MFing MITES are back! 5th week into flowering. Need to kill them fast.

the moral of this story is...DO NOT use organic methods of treatment with chemical treatment. chemical will kill benificials as well. live, learn and move on.:smokin: paul schaffer?????

Ok.....here is how to get your temps down....you should have an fresh air intake going into your room...it sounds like this does not come from the outside...maybe just from another room...not seeing your setup....I do not know want you have....but if you can got some kinda of air from the outside with a filter......I use the dustshroom....and you have your fan with a carbon filter....keep it running in your dark period all the time you temps will drop into the 60's.....possibly the high 50's and that will slow those suckers down...insted of new hatchlings every 3 days you have them every 8 to 10 days....keep vacumming them up every day you see them....and keep those temps low in the dark cycle....you will still get a very good harvest if you doo this....when you harvest....cut those whole plant at the soil line....hang upside down and if your have any mites left over they will crawl right up the end up the string and use a sticky strip at the top....they will get stuck and pretty much you will have most of them.....I know it not ideal....but....it's what you have to do at this point....

Canna.....dude your funny.....*&%$#*&%$#....almost blowing chunks.....if you get mites.....as almost everyong does....you have to deal with it....and keep going.....but I agree with most of the vets here....the best is to believe you have or are going to get them....just keep the neem mixed with a folier feed and spray at least once a week....even the soil....that will help you PREVENT getting them.

The no pest strip...did...not work for me.

Thx Weeddaddy50 I'll do that. I'll keep you posted. As far as fresh air goes, I am getting from another room witch gets fresh air from outside. If Ill take air strait from outside The temp will not stay in upper 50s cause outside temp is 80 I will just bring hot air that's all.

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Canna.....dude your funny.....*&%$#*&%$#....almost blowing chunks.....if you get mites.....as almost everyong does....you have to deal with it....and keep going.....but I agree with most of the vets here....the best is to believe you have or are going to get them....just keep the neem mixed with a folier feed and spray at least once a week....even the soil....that will help you PREVENT getting them.

The no pest strip...did...not work for me.

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Just bustin your balls! ;) Your early harvest pics literally made me sick to think you were selling those buds to patients!!!!

I've seen mite ripped buds like that first hand, there's no way I'd smoke them or even let someone I hated smoke them, they were good for hash since the mites won't filter thru a bubble bag! :jointsmile:


Your later stuff once you got your bugs fixed were looking much better and your new log looks awesome.:thumbsup:

As for me getting mites,... well you've already seen in the other thread I've had em, and dealt with em! :chainsaw: :toilet_claw:

staying postive on your grow...and....keeping the faith....and not just taking clones from just anyone.....Since I made the commitment to being a indoor grower...and I love growing....and now making all my own clone and only growing from seeds....the mite problems have....been eliminated.:jointsmile:

I would say the best cure for mites is to be VERY PRO-ACTIVE.

Good Luck

Took "no pest" strips out, temp 89 day & 70 night, will wait 2 days before LB's.
pix from left to right 1 & 2 Abusive OG 3,4 & 5 Pineapple Express :bigsmoke::bigsmoke::bigsmoke:

What is this strain? Does any one knows what that could be? I think I didn't label it. :apachecopter:

You've probably harvested by now, but next time you discover spider mites early in the crop use pyrethrines (preferably naturally occuring though sythetics work just as well). Lightly mist both above and below the leaf. Repeat every 5 days for 3 cycles. Make sure to water your plants well at least 6 hours prior to spraying. Do not soak the plant. Spray LIGHTLY. This will end the spider mite problem unless you reinfect them. If you find them towards the end of the crop cycle Safer's Soap will control them well enough to make it to harvest with minimal damage. I do not recommend any oils including neem, rosemary or cotton seed oils as they tend to block the plant's stomas, decrease respiration and can burn new growth shoots. Pyrethrins have been outlawed in CA but can be purchased in many other states. Naturally occuring pyrethrins used to be available at K-Mart in a one quart spray bottle. I haven't seen it lately. Really good stuff that if used properly will take them out efficiently.

Well Ed, I disagree with you on the soap and the statement not to use neem.

Let me ask this....how many years you been growing? More than 30 like me?
You are contradicting the majority of the good growers here.

Sure, neem if over done will plug the stoma.....you dont' need that much. Even pyrethrins are not something I want in my body, I keep them away for the last 4 weeks.

Again prevention is the best way to 'cure' mites.

And, I cannot stand the taste of soap.

Walk softly less ye tread on toes.....I am in good mood today, in most cases I would have really jumped all over you.

has anyone tried dimataceous earth? its like crushed seashells or something. top dress your soil and any soft-bodied bug that travels through it get ripped to shreds. certainly would keep them off your soil. perhaps in combo with neem might be effective.