I wanted to share how I completely killed off russet mites from my rooms since there’s really nothing solid on the internet with many people suggesting to throw away the plants and start over. I had a buddy that used a similar treatment and was successful in getting rid of those fuckers and I am also another, although I went further into it to make sure. I should note both my rooms were in veg and not flower.
Day 1 - Spray your plants from top to bottom very thorough with Forbid 4f making sure you hit everything. Important thing to note is forbid will not kill off some of the adults which was the case for me but more importantly what it does is kills off the eggs and does not let new mites to hatch which is extremely important if you want to be successful. Another important point to note is according to Forbid the product will stay on the plant for up to 45 days after treatment. This is also important as any possible mite that might have survived will lay their eggs but the eggs will not hatch and eventually the mite will die.
I used Amid mixed with water to feed my plants. Reason this is important is in case you have any mites inside your soil amid will kill em.
Day 2 - Although you can probably do this step the same day I chose to wait a day for my plants to recover. I fogged my rooms with Piston TR. My rooms are about 15x18 in size and the instructions says to spray one can for up to 3000 square feet. Only mentioning this because my rooms were a lot smaller and plants had no issue afterwards so you might want to use more then one can if you have bigger rooms. Piston TR completely 100% killed off every living russet mites after first fog.
Day 3,4,5 - I extensively monitored my plants with a digital microscope and found absolutely no mites alive.
Day 6 - Repeat Day 1.
Day 7 - Repeat Day 2. Russet mites eggs hatch after 3-5 days so I wanted to give it about a week before fogging my rooms again just in case any of them made it out.
Currently I am 21 days into it and there’s absolutely no signs of any russet mites. I should note that I do spray my rooms once a week with micronized sulfur as a precaution just in case any of those fuckers made it after all I did but to date I can not find any alive.
Day 1 - Spray your plants from top to bottom very thorough with Forbid 4f making sure you hit everything. Important thing to note is forbid will not kill off some of the adults which was the case for me but more importantly what it does is kills off the eggs and does not let new mites to hatch which is extremely important if you want to be successful. Another important point to note is according to Forbid the product will stay on the plant for up to 45 days after treatment. This is also important as any possible mite that might have survived will lay their eggs but the eggs will not hatch and eventually the mite will die.
I used Amid mixed with water to feed my plants. Reason this is important is in case you have any mites inside your soil amid will kill em.
Day 2 - Although you can probably do this step the same day I chose to wait a day for my plants to recover. I fogged my rooms with Piston TR. My rooms are about 15x18 in size and the instructions says to spray one can for up to 3000 square feet. Only mentioning this because my rooms were a lot smaller and plants had no issue afterwards so you might want to use more then one can if you have bigger rooms. Piston TR completely 100% killed off every living russet mites after first fog.
Day 3,4,5 - I extensively monitored my plants with a digital microscope and found absolutely no mites alive.
Day 6 - Repeat Day 1.
Day 7 - Repeat Day 2. Russet mites eggs hatch after 3-5 days so I wanted to give it about a week before fogging my rooms again just in case any of them made it out.
Currently I am 21 days into it and there’s absolutely no signs of any russet mites. I should note that I do spray my rooms once a week with micronized sulfur as a precaution just in case any of those fuckers made it after all I did but to date I can not find any alive.
