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i had a gnarly case of spider mites on flowering buds so i cut them but this time I was prepared... get florakill also known as floramite little tiny vial add 3ml per gallon makes like 25 gallons. spray this on plants during night time and boom no more mites.
the stuff is all white and smells gnarly.
There is some shit from australia that is fairly new. Spider mits dont have a resistance to em.
heres some shit from the site
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Spider mites destroy plant cells by sucking out their contents, and Mite-Rid works by providing a barrier which is harmless to the plant, but fatal to the mites. Some of the components of Mite-Rid are also absorbed by the plant and then suppress the life cycle of the mites. Mite-Rid uses a unique formula of botanical oils, including neem, garlic, eucalyptus plus surfactants to provide a protective barrier against many leaf eating pests, and most effectively, the Spider Mite.
The main active ingredient, neem oil, contains a limonoid called azadirachtin which has steroids (campesterol, beta-sitosterol, stigmasterol) which interrupt the normal hormonal balance of mites, suppressing its reproductive cycle. The neem oil used in Mite-Rid is cold pressed, as only oil of this quality will contain these steroids.
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Mite-Rid is fully bio-degradable and is not toxic to animals and under normal use will not affect the plant's metabolism. Highly effective against two-spotted and red mites, Mite-Rid is also reporting success with Eriophyid mites such as the "Fuschia Gall Mite" which is endemic to parts of California and also known as the "Mendo" or "Mendocino mini". Mite-Rid comes in a concentrate form, and the 45ml bottle mixes with water to make 18 litres ( 32.7 pints) of mite killing spray.
One thorough application is usualy enough, but heavy infestations may require two, as the tiny eggs can be a bit more resilient; so we recommend a second application in these cases.
Get them before they get your plants!
They say prevention is better than cure, and just a little Mite-Rid goes a long way to preventing mite infestation. A periodic spray with Mite-Rid is the best way to never see your plants suffering an attack of spider mites.
Remember, when it's hot, and dry, mites are just a gentle breeze away from your plants, and they usually go undetected until they've multiplied to plague proportions. Just one spray every few weeks in the hottest season will protect your crop from this near invisible pest.
Whether you're an indoor grower, greenhouse grower, hydroponic grower, or outdoor grower, sooner or later the mites will find you!
Don't wait to see the damage,
get them BEFORE they get your plants!
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I used this shit because i had an infestation early. I read about it on a forum and got some. (i was lucky cuz only one retailer was even selling it in the u.s. at that point, and he had just started a month prior)
After one application everything was gone.
give this one a try if you got the mites. THIS SHIT WORKS!
Just wanted to add a little input to the spider mite subject because I thought of a nifty little way to control them if they are not too bad.
My roommate and I recently had an infestation of spider mites on flowering plants. We noticed them and decided to get some lady bugs to help control them, but that didn't really work no matter how many we put in there. They really just seemed to be multiplying.
So I started to research ways to be rid of them, while growing, and after they are cut. I discovered the recipe that Gen posted on the first page and decided to give it a try since the plants were only a week and a half into flowering. This recipe worked great! It knocked out almost the whole of the spider mite population. The before and after was amazing. BUT, either we did't hit some spots with spray, which is possible, or the spray didn't kill some eggs, because after a few days we noticed mites here and there. Then an idea came to me. We had just had a harvest with spider mites on the buds. This was all during this same period. I read that if you hang your plants the mites will mostly crawl to the highest point. You can then just pick off small clumps of mites. This indeed does work!
So, I was thinking of ways to trap the mites and kill them that way. Here is what I discovered. I took a fly strip - you know, one that you can hang by a tack from the ceiling. I hung it above the plants. Then, with small loops I attached segments of string to the tops of the buds. I attached the other end to the sticky portion of the fly strip. It works amazingly! The little buggers crawl right up the string and get caught on the fly strip. They were even crawling over one another only to get stuck further up the strip!
