Great Spidermite control/eradication for $7

[mendokid]

may i ask ...
-how many teaspoons per quart? (i used 2teaspoon/quart and ivory liquid soap drop as wetting agent.
-spray intervals? (every 3 day for 9, etc)
thanks for your input.

Neem does have a strong smell so I don't use it the last 6 weeks, and since I only flower for 7-9 it rarely gets used in the 12/12 room. Besides I do not want my buds covered in neem. YUCK! Better than poison I guess.. I digress..

1 tsp 100% NEEM oil (2 seems a bit strong)
2 drops of dawn dish washing liquid
1 QT warm water
Industrial sprayer (If regular sprayer, warm water helps prevent clogging)

After one heavy application
every other day for two days
Once a week till all living bug signs are gone.

POINTS
#1 Shake vigorously between sprays. Even well emulsified oil will coagulate.

#2 Drench your plants with the spray the first time.

#3 Clean out your sprayer after each use. Neem losses effectiveness after being mixed with water and needs to be replaced. Besides if you think neem is bad fresh, just wait till you smell it rotten.

It is important that you get one good application. make sure you get the stems too. After that, a light spray should do it. Not a terrible idea to use a light fertilizer solution as well. Why waste a chance for a good foliage feeding?

BE CAREFUL a neem/water drenched leaf is heavy and slightly sticky making them easy to tear. I have lost a lot of nice feeder leaves and new clones to rough handling while spraying, but DO COAT THEM WELL.

I use mothers started in 1991 and a few modern breeds too. It was very difficult to control any infestation because there was always something for them to eat. For this reason I focused on the mother plant and the new clones when implementing my final wipe out program.

Honestly, I just used the instructions on the dyna-gro pure neem oil, container. My infestation was at least 7 years old and came with the plant given to me in 1991. Poison, lady bugs, predator mites and safe soaps only controlled them for me. Maybe I am lucky, but for me neem worked, and consequently the last thing I used when I did have bugs.

[xcrispi]

Run a CO2 system and you wont have any of the creepy crawlies to begin with . They all die from CO2 toxcicity .
Crispi :jointsmile:

[haole007]

roger that. thanks.

quite possible that i did not use correct intervals, didnt drench enough, etc.

awesome website!

[mendokid]

Run a CO2 system and you wont have any of the creepy crawlies to begin with . They all die from CO2 toxcicity .
Crispi :jointsmile:

Interesting.

When I was running co2 I did notice a slowing of SM growth, but gone completely, no. Cold nights and a co2 rich day are especially hard on them.

Are you running way over 1600 ppm?

My instinct tells me that if you can get rid of a SM infestation with gas then your levels are way too high. Wouldn't want to be in that room during the fill cycle. lol

Then again you only suggested that it would help prevent an infestation and that I can see.

haole007:
If strips have them whipped them into submission, just use a light regimen of Neem for preventing a re infestation. Likely the strips won't kill all the eggs and mites so use both treatments. They will work independent of each other and the combo should be all she wrote for the little critters.