Kill Spider Mites ON CONTACT Organically!!

ChevySwish

ChevySwish

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Hey everyone, just wanted to share with all my fellow growers a nice little trick to kill those pesky Spider Mites instantly. I have a Hulkberry 5 weeks into flower and noticed a few white spots popping up on lower leaves and sure enough after thorough inspection with a 100x microscope there a few were. So let me help you out.

Simple shit.

1tsp Pure Rosemary Essential Oil
8 oz R/O or Distilled water

That's it. Shake generously and apply. You can also add a few drops of Eucalyptus Essential Oil also, the thinner properties of the Eucalyptus oil allow for a smoother coating of the leaves without having to add a carrier oil or soap, as well as contains an antisceptic property. You can even go as far as to add 3 drops of melaleuca (tea tree) and 3 drops of lemon essential oils as they contain antifungal and germicidal properties. Powder mold, botrytis, most mites etc.

If you don't believe me, take an infested leaf and shake some onto a white piece of paper or if you can see them with naked eyes or microscope, then finely mist them once and watch them all stop dead in their tracks. Used Rosemary for years, doesn't effect the taste of the buds if you stop 1-2 weeks before harvest, and you don't need more than a super fine mist, instant contact of the Rosemary will kill them, you'll see them walk into spots of it and stop moving instantly. Try it out.
 
xtsho

xtsho

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Years ago I had extreme infestations of spider mites growing in a basement. I made my own rosemary based miticide. It worked for awhile but they always came back and then eventually seemed to adapt to it. I would never spray eucalyptus oil on a flowering plant.

Citric acid kills them as well without leaving an oily residue.

You're recipe is fine for veg but it can impart a flavor to the buds if sprayed during flower. But as long as the plants are vegging spray away until it's running off the leaves.
 
ChevySwish

ChevySwish

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wickedways05 said:
thanks for this dude just what I was looking for hope it works for me :D
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I hope it works for you too! Like Xtsho said, I should have clarified I apologize, Spider Mites can become immune to treatments fairly easy so I use a light Rosemary/Eucalyptus blend during veg and (if) needed I use Rosemary during flower, but regardless of what it is, as I clarified earlier, I never spray anything the last 1-2 weeks, and if discontinued at that point in flower, won't leave a taste on your finished product. Never spray eucalyptus on a flowering plant, oh and if I didn't clarify, super super make sure your lights are off first fam.
 
bearded.beaver

bearded.beaver

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Very interesting. I will be looking into that.
I have "grow strong and healthy" written on a spray bottle of plain water. Its the law of intention. Or something like that.
There was a Japanese scientist that froze water that had different words written on the jars and he put thoughts towards the different jars. And the patterns of ice crystals were beautiful and symetrical when good happy words were used. The other jars with words like war, hate, death, those water crystals were asymmetrical, deformed and looked ugly.
I don't know if it helps. But it definitely couldn't hurt. I want to do the same on rain barrels and watering cans.
People also say talking to your plants helps. And others say that the plants mimic their emotions. If they are positive there plants look happy too. And if they are negative their plants look droopy. I think there is a lot more then just NPK that goes into a good grow.
 
ChevySwish

ChevySwish

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bearded.beaver said:
Very interesting. I will be looking into that.
I have "grow strong and healthy" written on a spray bottle of plain water. Its the law of intention. Or something like that.
There was a Japanese scientist that froze water that had different words written on the jars and he put thoughts towards the different jars. And the patterns of ice crystals were beautiful and symetrical when good happy words were used. The other jars with words like war, hate, death, those water crystals were asymmetrical, deformed and looked ugly.
I don't know if it helps. But it definitely couldn't hurt. I want to do the same on rain barrels and watering cans.
People also say talking to your plants helps. And others say that the plants mimic their emotions. If they are positive there plants look happy too. And if they are negative their plants look droopy. I think there is a lot more then just NPK that goes into a good grow.
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Dr. Masaru Emotu yes. I also use crystals from my collection in my reservoir and Lemurian Lasers when I germinate my seeds. I place it in the water and usually have 100% tapped in 12 hours. The Universe is in the Mind of the All my friend. We are merely experiencing a holographic simulation in God's consciousness. God's daydream If you will. Your thoughts create your reality. I also play binaural beats for myself as well as my plants. There is a video on YouTube where they hook sound emitters up to sunflowers and listen to the music they play. It's different soundwaves at different Hz, just as the Universe is created. Everything is vibration, frequency, and energy.
 
wickedways05

wickedways05

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xtsho said:
Years ago I had extreme infestations of spider mites growing in a basement. I made my own rosemary based miticide. It worked for awhile but they always came back and then eventually seemed to adapt to it. I would never spray eucalyptus oil on a flowering plant.