Now, our infestation was fairly small due to the spray that Gen posted, but it has kept the mights under control very nicely. I would be interested to see what this method would produce on a bad infestation.
I hope this helps and happy mite hunting :thumbsup:
I have struggling with the mites in my grow room for nearly two months, and they killed most of my crops that i am pissed off about. I have tried different methods, and i havent tried the strips and im buying it as we speak. I need to know how long should the strips stay in the grow room without killing the plants or us humans... grins
try AVID or FORBID bro.... available on ebay:thumbsup: One application is usually all you need to do....dont use these if you have less than 1 month of flower left....these pesticides are systemic and stay insde the plant for 4 weeks
Doctor Doom your grow room...remove your plants while the bomb is killin critters (2-3 hours)...... spray your plants at this time:D
Avid... mix at a rate of 6 drops per 32 oz (1 quart) spray bottle of water
Forbid mix at 4 drops per 32 oz
Apply to underside of leaves first...then tops of leaves
Babies in a dome can be sprayed without any issues
Why not leave the plants in the grtow room you ask...because the bomb wont kill the eggs that hatch every 3-4 days and reinfestion will occur
This is my first post here and also my first crop. I have to send out a BIG thank you to Opie Yutts for his great suggestion on using the No Pest Strip in my grow room. I have 2 ladies whom I've cared many months for that I almost lost due to these little buggers. I started them outside back in late April and when they started to flower at the end of July they went indoors so I could control the light times better. Well, shortly after they went indoors I started to lose both of them to these little buggers. It went on for a couple of weeks before I was able to ID the problem. Once I figured out what was causing the slow death of my ladies I spent hours on line trying to figure out what to do....all of which was a waste of time and energy (wiping, washing, ect). It wasn't until I happened upon this thread that the ultimate answer was made clear (Opie THANK YOU MAN!)
My grow room (more like a flower room) is small...4x5x5 and I am able to seal it off well so that may account for the majority of my success. I can tell you not 12 hrs after I sealed up the room and installed just one of those No Pest Strips the little buggers were GONE! It works like a charm. Since my plants are 5 weeks into flowering I didn't have the time to nuke 'em so this was my last option.
THANK YOU OPIE! YOU SAVED MY FIRST GROW! I will dedicate my first joint from the harvist to ya bud! Thanks a ton!
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im new here n just found this thread, it took me long enuff. im in the uk n im in need of a no pest strip, but uk has banned it due to a chemical used in it, does any1 have the next best thing i cud use. iv tried all kind of sprays but i want the killer stuff, any1 no the equivalent to no pest strips in the uk, need it asap as iv got infestation n they spreadin, iv tried lot of fings n they really pissin me off now, im itchin rite now thinkin of the little fooka's. hope sum1 in uk see's this n can help.
thanks for readin
i just read through this thread n found that no 1 else can get owt from uk, accept forthat > zero tolerance, so will giv it a blast, i feel iv already lost the battle so will try owt now, mite even try fly killer spray lol. but i may go for the smoke bomb, hmm wud that effect owt seein as im 4-5 weeks from harvest ?
I'm never concerned about mites anymore. I use to fight them every cycle and squish em in my fingers just to get some anger out. They just suck all around.
All I use now is einstein's and cool cool temps. They cant breed if temp is low enough. Try to get in the 60's. 65 to 68 seems to be ideal. Good luck you can beat em
I have read to use pest strips. Do you mean the sticky strips or the box strips with the insert. Sorry for my ignorance but I'm at my witts end on athese mites. They are ruining some good stuff. thanks for any help. Jeff
ok I know this message is a little old, Ive read the WHOLE message (all 9 pages)(LOL)... are these strips still avail ?
