Quote Originally Posted by rhizome
OK- BT is NOT effective against mites. Their digestive tract DOES NOT depend upon an alkaline reaction.

Spider mites DO NOT breed in the media. You've never noticed all the eggs all over the underside of the leaves? Neeming the media is useless against mites. Ya might as well go and neem your television.

Spider mites breed SLOWER in higher humidity- running a dehumidifier just makes it worse.

DE on your media IS NOT effective against spider mites, as they will never touch it.

I'd feel comfy spraying pyrethroids @ 5 weeks. If you're worried about mold, grab a bottle of Serenade or other organic anti-fungal from your local.

Neem is fairly effective, when sprayed ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LEAF.

Beneficials are great, but it's kinda late in the cycle to start em.

A methiocarb fogger will do it, but you're getting close to harvest- I hate smoking that shit.

Myself, I like a shot of abamectin as they move into flower- but that point's past.

Many swear by " No Pest Strips" which contain dichlorvos- never tried em myself.

Dropping your temps and raising RH will slow em down, maybe enough to get the infested stuff harvested.

Mandala- Nothing personal, but a lot of what you're saying is just wrong. I don't know how else to put it.

I should throw some No Pest Strips in there for sure, good call. I have heard decent things about em for sure. As for harvesting them way early, I don't think they are to the point where they need to be chopped immediately.. but at what risk do you leave the plants in there... at what point do you just say fuck it and chop and know the others wont be subjected to the mites, though it really seems the spreading has been pretty damn small so far.

I am thinking I'll drop a Pyrethrum bomb in there, it worked pretty effectively last time, as alot were infected prior and it cleared most of it up until a few days ago. Keep y'all posted.
razzapiggy Reviewed by razzapiggy on . How Late into flowering do you spray with soaps? Had a pretty bad mite problem, got those fuckers somewhat under control with the help of Pyrethrum... today I found one plant absolutely loaded with mites... webs and all. I have gotten pretty decent at detecting those sick bastards, and the problem doesn't appear to have spread to any other plants. I segregated the single plant, and took all the mites off with a Q-Tip (quite annoying) but I am guessing some of the mites have travelled to other plants. I am a few days short of five weeks Rating: 5