Citric acid kills them as well without leaving an oily residue.

You're recipe is fine for veg but it can impart a flavor to the buds if sprayed during flower. But as long as the plants are vegging spray away until it's running off the leaves.
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do I mix the citric acid with water or just spray with pure citric adic? and is it ok to do so in flower? 2 weeks into flower atm
 
Dr. Who

Dr. Who

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Oil of this, essence of that.

In the end your creating super mites. Immune to preparations and your medications...

Alternate the things you use after doing a 5 day attack.
Hit them once and then hit then again 5 days later.

Now next day, hit them with something new and hit them again, 5 days later.

How about you simply kill them and be done with it?

FORBID 4F lightly sprayed on the top of the leaves.

Forbid 4F is based on a naturally forming acid chain.

This acid is in your Hand Lotion!

It's not organic because it's easier and cheaper to form this acid chain in the lab... Then it is to dig it out of the ground and distill it from that

Mites do not get resistant to it. It's translaminar - That means it gets sprayed on the leaf and only travels to the bottom of the leaf...Where mites feed!
 
macsnax

macsnax

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Dr. Who said:
Oil of this, essence of that.

In the end your creating super mites. Immune to preparations and your medications...

Alternate the things you use after doing a 5 day attack.
Hit them once and then hit then again 5 days later.

Now next day, hit them with something new and hit them again, 5 days later.

How about you simply kill them and be done with it?

FORBID 4F lightly sprayed on the top of the leaves.

Forbid 4F is based on a naturally forming acid chain.

This acid is in your Hand Lotion!

It's not organic because it's easier and cheaper to form this acid chain in the lab... Then it is to dig it out of the ground and distill it from that

Mites do not get resistant to it. It's translaminar - That means it gets sprayed on the leaf and only travels to the bottom of the leaf...Where mites feed!
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Read your post after I posted....:bigjoint:
 
xtsho

xtsho

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Spider Mites Suck....

I know most things have their place in a healthy ecosystem. But I can't find a place for spider mites.
 
Lordhooha

Lordhooha

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ChevySwish said:
Dr. Masaru Emotu yes. I also use crystals from my collection in my reservoir and Lemurian Lasers when I germinate my seeds. I place it in the water and usually have 100% tapped in 12 hours. The Universe is in the Mind of the All my friend. We are merely experiencing a holographic simulation in God's consciousness. God's daydream If you will. Your thoughts create your reality. I also play binaural beats for myself as well as my plants. There is a video on YouTube where they hook sound emitters up to sunflowers and listen to the music they play. It's different soundwaves at different Hz, just as the Universe is created. Everything is vibration, frequency, and energy.
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Crystal's, laser and such sounds like your trying to be a wizard rather than fights bugs. But if you think think wizardy helps you plants by all means go for it buy sadly it does little for bugs.
 

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ChevySwish said:
Hey everyone, just wanted to share with all my fellow growers a nice little trick to kill those pesky Spider Mites instantly. I have a Hulkberry 5 weeks into flower and noticed a few white spots popping up on lower leaves and sure enough after thorough inspection with a 100x microscope there a few were. So let me help you out.

Simple shit.

1tsp Pure Rosemary Essential Oil
8 oz R/O or Distilled water

That's it. Shake generously and apply. You can also add a few drops of Eucalyptus Essential Oil also, the thinner properties of the Eucalyptus oil allow for a smoother coating of the leaves without having to add a carrier oil or soap, as well as contains an antisceptic property. You can even go as far as to add 3 drops of melaleuca (tea tree) and 3 drops of lemon essential oils as they contain antifungal and germicidal properties. Powder mold, botrytis, most mites etc.

If you don't believe me, take an infested leaf and shake some onto a white piece of paper or if you can see them with naked eyes or microscope, then finely mist them once and watch them all stop dead in their tracks. Used Rosemary for years, doesn't effect the taste of the buds if you stop 1-2 weeks before harvest, and you don't need more than a super fine mist, instant contact of the Rosemary will kill them, you'll see them walk into spots of it and stop moving instantly. Try it out.
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I use garlic oil, might try to mix some rosemary in.

BTW, rosemary essential oil in spray form is great for muscle pain,
 
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