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NO PEST STRIP by HotShot brandQuote:
Originally Posted by THC7
Anyone who wants a good way should try 10,000 ppm of co2 for 1 hr....this will require a sealed box big enough for the plant in question, tank solinoid regulator and flow meter....use a web site to calculate ppm and cut a small hole in sealed box with plastic over it acting as a check valve to allow for air to go out while filling to desired co2 level.
I heard that no pest strips work really good too. I have never had mites yet since using them.
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follow opies advice tried several grows ago no more of them little bastards, always first item on my list.
Mites were a problem for years and I used everything + some. Finally bought the no pest strips from walmart. with in 3 weeks, not a mite to be found. I keep them in the garden 24-7. If I bring in a new plant, I smiply keep it out of the garden for 2 weeks with a fresh strip. Problem solved. Feel like a idiot now after spending many $$$$$ and for $5 the problem is solved.
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I just talked to the local hardware store and they said that they weren't getting more hot shot pest strips because the company folded... anyone have a good alternate? I running down to grab the last 2 right now..... shit they are the bomb for spider mites......
try looking around at other stores, my local Safeway grocery store still has them, and the Walmart did, too (last time I looked) also Ace Hardware stores ... I just now 'Googled' it, the manufacturer's website doesn't say anything about being unavailable ... if not, gas the bastards with any 'pyrethrin'-based pesticide (it's safe, pyrethrins made from marigold extract, read the instructions carefully) ... :smokin:
Yeh, the lady at ace said that they weren't getting more, just checked the corporate site, and they filed for chpt 11 on 2/3/09, but their FAQs claim that the product will still be available, maybe after a slight delay.... hope so, I'm finally getting a grip on the spider insanity....
Spectrum Brands Communication
You'd think that they would be doing great these days......
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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"
google floramite.It's a one shot mite killin machine.
Dive:stoned:
Just wanted to say I decided to try Opie's method of No Pest strips and have great faith in it:D. Was hoping if anyone that has used this method has made clones off a plant at the same time the strip is in the room? The reason I ask is cuss I have clones that are almost ready for flower and seedlings that are ready to clone for sex in the same room for the moment. I need to take cutting asap. Jus curious if any ill effect will result from taking cuttings off healthy (non-mited, thank god i caught the lil fuckers early) seedlings that have been exposed for 24 hours to the strips?
lol most of us have just blazed em up many times. :stoned: lol S2:Quote:
Originally Posted by yaarea41510
be careful with avid as it works the same way on humans only slower and it never leaves the plant so u smoke it and if your on a med cocktail u might die
Stuff like this, Hot Shot No-Pest Strip, scare me. Before using please visit this page: PAN Product Info for Hot shot no pest strip
I got MITES in my bud. WHAT SHOULD I DOOOOO? Should i let them finish completely and refrig or nuke the buds to get rid of the bstards? These two girls are so close to finishing (74 days in). I believe bud continue the life process for several days after harvest when vine or stem remain. I'm woundering if the frig would be best as it won't kill the continuing life process of the plant, just slow it down. Nuking should kill the bstards too but will it also kill the vines and stems. Has any one ever tried this to get rid of the bstards on bud? IYO, what should i do? Spraying is not an option
Can you please confirm that I can use the no pest strips if I am 3/4 weeks into flowering? tyvm
IVE TRYED LOTS OF WAYS DURING THE BATTLE TO KILL AND WIN THE WAR WITH MITES THIS YEAR.....THE ONLY THING THAT WORKED FOR US.... NO PEST STRIPS !
THANKS FOR THE WONDERFUL INFORMATION !
I GOT PLANTS OVER 7 FT AND THE STRIPS KICKED THE MITES ASS !
JUST SEAL ROOM AT NIGHT AND VENT NORMAL DURING THE DAY...FOR A COUPLE DAYS TILL NO MITES.
DO AGAIN AFTER 5 DAYS TO KILL NEWLY HATCHED LITTLE BASTARDS...