Ive been fighting mites for 2 mos...
some of my stuff is flowering, and I need to get rid of the SM asap, 7 days away appx, Can I still use them ? Are strips or a pyrethrum bomb the best way to go ? Id sooooo much appreciate ANY input ANYONE can tell me at all !!! Thanks so much in advance :)
Being so close I would use the doctor doom bomb. It will dissapate in several hours so no problems with residue on the buds.Quote:
Originally Posted by realradio
LOC-NAR: Thanks for the reply, Ill look for them today... does anyone know if the strips still available for a preventative on vegging ? :) TIA
Yes. The "no pest strips" are still available in the states.Quote:
Originally Posted by realradio
So, you should be able to mail order them.
Try Ace Hardware, or HD.
You are WIA.:D
Aloha,
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ok I went and got some today at home depot ($6.70 each) and have put them in my rooms (lol)..... now we will wait and see.... Guy at the hydro place said they wont work, Im not believing him as MANY MANY People in this thread have said they worked like a CHARM, I tend to believe ppl here rather than the hydro place that just wants to sell more sprays......
I bought a big bottle of Floramite SC not relizing I need so little, 1oz makes 20 gallons of spray/dip.
I was hit hard with mites, tried lady bugs and premixed sprays without a dent.
I'd prefer non chemical, so I descided to used this, its out of the plants within 28 days.
Use it once them to knock the crap out of them and start over. Now I use, Neem oil and ladysbugs as preventive. I've been good now.
This stuff is the nuclear bomb for mites, and its easy on the plant!
I have 1oz bottles up for grabs 17$ , feel free to PM me
Local Garden shops sell 1oz bottles for 40$
Hot Shot No-Pest strip $7 @ Wallyworld I had them dang bugs bad and this strip killed them all overnight, I left it in the closet for two weeks just to be sure and they are gone...best $7 I ever spent...now I keep several spares in case they re-appear. Easiest method too.....1)unwrap 2)set in closet 3)DONE! It has no apparent effect on the finished product...stuff was great, tasty and potent.
Ok so its great they are gone in the morning, but do they pack their bags and leave, or they roll over and DIE. I have a one year old plant thats covered and i need to save her, she's my favorite strain.Quote:
Originally Posted by TANKJR
Anyone know? I want them dead and not to come back.
I have someone going to wally in 20min so if ya got any answer id luv to hear ya, thanks:thumbsup:
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I noticed last night a wiimpy wilted leaf and saw a few SM on the bottom. After investigating the rest of the plants Inoticed a few other leaves with a few eggs and a couple adult SM. I am not totally "infested"..yet So I am going to start a regimine to get rid and treat my space.
I Just bought some neem oil and aerosol pyrethrin spray Clean Air Purge III. TI otally dosed my plants in the grow space with the pyrethrin aerosol. I Am going to check in another 24 hours and then spray with Neem. Also, I am going to purchase some Hot Shot bug strips everyone is raving about. I will report as time goes on about my progress.
Shit! shit shit shit shit! :mad::angry3:
Broke one of my own cardinal rules, and moved a rooted clone cut from another garden straight into my own garden. The clone rooted fine and showed no signs of bugs, now several day's later,.... BOOOM!!!!!! one of the leaves on that clone is ragged! little bastards were everywhere on that little plant! :eek: :(
Little bastards must have been waiting for the humidity to drop before hatching. :cursing:
On the plus side of my battle, I spray neem every other week or so as a precaution, so the rest of my plants were already fairly well defended.
The whole room got sprayed tonight :chainsaw:, and the infected clones are now quarantined.
Neem application will be slightly more often to keep new growth covered, and in a short time the little turds should be gone! :toilet_claw:
Time to take a shower and change my clothes before examining my flower room.
You mean even you can get mites?????:rasta:
Once you get those buggers they are tough to get rid of....but you know that.
Good luck.:D
Actually this is the 3rd time I've had em in my house,... just the first time I've slipped up and introduced them into my room :o
First time was in early spring when they popped up on the basil and rose in the front window.
