Please share your experiences with spider mites here!

Just discovered the little bastards a day and a half ago, after panicking some I read a little on this board and went straight to Home Depot for the No Pest Strip - has been in there 36 hours so not much results yet, but my caregiver (hooray for MM!) hooked me up with a spray bottle full of miticide and something else he swears by. Since I am only about 2-3 wks away from harvest (my first!) I am going to go ahead and spray them before I put them to bed tonight and cross my fingers and maybe even say a little prayer to the pot gods.

Luckily I dont have a ton of them crawling around but enough to leave a few leaves with some damage; I think the cold weather at night here in CO keeps them from going crazy but there are LOTS of eggs on the bottoms of the leaves.

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Originally Posted by budsndrums

Just discovered the little bastards a day and a half ago, after panicking some I read a little on this board and went straight to Home Depot for the No Pest Strip - has been in there 36 hours so not much results yet, but my caregiver (hooray for MM!) hooked me up with a spray bottle full of miticide and something else he swears by. Since I am only about 2-3 wks away from harvest (my first!) I am going to go ahead and spray them before I put them to bed tonight and cross my fingers and maybe even say a little prayer to the pot gods.

Luckily I dont have a ton of them crawling around but enough to leave a few leaves with some damage; I think the cold weather at night here in CO keeps them from going crazy but there are LOTS of eggs on the bottoms of the leaves.

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Yeah, hit those fuckers fast and hard with a triple-combo (or more) to control them! I use neem oil solution, pyrethrum, and alcohol/water or nictotine/cinnamon. I also try to let it get down to about 60 at night.

I am a mmj patient and my caregiver in the summer had some neighbors with spider mites, exhausting right at the garden.
She found these "Predator Mites" that you sprinkle over the plants.
She said it costs like $50 for a container the size of a film container. Accompanied with removing/vacuming off webs worked for her.
Also, for indoor I heard, if you keep your temp below 80f(unsure of specific temp) you won't get them in the first place.:thumbsup:

since I use a 'Hot Shot No-Pest Strip' indoors, I have zero spidermite problems :thumbsup: ... if I could afford to buy enough of them, I'd use 'em outdoors, too :D

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Originally Posted by the image reaper

since I use a 'Hot Shot No-Pest Strip' indoors, I have zero spidermite problems :thumbsup: ... if I could afford to buy enough of them, I'd use 'em outdoors, too :D

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How much do they cost? One can never be too careful!:cool:

Greeting Lampost,
I do know of something good for spidermites.. If you still have a problem.. It saved my a$$.. Won't completely destroy your babies.. I need to look up the link.. I'll post here later with the info..

hot shot nps!about $8...google them online they are the best!

i put 2 next to each fan in each room..i got lazy once and did not have any and found mites at 5 weeks into flower :wtf: so i keep them out all the time and mark my calendar when i need to put new ones out :thumbsup:

Awesome! Thanks for the heads up.:smokin:

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Originally Posted by lampost

Yeah, hit those fuckers fast and hard with a triple-combo (or more) to control them! I use neem oil solution, pyrethrum, and alcohol/water or nictotine/cinnamon. I also try to let it get down to about 60 at night.

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Thanks lampost - yeah I turned down the space heater a little last night and this morning it was 48!! :wtf: How about that for taking down a few mites? I looked this morning and nothing moving - however I will check again later with the glass once it warms up. Honestly though my plants have done well in the relative cold and the purp really shows (see the pic) I am pretty proud for my first time!

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Originally Posted by budsndrums

Thanks lampost - yeah I turned down the space heater a little last night and this morning it was 48!! :wtf: How about that for taking down a few mites? I looked this morning and nothing moving - however I will check again later with the glass once it warms up. Honestly though my plants have done well in the relative cold and the purp really shows (see the pic) I am pretty proud for my first time!

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Looks nice! I'd be stoked with those results... what strain is that?

Let us know how the NPS works? I'm about to deploy mine even though I haven't seen any sign of them for weeks.

Now I'm just worried about fuckin' hermies. I have a few different strains and I've heard some can hermie if you FIM them or train them....