WOOO HOOO MITE FREE !
THE WAR IS OVER !:rastasmoke::beatdeadhorse::asskick::chainsaw::ee k:
Thank you. I've been searching online for months to find an effective solution to my spider mite problem, no pest strips are the first method that worked. I've used neem oil, manual removal, and many commercial insecticides with almost no success (they all reduced the population but had to be sprayed every 7 days minimum to maintain control of the infestation).
After only 36 hours with no pest strips (the same ones SirDufus used) I can not find a single living spider mite. I used one strip in my 10'x10'x8' room and shut off the ventilation during the dark cycle. I am 3 weeks into the flowering cycle and to maintain the spider mite infestation I would had have to have sprayed until the end of bloom in order to get bud, thanks to opie I don't have to.
The plants don't seem to be affected by the strips in any way, when I was using neem oil and other pesticides, the growth rate would come to a crawl for a few days, I have observed the opposite with the strips (growth has increased, I take a lot of pictures to compare so it's not just my imagination).
I also did some research on the active pesticide in the strips (dichlorvos), it is used in greenhouses (it is used to control spider mites as well as other insects), as a treatment for certain parasites in cattle, food storage and a variety of other purposes. When used in food production the end product rarely contains traces of the pesticide, those remaining are easily removed by washing (I plan to spray my plant with water at least a week before harvest). Most of the harmful substances break down in 36 hours at the most (dichlorvos is very toxic in it's pure state). When absorbed by mammals in small concentrations, such as the no pest strips, the kidneys break down the remaining pesticide in a matter of hours .
I am not saying this product is 100% safe to use but in my opinion they are better than what I was doing before and more effective. Avid is certainly more harmful than these strips.
Thank you again, although this is an old thread I hope I am not the last to find it. I will post again with more definitive results in a few weeks.
Help.....:( I have a bad mite problem, they never seem to go away completely. I think they have built up a tolerance to the pyrethrum bombing & Shuttle spray that I have been using and now I am ready to try anything. The pest strips seem to have a good response but I'm wondering how many pest strips to use in my flower & veg room? Also I'll be trying the alcohol mixture spray on my clones to try to keep the mites away...:mad:
I just put 1 Hot Shot No Pest Strip in my 4x5 veg room last night, it was only sealed for 7 hours and 75-90% of my bugs (including my lady bugs :( ) are the only way a mite should be DEAD AS SHIT
I've used the no pest strips one week ago. I only put it in my room during the dark cycle, after 3 days I could not find a single living bug in the room so I removed the strip. 4-5 days later there were a few mites (probably some eggs that hatched) so I repeated the treatment, so far so good. The most effective solution I've tried so far.
what is the name of the pest strip
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This is my firs semi successful grow---Ever---I had mites all over my two girls and on 3 seedlings.
Didn't know what they were...bunch of white dots all over the leaves...thought they were starting to make trichs. Got a magnifying glass..about 10x i think and found the bugs..I guess I've had them for 5or 6 weeks. Went yesterday and put one pest strip in my 2' x 4' x 3' box with a computer fan blowing it around... That was 1:00 P.M yesterday....Shut the door on them and went to take a peek just 15 minutes ago...There ain't a livin', breathin' POS bug in my grow today.
!!! OPIE YUTTS !!! You shall be exhaulted! And man, talk about a cat with some patience..Thanks a bunch for all that info!.........J
Opie...Are you still around?
Opie hasn't been on for a while. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Skihigh
But, rep him. He sure earned it:clap:
Choose one of his posts and click the little balance scale.
You can then leave a semi-private thank you message.
Always do that when ya get good advice.:thumbsup:
It makes separation of wheat from chaff easier.
(You can put more faith in advice from da long green bar folks.)
Weezard...Thanks man...I'll get'er done........
Also.
Maybe go to your profile and turn on your rep.
You have some waiting.:)
Aloha,
Weeze
Weezard... Once again,,,Thanks!!!