2nd time was a known infected G13 cutting I brought home from another garden, a month of quarantine squelched em, and none of the 5 clones from that set of cutting has shown a single sign of bugs in over 2 months.
3rd times the charm I guess. When I took the ChemDawg cuttings off the mother plant, there didn't appear to be any signs of bugs and the grower had said he hadn't seen any. Overall his grow looked pretty much clean, tho there were some gnats. I got lazy with those cuttings and treated them like they were from my own garden. Now I feel like a dumbass.
I did warn him that mites popped up on the cuttings I took from his plants and that he should watch his crop closely.
Ohhh well,.... back to fighting invisible foes! :stoned:
Already sprayed Neem,... will spray "Don't bug me" later this evening after my HID goes off.
Just use Tobacco Juice. Kills like a machine.
Not gonna keep a nicotine poison around, either the cats or the kids could get into that shit and neither would be a good outcome.
On with the Neem application!:buzz_saw:
These little bastards are fookin doomed!!!!!!!! :gunfighter2:
lots of yellow spots....how long have you had the mites????
the best way I have found to get them under control is to drop the temps a night....and keep killing them....it does not take long and pretty soon you got them on the run.
bout 3 days,.... Dude, it's a clone,... the infected leaf is about the size of a half dollar. And is one of only a few leaves the plant has at all.
As for the rest of my vege room,... still no signs of spread, prior neem applications are doing they're job of keeping the little pricks down! :S1:
I've been doing plant by plant, leaf by leaf inspection looking for anything.
There were 4 on a plant that was in physical contact with the infected one, and that was it,... (found and squished them on the first night after noticing the problem) that plant is on high watch in case I missed an egg or something.
Shower and new clothes between working the infected girls, and working with the grow room just to help play it safe.
I'm gonna keep bumping this thread up as kinda a "Log" of how I deal with mites.;):hippy:
yes, but they are temperature sensitive. you need the right predators for the right temp and humidity. sometimes you need to overlap different predatory species to get the job done. the cost of which lies mostly in the shipping charges.Quote:
Originally Posted by bongerstonerd00d
Cost me more then a $100.00 to keep them at bay and still looking for them is the most important thing IMO. Alcohol and water to kill the cluster's and spray top soil, then remove from area and add more, and so on.Quote:
Originally Posted by MEDEDCANNABIS
I used no pest strip for a month, but still added one more after the fist was up 2 weeks. They help, but i believe you still need other methods even with the strip's. Maybe people getting them under control with just the strip's have a mild infestation.
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where do you place the strips? i wouldnt think that work very good, however ive never tried them before.
He's talking about the "No Pest" strips, they are a packet that has a wax thing in it kinda like a glade scented plug in,... but instead of off gassing pretty smells, that thing off gasses toxic poison. :eek:
My Grand daddy purp was sensitive to it, and wilted almost to the point of death overnight. I know several growers who have those things hanging everywhere, and they still have mites.
Suffice to say, I don't believe in those things working as well as some claim.
I'm gonna try and get another pic of my infected little girl tonight, she got a good dose of neem last night, and the 4 mites you can clearly see in the last picture had hardly moved, all were dead as doornails this morning! :blueknife:
Still no signs of spread in vege, re-dosed everybody in vege with neem last night as well, just to be safe.:hippy:
you see, this is what i had heard about strips before. i never tried because of that. one thing i did try and it works very well is when you chop them down hang them upside down(nothing new i know) and watch the exodus begin. they will literally crawl up and off the plant. should be a you tube video. although they cant be infested, like with webs and all, throw that crap away. neem seems to help keep them at bay. i think an army of predatory mites is the best. i guess it was good your girl wilted you wouldnt want to smoke tainted bud.Quote:
Originally Posted by canniwhatsis
I believe the ''No Pest Strips'' helped me, but it all depends on how much space you have it in. I put mine right above my plant for 2 weeks, then added another till the month was over, while in veg. I would never use it while budding. But i had gotten a spray , cant re call the name, but it was free, its posted last page or so, but this stuff really worked and organic. The strips helped, but my area was to big for the amount i used or the spray worked better, because now no mites are visible. Id go with the neem oil for preventive measures, but if ya got them the spray was free and after using it, not long after they were gone. I think it helped to remove the top soil where eggs are several times if you have them.Quote:
Originally Posted by MEDEDCANNABIS
I read this thread and a guy hung a string from the ceiling to the top of his cola and also put one of those fly sticky paper things just above the string. I guess mites like to travel to the top, he said so all the mites would clime the string and get stuck to the fly paper. He said they even would crawl over their dead buddies to get atop, only to stick to the fly paper and die. I thought it was interesting, i think there is a pic too.
