Some of you might be laughing at my pun in my title, but probably not.

One of my friends has a spider mite problem because he did a couple things which made him vulnerable to mites. His getting mites is like getting cancer from smoking; one doesn't directly cause the other (as we know atm), but the chances of getting it are enormously higher. His room was hot, dry (because a HUGE fan), and no preventive measures were in place. That is a perfect breeding ground for spider mites by the way...

Bad Mites like it hot and dry (80-90° F)
Good Mites like it cool and humid (60-75° F)
Cannabis like's it 78° F (25° C) and 60° humidity in veg and about 40° humidity in flower. The ideal temperature and humidity (more in flowering) for cannabis is great for spider mite breeding and they will spread fast and with a furious anger, kinda like Samuel L Jackson in Pulp Fiction.

Spider mite Life Cycle
@ Temperature in oF __ 60 64 70 90
# of Days (Egg to Adult) 30 21 14 3.5

To control this infestation of his, I plan on going out into the Humboldt county gardens looking for some natural spider mite killers. These are N. Californicus (general pest control, survives better), and P. Persimilus (eats mostly mites, needs high humidity). P. Persimilus works faster than N. Californicus, but then again...


So I'm off to the Strawberry fields and Rose bushes to find some good mites with some magnifying lenses, pocket microscopes, and some Rubbermaid food containers as tanks (as soon as the sun comes up...). It has been chilly lately so finding them might be hard (slow reproduction).
CannaGeek Reviewed by CannaGeek on . Anyone know how to find predatory mites in N California-cus? Some of you might be laughing at my pun in my title, but probably not. One of my friends has a spider mite problem because he did a couple things which made him vulnerable to mites. His getting mites is like getting cancer from smoking; one doesn't directly cause the other (as we know atm), but the chances of getting it are enormously higher. His room was hot, dry (because a HUGE fan), and no preventive measures were in place. That is a perfect breeding ground for spider mites by the way... Rating: 5