites

potroast said:

Two applications of Zero Tolerance has done it for me. Not a mite in sight since. It's a non-toxic blend of 5 botanical oils.

And it smells good.

HTH

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Ed's products are GREAT!

herby2000 said:

I couldn't find any white vinegar around where I live, different kind of vinegar wouldn't work, would it?

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Just pain old white vivnegar, you should be able to get it at any grocery store. If that doesn't work you can use 99% iso alcohol. But I choose not too to avoid burning the plants.

i have dealt with thrips never mites scary. i always read spider mite post's. hopefully i will never have to use what im learning

i bought this stuff from home depot called Garden Safe Fruit and Vegetable insect spray but im scared to use it..anyone try it??

here is something usefull for spider mites and everything else www.organiccontrol.com my friend used lady bugs indoors and said all mites were killed have not tried personally but easy to get. i would like to try the predatory mites. mostly i use neem and pyrethrum with canola oil(for eggs)

Back to the spinosad thing.
If its omri listed does that not make organic enough.
Im trying to stay 100% organic. And have thrips and just picked spinosad.
Now i am wondering to use it or not.

funny u say that, my mom said to do that very same thing

Chiceh said:

I use a mix I make myself. It kills spider mites, aphids and even thrips. Here it is and trust me it works better than anything you are going to buy in the garden stores.

• Take a misting water bottle that has the trigger on it.
• Cover just the bottom of the bottle with dish soap (I use the orange anti-bacterial kind)
• Fill 3/4 with just tap water
• fill remaining 1/4 with white vinegar
• shake gently, not too much though or you will have lots of bubbles, lol
• spray all over your plants, under the leaves and the top of the soil unitl a light coating is on there (don't get it sopping wet)
• leave on at least a few hours or over night
• spray off all the plant ( I do this with clean water in the spray bottle)
• bugs gone, shiny leaves.

Good luck, this does work.

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funny u say that, my mom said to do that very same thing

My plan of attack is this. Critism welcome.
2 days ago sprayed serenade concentrate without diluting oops.seedlings not happy but ok.
In 5 days i will do chiceh's mix.
5 more days spinosad
5 days neem. And they should die fuckers die.

Chiceh said:

• Take a misting water bottle that has the trigger on it.
• Cover just the bottom of the bottle with dish soap (I use the orange anti-bacterial kind)
• Fill 3/4 with just tap water
• fill remaining 1/4 with white vinegar
• shake gently, not too much though or you will have lots of bubbles, lol
• spray all over your plants, under the leaves and the top of the soil unitl a light coating is on there (don't get it sopping wet)
• leave on at least a few hours or over night
• spray off all the plant ( I do this with clean water in the spray bottle)
• bugs gone, shiny leaves.

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I'm at least trying this before chemicals. +rep

Avid works! I had mites and now they are all gone

lvpete said:

Avid works! I had mites and now they are all gone

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i have been using "hot shot no pest" strips for months and the mites i used them for disappeared within a week of use and haven't come back since. don't know exactly what the effects of using them may be, lots of people are afraid of them, but after reading this: http://www.pan-uk.org/pestnews/Actives/dichlorv.htm, i feel better. (it's an artice about Dichlorvos (DDVP), which is the main chemical in the strips.) judge for yourself...

thrips in my experience can be just as bad im dealing with them outdoors currently.

lady bugs?

roses for them to munch on.

fuck mites man. i had mite bud though, i sold some to a homie. he took a tooth brush to it and jsut brushed the shit out of it and removed most of the mite stuff on the bud. he said he got about a gram of just mites and hair after scrubbing this shit (half ounce). then some kids came to his house with no weed or money expecting a smoke out and he rolled them a nice fat blunt of the spider mites/ hairs to do a test to see if you can taste it or not. (i told him u cant, guess he didnt believe me). the kids never knew and said some shit like "yeh its a little harsh but pretty dank". elohel

thats fucked up why?

I've had great luck stemming infestations w/Bonine* Eight (permithrin) which is basically a longer lasting (up to 3 weeks) pyrethrum. Kills on contact and a second app 2-3 weeks later usually stops the egg-lings from successfully hatching.

As with most products, mites do become inured to permithrin after repeated usage.

That said, I'm gonna use the Chiceh fix next time I need one.

thrips are working my new plants i feel they really are worse than mites any suggestions they can fly(hop) short distances fuck me. the funny thing is there only going after my seed grown fem plants wtf.

use neem and tree oils and orange oils

i hit them(thrips) with pyrethrum but they came right back. i sprayed with einstein oil hopefully that does it. i have killed spider mites much easier imo.