People who say the no pest strip worked over night either lied or had a 2'x2'x2' box. Just my experience with them, they suck thats for sure.
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i guess the real question is how do they die from it if there is no direct contact. vapors?Quote:
Originally Posted by LetsSeeYa
Yep, Vapors are the killer.
Couple updated pics.
Pic 1: The whole infected plant, only one leaf has sever damage, tho two others were growing in when the infestation was noticed, so the tips of those leaves got chewed up too.
Pic 2: The worst damaged leaf, now that it's covered in Neem it's got a nice shine to it, and any mite that tries to take a bite is doomed!!!
Pic 3: The underside of the worst leaf, this shot is backlit by my T-5 floro's that are over my cloner/ quarantine area..... all the little specks that can be seen are either bugs, eggs or small dirt particles. None of the bugs are alive, and all have been removed as best as possible. (Smushed! :D ) The big one was picked off with a piece of paper just to see if it was alive or not,... it didn't budge but got squished anyway! ;)
yeah but isnt neem just more of a control. smites are everywhere in the room, dirt, your clothes, wood, insulation etc. to me the seek and destroy method with pmites is best. or you got chem warefare but then you lose beneficials.Quote:
Originally Posted by canniwhatsis
I looked for this after my post, but couldn't find it so i looked it up and thought id post it. I think this stuff helped me the most and they were giving free samples of this and a fungus, both were 8oz bottles and i still have a bunch left. Its also organic, its patent is still pending so not much advertising is out there. I would try it if i were you and if they are sill giving free samples its not going to cost ya anything and its safe. Kills eggs too.
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Kind of yes. Neem kills mites, and also sticks around and will kill any that take a bite of a plant.Quote:
Originally Posted by MEDEDCANNABIS
As a testament to the effectiveness of Neem as a prevention, the above plant got looking that bad while in the middle my vege, which has been dosed with neem, and I've found no signs of spread.
Yes I consider mites to be everywhere. If I've been outside working I consider myself covered in the bastards, so I shower and change clothes before going in the room.
I spray the plants in the room, so there's a thin coat of neem on pretty much everything, which is a little oily, but nothing can even crawl into my room without getting coated in neem :toilet_claw:
Shit,..... I'm not sure what's worse,....
Mites....
Or CATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mad:
The mites seem to be all dead and gone, but the neem isn't keeping my furry shithead from chewing on the plant!
:S2: Yeah my cat now likes "helping" me out with my grow too.
with those dam things.....I harvested all my plants that were ready....now my grow new grow is 5 weeks away....some of the plants had a very small mite population....I just began controling it since they were so close to harvesting with very cool temptures at night...45 to 55 degrees and when I saw them I used a shop vac to get them....now that all the buds are out of the room....I have introduced the natural bugs and still use the neem....the neem will not kill the natural bugs...because they don't eat plants only other bugs.....You just have to be proactive prior to the last 4 weeks of flower...that is the toughest part.
I believe I have them nearly gone...and I got mine from clones from something else.....I do not use clones from anyone....I produce my own...and all the strains I want to grow I grow from seed now....just not worth the risk.