Quote Originally Posted by ColoradoCareMMJ
I honestly dont think spidermites (otherwise know as "The Borg") can be fully erradicated through predatory species. Predators do not eat mite eggs, so even if they are eating all the spidermites, your still going to be left with a whole new crop of em in a week or so. Spidermites procreation rate is so rapid that it is seriously an onslaught invasion when they arrive. Ive spent more time than I care to mention, trying to battle spidermites at previous grows, only to come to the realization that the battle was not worth fighting. For how long it took me to get rid of the invasion, I could have already cleaned the whole grow and started a new and probably be further along then if I had tried to fight the battle.

If your still in veg, you have a chance of being able to use products that can rid your plant of these pests. There is a product on the market called "FLORAMITE". It is one of the few products I can say WILL work as long as you are avid about keeping up with the procedures. Again this is something I would only reccomend to someone who refuses to start over and still has their plants in vegetation growth.

However, if your plants are already flowering and you have exposed calyxs, then it is already too late and there is nothing you can do (beyond predators).

But than at the same time you run the chance of the predators dying and getting stuck to the resins on your cannabis flowers. Not to mention, if the predators are eating up all the spidermites, they are leaving fecal matter around or on your plants, even if you cant see it.

Hope this helps brotha. Sorry to hear for the trouble, hope you can get it sorted out. Let me know if you have any more questions.

-Bryan:jointsmile:
Actually Bryan, the species I listed (Phytoseiulus persimilistor) lays eggs near the Borg eggs, Then when these eggs hatch the larva consume eggs until first molt into adolescence. Those middle agers ALSO eat eggs ( as many as 20 per day), they also eat the middle aged Borgs (). This species always hunts, and is a killer it's entire life cycle. Once it runs out of eggs and mites to eat, they eat each other, AND each others eggs.

I've personally only seen two mites on ALL four of my plants in the last week (those were on Sunday last week). Those two I smashed. Yesterday I spent well over an hour hunting for the little suckers to no avail.

This being the case, I may have nearly eradicated them already, but I doubt that. I'm sure I don't have enough now to support a population of these hunters. So kinda thinking about the ladybugs. They won't lay eggs on my plants, are easy to see, and would likely leave once they ran out of food to eat.

DAMBED bugs!!
Vancefish Reviewed by Vancefish on . Where in Denver to buy predatory mites? Today I went hunting for predator mites(or lady bugs could work). I looked in three different gardening shops, where I've seen praying mantis and lady bugs. However NONE had anything in stock. They all said come back in later spring when the weather doesn't kill them. What I WANT are Phytoseiulus persimilistor. These are little hunter orange spider mites that eat all of your plant suckling mites, then eat each other until no bugs are left, AND they don't make webs. Any ideas or Rating: 5