Spider Mite CURE!!!!!!

Some of you may already know of this technique but this is a first for me.

Materials:
Standard size spray bottle (1 quart)
Rubbing alcohol (12oz. bottle-50% strength) some comes 90%
Water

Directions:
Pour half of the 12oz. bottle of alcohol(50%) in to the spray bottle and top off with water...(if using the 90% strength then only use no more than a quarter of the bottle)....Spray the plants evenly and try not to soak them too much. Be sure to get the under-side of the leaves because that is where most of the eggs will be found.

You must be extremely careful not to use too much alcohol because it will harm the plants. I also suggest not spraying again for atleast 4 days. You should not have to spray again after the first time if you covered everything on the plants. I have personally seen this technique work for the last month but I did not want to log the information if it was not totally successful. This technique has been the only thing that works so far and I highly recommend it to anyone with spider mites.

I am not responsible for anyone destroying their plants with this technique. I am just passing on useful information that others may want to know about. This technique does work and will not harm your plants if done correctly.

THIS TECHNIQUE HAS NEVER BEEN ATTEMPTED DURING FLOWERING BY US, YET!!!!

If you use neem oil at an early stage you won't have to worry about harming your plant with alcohol. Neem is so much more reliable when used early on as a prevention.:thumbsup:

Interesting information. But instead of using isopropyl alcohol, try purchasing ethanol alcohol. But make sure it is not denatured ethanol. The reason why is because ethanol is safe to consume, and evaporates quickly. You can use a 1:10 ethanol:water ratio, and spray it every other day until the spider mites are gone, however this is just a suggestion and is completely hypothetical.

Article from erowid on denatured alcohol:

"Denatured ethanol, which is ethanol which has been intentionally poisoned so that it is undrinkable. The reason for doing this is that drinkable ethanol is taxable under the Tobacco Alcohol and Firearms people, and denatured ethanol has uses in chemistry and cleaning. The point is that you should under no circumstances use denatured ethanol because it will make you sick or kill you or cause cancer or all three."

Thanks for the information. I will be sure to pass it on. I'm not the one with mite problems but I know of a few others that are having problems. Thanks again:thumbsup:

Jon.
I wish you had not posted that. Most folks that get mites are inexperienced. That is a risky way to eliminate them. New folks rush into doing and think less.

The tried and proven method of neem oil is not toxic to the plant or humans. Which would you rather smoke?

Sorry I gotta give ya a thumbs down on this

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Originally Posted by WashougalWonder

Jon.
I wish you had not posted that. Most folks that get mites are inexperienced. That is a risky way to eliminate them. New folks rush into doing and think less.

The tried and proven method of neem oil is not toxic to the plant or humans. Which would you rather smoke?

Sorry I gotta give ya a thumbs down on this

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It's cool. I mainly posted this because I was looking for responses from others. I am not encouraging anyone to do something they feel is not right. I just wanted to put this out there to see what kind of comments would come in. To be honest, I can't say I would even try this method. This is just one way that I've seen others get rid of their problems and they haven't had any problems from it but every plant is different than the next so there's no telling. I've been trying to tell them about the neem oil but they are stubborn and don't want to listen, so they went ahead and did this. Sorry if this post leads people in the wrong direction, that is not at all my intentions. I never want to offer bad advice and I still dont see this as being bad. It is just another technique that someone has used and had success from. Im not telling anyone to rush out and do this right away....I highly recommend the neem oil before anything else IMO:thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by WashougalWonder

Jon.
I wish you had not posted that. Most folks that get mites are inexperienced. That is a risky way to eliminate them. New folks rush into doing and think less.

The tried and proven method of neem oil is not toxic to the plant or humans. Which would you rather smoke?

Sorry I gotta give ya a thumbs down on this

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Gotta say were on the same page with that! Give yourself a KISS. Means = Keep it simple stupid! Not saying your stupid.. Just something you can use to keep yourself in check when dealing with error.