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AussieGWRER
03-13-2007, 01:19 AM
hey everyone
do spidermites have a actual web/line they cast because i have stringie web over a couple of my buds.
i was wondering if this was spider mights or normal spiders and can it hurt my baby
peace :jointsmile:

fishman3811
03-14-2007, 03:02 AM
webs on your plant = spider mites 90% of the time check under the leaves if you see tiny dots moving about you have spider mites.if you have spider mites your in trouble they are the hardest and most damaging bug you can get.read other posts on how to get rid of them,i use no pest strips btw

Chronic Chrissy
03-14-2007, 03:49 AM
The tops of the leaves will have whit speckles everywhere, under the leaves you'll see things moving or lots of little whit balls(eggs)> Good luck You'll need it.

AussieGWRER
03-15-2007, 08:46 AM
fucking devo this grow was going so well..................

AussieGWRER
03-15-2007, 09:31 AM
What do they do exactly? im 5 or 6 wks in flower they been around for a wk i guess? do they eat the bud should i just pull the grow now? or fix the problem
peace helps n imput appreciated

fishman3811
03-16-2007, 01:07 AM
they feed of your plants and they will KILL YOUR PLANTS.so you had better start dealing with them now.or you can throw everything in the garbage clean everything with bleach and start new

Tomthehippie
03-16-2007, 09:53 AM
humm depending on what stage ur grow is at? If your still in veg most likely was just a normal spider!

Tomthehippie
03-16-2007, 09:55 AM
What do they do exactly? im 5 or 6 wks in flower they been around for a wk i guess? do they eat the bud should i just pull the grow now? or fix the problem
peace helps n imput appreciated

AR! yea prime time for mites! there are certain products that can help neem oil is one. do a search in the Indoor Grow section. the amount of info there about mites is huge.

naturesgift
03-16-2007, 12:58 PM
hey everyone
do spidermites have a actual web/line they cast because i have stringie web over a couple of my buds.
i was wondering if this was spider mights or normal spiders and can it hurt my baby
peace :jointsmile:

Hey man ......There's no need to worry about normal house spiders as my pad is infected with spiders and snakes to that matter.But when you have webs around your babies you have serious probs. Check out Hortico website they have everything u need to elimanate our worst enemy mites.:thumbsup:

Chronic Chrissy
03-16-2007, 02:23 PM
What do they do exactly? im 5 or 6 wks in flower they been around for a wk i guess? do they eat the bud should i just pull the grow now? or fix the problem
peace helps n imput appreciated

The literally suck the plants energy out in liquid form from where you find those white spots on the leaves. They are one of the most damaging pests. They compromise leaf area to absorb light to make energy and steals energy on top of it. How Far off are you from harvest?

AussieGWRER
03-18-2007, 06:44 AM
im like 1- 3 wks i guees most trich are cloudy but sum arnt n theres afew staritng to go amber at the top oif em

AussieGWRER
03-18-2007, 06:54 AM
What you think how long? Worth Chopping Now?

Chronic Chrissy
03-18-2007, 02:26 PM
2 weeks left I figure? I'm not o great at this game. As for the mites you can buy a No Pest strip to hang in your room, or neem oil, or if you don't have a humidity problem you can spray them off with a squirt bottle, just try to keep the bud as dry as possible. You can freeze your plants to shock the mites, mine lasted 4 hours outside in -20c and the plants were fine. You can also pick up some End All and a pack of sponges, USE GLOVES AND A MASK wet two sponges and sandwich an infested leaf between them then rinse and repeat on another leaf. I think the ingredient is prythium(sp?), is made from crysanthamum oil, breaks down to harmless in a few days and under a light breaks down in a few hours so do it before lights out.

As for how bad your infestation is you have to check the underside of every leaf starting from the bottom up and look real close for moveing black dots, or round white balls, eggs. End All says it kills the eggs but I have a few doubts, they hatch about every few days and take 2-3 days to reach maturity and lay more eggs, so every 2-3 days for a week if you start now you should beable to knock them back enough to beable to not do any spraying a week from harvest.

If the mites get really bad they will web up your bud in silk, and suck precious life from your baby, I know I don't want to smoke web.

Laredo
03-18-2007, 02:34 PM
web smoke is better than none. i have to deal with smites every grow; just a part of the game imo.

neem oil, or green light fruit tree spray works very well, the tree spray kills some of the eggs and larva too, whilst the neem only does not.

no pest strips work the best, but are realy only effective in small and unventilated areas. the larger the room area, the more strips you need.

Tomthehippie
03-18-2007, 03:47 PM
2 weeks left I figure? I'm not o great at this game. As for the mites you can buy a No Pest strip to hang in your room, or neem oil, or if you don't have a humidity problem you can spray them off with a squirt bottle, just try to keep the bud as dry as possible. You can freeze your plants to shock the mites, mine lasted 4 hours outside in -20c and the plants were fine. You can also pick up some End All and a pack of sponges, USE GLOVES AND A MASK wet two sponges and sandwich an infested leaf between them then rinse and repeat on another leaf. I think the ingredient is prythium(sp?), is made from crysanthamum oil, breaks down to harmless in a few days and under a light breaks down in a few hours so do it before lights out.

As for how bad your infestation is you have to check the underside of every leaf starting from the bottom up and look real close for moveing black dots, or round white balls, eggs. End All says it kills the eggs but I have a few doubts, they hatch about every few days and take 2-3 days to reach maturity and lay more eggs, so every 2-3 days for a week if you start now you should beable to knock them back enough to beable to not do any spraying a week from harvest.

If the mites get really bad they will web up your bud in silk, and suck precious life from your baby, I know I don't want to smoke web.

yea i agree! :)

AussieGWRER
03-19-2007, 09:10 AM
Thanks i sprayed them with yates prythium
it made the webs dissapear but i found eggs after reading this im gonna give them till the end of march the cut down im growing outdoors not it, as for the webs in the bud i wont care, such a small plant i will smoke anything with bugs on it or not.:jointsmile: i just wanted to know if it affected potency.
thanks for the imput im gonna respray an the end of the week and start flushing now
thanks again for the imput
peace:hippy: let you know how it goes at the end of the week

Str8jeepin4pack
03-20-2007, 06:23 AM
buy lady bugs . . they work ok . . or a product called smc works good too