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found in the air..Could'ves, would'ves and mites, .
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found in the air..Could'ves, would'ves and mites, .
TheMeadows:
Don't worry about the eggs. If you keep your strip(s) in your grow area for a couple weeks you should have nothing to worry about. As soon as the eggs hatch, the bastards die. If not, you might want to try adding another strip or two (more toxins per area). Mine never made it more than half way out of the eggs. If they die right away, they can't breed. No more eggs, no more problem, unless of course you let more in somehow. Don't do that.
Everyone:
Thanks for the thanks, and you are all very welcome. Glad I can help.
Here's a pic of some bugs Im thinking are spider mites ??? Iv had no bug probs appart from fruit flies, which disapeared after a few days of doing nothing.. If anyone can identify these little things id be greatly appreciated. They don't seem to eat the plants, but the last thing I want is shitty little bug buds...
I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure those are aphids. I don't think they are really much of a pest. I kinda remember something about these being good bugs??????Quote:
Originally Posted by konquest
Those are aphids. Defintiley not spidermites.
Hey KON... OPIE is one of very very few people to get rid of spidermites. He is the BUG KILLING expert in my opinion. USE the pest strips and say... good bye to your bugs.. send them to their next incarnation..
iloveyou
OOOPS, but aphids are ot GOOD bugs.. nless you think it is good to eat plants.. i guess he is not an expert at bugs.. just killing them.. LOL
iloveyou
i swear by 'em. been using them for a cpl of yrs now. r
yea kill those bastards fast!!!! They clone themselfs and can multiply by the thousands every day and they are fucken hell to get rid of.. I have thrown every freaken chemical treatment including pest strips at them and lost.. untill.. local spiders (the big eight legged kind) found them all on their own, spun webs around my grow area and went to town.. ate the fuck out of the aphids and in a week or two after the spiders showed up no more aphids.. NONE.. but now there are spiders all over my house.. and I hate spiders but for now they are welcome houseguests.
Isn't that typical of how man has been trying to control nature for years? You bring in a bird to eat flies, but now you have a bird problem. You bring in big bats to eat the birds, but now you have a bat problem, and a fly problem from the rotting bird flesh.
I won't knock pest strips if they work, are cheap and readily available, but for those who would rather go the natural route dig this.
I had an ongoing spider mite infestation for years. Every time I thought I had it taken care of, they would reappear. I tried spider mite predators but that was too costly and simply didnā??t work for me. Then the safe soaps did a number on them but still didnā??t wipe them all out. Next up for trial was a product called ā??Patrolā? (Beauveria bassiana) this is a fungus you spray on your plants and when it comes in contact with the bugā??s body it grows spores inside them, and eats them from the inside out. After a week each infected bug dies and their body becomes a little puff ball of death, releasing spores when any fellow spider mite crosses its path. This highly contagious fungus program worked great but when I went back for the second bottle they were out. It was then that the grow store salesman directed me to what has become my final solution.
Neem Seed Oil.
Not only did it quickly wipe out all the bugs, I understand it breaks down fast too, making late spraying possible. To make it even better I read that it ā??Disruptsā? the bugsā?? life cycle making re-infestation less likely. Must be why I still donā??t see anything months later even without reapplication. This product is natural, relatively cheap, and even wiped out a nasty armored scale infestation I had on some household plants.
If you can get a hold of this stuff I would give it serious consideration above and beyond chemical options. There is however a weird smell, but not all together too unpleasant. Some may even like it.
Happy bug killing! :)