Round #2
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Round #2
Predator mites....
They arrive in the mail, half of them are dead.
The other half lives...but only one strain generally.
Also, you get corn cob shit all over your fucking plants. If there is any resin at all, its there till you smoke it.
The predators need about 60 days to successfully establish themselves. If a mite problem is bad, thats far too long. If you are about to flower, thats far too long.
When the mites run out of food, they fight each other and die.
If I had mites again, I would spray the aerosol bombs NEAR the plants, not on them...and I would do it every four days for 6 cycles.
It wont kill the eggs, but nothing will so get them as they hatch. Get the pyretherum in a can and blast away.
YOU MUST allow 30 days for the chems to breakdown before you can smoke.
But, 4X5 had the right advice...IF they are indeed spider mites.
THEY SUCK!
Yeah, the corn cob shit is a mess. I'm going to wait 2 days, blast her with water to get that shit OFF of her and if she's not looking any better, she's trashed.
Then I can start fresh, clean, and infestation free!
Actually, the more I read over your post - Harddon, the more I realize it's probably hopeless for this one little plant. I'll switch her to flowering tomorrow and spray her with ice water in two days to clean everything off of her. ( I want her to dry, she's been sprayed two days in a row )
R.I.P.?
Maybe.
Stay tuned.
It seems the 20-20-20 chemical (blech!) fert I sprayed on her earlier today actually helped.. so she WAS lacking potassium. The little whore..
That's what I get for using 6-11-1, I'll have to get something organic with plenty of potassium for a well rounded diet.
I clipped two of the top most fan leaves to put into my curing jar, but it was a waste because I instead used a fresh flower from the other plant I chopped.
So for now, I veg! (for a few weeks anyway)
I can't see the pictures cause of my pda... but I do agree with hardon... reagrding bombing... regular bombing can slow them down... but even bombing every 3 days for 1w days will not eliminate the buggers from my experience... especially in 106 degree heat... wiping regularly is effect.. but you would nee to do it every day for at least 30 minutes... and that will still only slow them down....
if you plants are flowering and you bomb them.. you really should not smoke those buds... especially if you are past day 14-20...
mites can lay dormant for many many months in cool temperatures... each mite lays about 12 eggs a day... they can start laying eggs when they are 14 days old...
they thrive in heat as you have seen... as the plant gets weaker they thrive even more.. they love underwatered plants...
predetor mites eat each other when food is gone... smoking mites is no big deal...
love
Thanks for all of the info.
My poor corn husk - covered plant - i WILL find a way to get that shit off, even if I take a few predators with me.
not sure quite how many of them came to me "dead", it was overnight shipping, came in packaging with a built in cooler and I also ordered from a place in my state. HOWEVER, all in all, I think prevention is the best way to fight mites.
Predator mites are interesting to say the least, but unless you have a decent sized crop in the early stages of veg - I really don't think they do the trick. Not even on flowering crops.
If you're flowering, and have mites - I recommend switching back to veg to fight them off, but that's what I'm currently doing. I want the plant to keep pumping out new foliage instead of using it's energy on the buds and losing energy from whatever may be causing this mess.
<3!
Oh, by the way - have you ever seen parmesan cheese and pepper sprinkled together on pizza?
That's what my plant looked like.
It looked embarrassed.
How you making out Grim?
Give us an update brother!
Alright, so! Yesterday she was flushed with a gallon of spring water, 3 tsp of Clearex, and 2 drops of ThriveAlive all PHed to 6.5
-There's purpling you'll notice on the stems - It creeps all the way up to her cola. I've been watching it for quite a few days now and nothing I've tried has solved the problem. :mad:
-Mites don't seem to be an issue anymore (interestingly enough) :stoned:
-Her temp is currently.. 83-85. I can get it down to the higher 70's if you think it would actually help. :D
-The pistils are changing brown, and though I know pistils don't effect potency, I checked her trichomes today and they were clear-cloudy which is fine. BUT, remember she's still in veg until I get things sorted out.
I'd like your suggestions on (if you will):
*What could this purpling be cause of?
*Will the pistils become more brown and eventually fall off if vegged for too long? If so, will she grow more? How will she compensate?
Thanks in advance, guys. :thumbsup: