AAAHHH SPIDER MITES!!!

slowthestone:
Did you change your avitar? I like it.

About chilling stuff to kill mites. I am not an expert about this but this is my belief based on things I have read: You can drastically slow down the mite problem by lowering temps. The lower the better. As far as I know though, you can't kill them unless you lower the temps to freezing or below.

Of course lowering temps drastically slows down the weed growth also, and freezing would kill the plants. I don't know for sure if freezing would kill seeds. Anyone?

ladybugs!!

they rock... no poison, no mess just release a few and they will eat your problem away.

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Originally Posted by smokinbass

ladybugs!!

they rock... no poison, no mess just release a few and they will eat your problem away.

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Are you telling me that plain old ordinary ladybugs will do the same thing as those spider mite destroyers do? I understand that the destroyers are in the ladybug family, and they do kill mites. The problem is they are very expensive, and it takes a whole bunch of them, depending on how bad your infestation is.

Not that I have mites anymore, but if I ever got them again this would be great. I have access to ladybugs, to say the least. I could walk out to the shed and come back in 5 minutes with a handful. And if this does work, what do you do about the ladybug problem then? Do you just make sure you keep them in your grow area, then they eventually die? Or do they reproduce and flourish? I guess I would choose ladybugs over mites, if I had to choose.

The no pest strips are dangerous, they contain dichlorvos, Ã* choliesterase inhibitor which is released from the resin contained in the strip. Cholinesterase is an enzyme necessary to return your neurons to their resting state after activation. This means that 1-It does not affect plants, since they have no neurons, it may accumulate in the plant, but the stips does not need tu be used for long for the effects to be felt and 2-Getting a large dose of this will kill you, but you couldn't die from the strip unless you ate the resin and kept it down. I have my grow in my room so this strip isn't great. Spidermites are such bitches that I gave in and decided to get one, but I do not continuously leave it there. I use it to bomb my room, I'll seal it up and place the strip inside during the plants night cycle (I would suggest using it only very early in the plant life cycle so as not to accumulate the dichlorvos). It is advised against this on the packaging because the concentration of resin vapor will build up and when the room is opened, you should definately evacuate the air as quickly as possible and store the strip in an airtight case (or reseal the pouch it came in). The concentration build up during this short period should be enough to bomb the place, but keep the strip to reuse it if mites reappear. Use great care when using these strips as they are very close to being banned since they are so toxic, they actually use an organophosphate, which is what is used in nerve gas, and hopefully the plants will not have absorbed a large quantity and it will break down before harvest as smoking heavily dichlorvos inpregnated bud will most certainly be dangerous.

Yep, that's why they work. That's also why I recommended not using them during flowering, or at all if you are planning on having children.

Well..... NO PEST STRIPS are probably one of the best things to use to rid you of your problem...Like Opie Mentioned, they are cheap, with no strings attached(LITERALLY) and it's odorless... I can honestly say they work because i too like other growers have had this problem before BUT i never heard of spending about 3,000 to kill the little bastards

As far as the ladybug method, I've heard of it, and I'm no Insect expert or Biologist but would a ladybug eat your leaves?

All in All, your all right, theres just different methods of how to solve your problems and just because you haven't tried a certain method then don't knock it...It works...And i understand what Zandor said about the impossibility of a Pest Strip Getting rid of a BAD INFESTATION.....

Peace

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Originally Posted by Subjekt

It works...And i understand what Zandor said about the impossibility of a Pest Strip Getting rid of a BAD INFESTATION.....

Peace

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Well, don't forget that I had a bad infestation. Well at least I think it was pretty bad. There was webbing up all the corners of the walls and a shit load of webbing in the corners of the ceilings. Over a period of 3 days the webbing just grew darker and darker until it was a solid black mass of spider mites. The plants looked like Dalmatians, with not much but black and white spots on them. Black from the congregation of mites, and white from any webbing that wasn't occupied with groups of mites. I guess that's what happens when you don't look in on your plants for a few days. When I first saw signs of them I didn't know what they were. You got to nip that shit in the bud, and now.

Long story short, the strips will rid you of an infestation if you use enough of them, seal up the place, and turn off the ventilation for one night. I will bet any amount of money you desire, and I take PayPal.

And please do not tell me they were not mites. Trust me I know what a two spotted spider mite looks like.

"I" don't know if it could or can't....I'm pretty sure they can demolish a race of mites. it worked for me but you said you used more than 1 so i guess thats why but i used 1 and it did the trick but my problem wasnt as bad as yours...I thought you just used a single one but now i understand...I wont disagree with you about the mites buddy trust me i kno what they are...BUT its not safe to have too much Pest Strips in the house...Its not safe for the lungs

I will bet any amount of money you desire...No paypal i like CASH... :thumbsup:

I had one strip in a 3'x3'x9' cabinet. I turned off the ventilation at night. It wasn't even sealed well, and the mites were dead in one night. I recommend using more in larger areas, or if you can't turn the ventilation completely off for some reason. I think I recommended using twice the amount the directions called for.

Cash is really cool, but it's kinda hard to send over the internet.

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Originally Posted by Subjekt

Its not safe for the lungs

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... or the brain, or the heart, or the nervous system, or sperm count, or the kidneys. I guess that's why they work so well.