Spider mites

aaahh, OK ... my local stores probably just haven't 'sold-out' all their stock yet ... maybe you'll find some leftovers, elsewhere ... meanwhile, it's always fun to take tweezers, and pull the little bastards' teeth out ;) ... good luck :thumbsup:

great thread. i found my way here via Azatrol research.

opie, you my hero! ima go find these gizmos.

although i have just a slight SM issue, i hate them, and all other pests.I have yet to see a web, but i have seen the discoloration spots. and of course, i have spied the buggas under a 60X scope.

i try to keep my soil garden as organic as possible, but the daily grind using organics and manual removal really sux. I have VERY little problems in veggie area, but will employ one of these pest strips in there, after they're done in bloom area.

i hate spraying anything on the girls ceptin water with a touch of liquid seaweed during veggie days, and no spray after switch to bloom, but...

Einstein Oil (cold pressed Neem oil) does seem to keep population to a minimum, but i don't like it's smell. Don't Bug Me has those pyrethreum (sp) stuffs, and label says you can apply up to day of harvest. i have used sparingly up to 4 days b4 harvest, and used my friend as guinea pig. he is beyond child rearing days, and hasn't grown any new limbs, or a 3rd eye.

Azatrol is another tool in what Opie describes as (paraphrase) a never-ending-daily-battle against SM. i have used it, with no apparent side effects on my buddy.

i always wear gloves, and a bandana over my nose/mouth when playing with einstein, DBM, and Azatrol.

BUT WHY??? i'll put one of these on opposite side of room from exhaust, and redirect my intake (deflect air away from strip's area).

hmmm...1200 cu ft. ... one or two strips???

oh well, i'll report back.

(genuflect towards OPIE)

one strip will be enough for an entire large room, garage, etc ... :thumbsup:

woohoo! while making a walk to the post office, i thought i'd check small-town hardware to see if they carried any Dichlorvos pest strips. Presto! i bought two for about 8 bucks each.

i left exhaust on, turn intake away, and placed one "strip" on floor (approx 1200cuFT). it has a nice base, and an option to hang it. i'll turn oscillating fan off for next 3 hours, and will turn it back on b4 girls go night-night.

i, probably, will leave it in there 24/7 until i notice any desired effect.

Hot Shot brand, by Spectrum Group in England.
18.6% Dichlorvus... 65 grams net weight.

The hardware had at least one more left (i bought two), but after reading more, i will go grab what they have left, and stash them.

LOTSA great information on this site, TYVM>

Hey, I'm about to do the no pest strips. I read this whole thread and decided to go with it. But I was wondering how I would go about watering and checking up on my plants with one of those in there. Or is this something that doesn't come to mind for you guys? (Not trying to sound like an ass)

i'm not sure, but i'll share with you my thoughts.

if you really paranoid, go in and quickly put them in zip locks, then go back in couple hours.

after reading a couple reports on Dichlorvus written by scientific types, i am not concerned for the plants.

as for myself, i put two in my bloom room yesterday, after a good watering.

i have about 1200 cu feet (12x12x8' ), and use a 480cfm exhaust with large canfan filter. i left the exhaust on, turned ascillating fan down, and left space immediately.

this morning, i went in for fast visit, wore a bandana on my face, didnt smell anything. returned to this forum, read all posts again, and decided that ill run all fans until saturday night, and ill turn off exhaust for 12 hours, then sunday, ill go in, put strips in zip locks, and do some close examining.

although my SM issue is very minor, i seem to have to DAILY wash, clean, spray, etcetcetc.,

i am hoping these strips save me alot of time and effort.

i must admit that there are 3 girls in there that are close to finish, and 5 in week 4 of bloom, so im taking a chance on my buddy's health with any taint that these strips MIGHT (mite) leave on cured product. but he has survived neem, pyrethrium, and azatrol, so i doubt this will hurt him.

i will NOT stop using neem in veggie state, and i will still spray them HEAVILY just b4 they are transplanted into 3 gallon pots, and sent to bloom.

good luck with your efforts, keep me posted.

So I went into my veg room today. I was never overwhelmed by them but I like to act fast with all my problems (cultivation or not). I have 3 kali mist mom's, 10 blue dream babies, and 12 kali mist babies (babies meaning 1 week out of clone). They are red and blue party cups. I was waiting to get my bug problem solved before transplanting into 2 gallon pots. These are all in a complete separate room than my flowering girls. I noticed the mites on a couple of KM babies. I tried a few different methods before originally posted. Before the No-Pest Strip I drenched everything in neem on a consistant cycle, changed the temp and humidity conditions against the mite, unleased HELLA ladybugs.. Nothing above did shit.

It's been about 3 days since putting the strip in there and I'm half amazed. Since this is an organic grow I was reluctant to get something with toxins and shit, but I needed this handled fast. But ya... it killed EVERYTHING (bug wise). All the ladybugs are on their backs dead, the spider mite spreading has stopped, and it even killed a spider that was chillin' in the corner of the room. I say half amazed because I knew that something with those chemicals would work. Now if it were all natural strips that would be awesome. But I'm still very thankful for Opie's posts and those who have also tried. I'll be spread the word about this shit

Avid is a pesticide that attacks and destroys the mites central nervous system and makes the mites sterile (no more eggs) it works great, normally 1 application is all you need....cost $95-135 for 8 0z bottle ....you only use 4-5 drops of avid per a 1 quart spray bottle of water.....the 8oz bottle is enough for 100 gallons of water

its translocated and stays within the plant for a month ...so spray before you flower Avid Insecticide - Greenhouse Megastore has everything you need to build, equip, and maintain a commercial, hobby, school or institutional greenhouse.



If you have a small grow area like a closet or a grow tent/box try the... Hot Shot no pest stripes $7 ....make sure to have a fan behind the strip to help distribute the airborn pesticide (air circulation)

If you have a intake fan and a exhaust fan.... put this by your intake fan

Here in Canada, our 'no pest strips' are different than the ones you are all referring to. I bought two and things seemed to be on the right track until today. I have little spiderwebs all over my plant that was doing wonderful a couple days ago. Thing is, I have 2 pest strips placed like about 1 foot away from the plant and they have been there for just over a week now.

Let me recap, it was doing fine and now it's full of sm all the while having 2 no pest strips formerly 'vapona' that don't seem to be working. I've attached a picture of the different product with the same name to this post...I'm off to see if I can order the USA version of this product because I'm tired of losing this fight and the Canadian one seems to be missing a critical ingredient :mad:

The active ingredient you are looking for is Dichlorvos which your product contains 19.2%. That is higher than the 18.6% I have in mine. That's very strange it didn't work. How are your grow conditions? I also cut all ventilation for only 3 days and ALL BUGS died. That was a couple weeks ago and haven't seen shit since. And if they do I'll buy another one. I dunno what's up with yours. My product is called "Hot Shot No Pest Strip"