Your small grow box is great and creative ! However I would recommend getting

the spider mite problem solved asap. These little boogers are extremely small

and can do unrecoverable damage to your crop. These things need to be killed

immediately and soap and water is not going to do it my friend. Spraying soapy

water all over your plant only increases your chances of getting mold inside of

your budsites as well as covering your leaves and stomata (tiny pores on the

leaves) with a thin soapy film that can clog some pores and make it more

difficult for the plant to breathe . You may slow them down for a little while

if you do this , but believe me they will come back with a vengence my friend.

They are incredibley resourceful and hard to spot and drain vital nutrients

and stress your plants exponentially decreasing your yield in the end.

Spraying neem oil on the plants will help keep them at bay but this does not

kill them , it only makes them systemic which will make it more difficult for

them to reproduce , which in turn means that it could take up to 2 weeks to

eradicate them with the neem oil method. You can also beef up the defense

in soil by mixing neem oil in your watering schedule so the plant will uptake

it and when the bugs bite into the plant they wont like it. But the damage

that can be done in 2 weeks waiting for them to all die off can be devastating

My recommendation to you would be to immediately go to a Kroger, wal-mart

albertsons, or wherever you can find a Hot Shots no pest strip. All you have

to do is put it in your box overnight and seal it up no ventilation. The no pest

strip will release a chemical into the air called dichlorvos that will kill almost

any insect immediately when it comes into contact with it. It is essentially

one of the most cost effective and quickest solutions to the problem you are

encountering in my opinion . The reason I was recommending to seal up your

enclosure and no ventilation is because this needs to be done in the night

cycle of your schedule. You are obviously going to need ventilation when your

lights are on because of the heat, and the no pest strip needs to be

implemented when you can have no ventilation. You want no ventilation

because you want to trap the dichlorvos vapor in the container to kill the

spider mites. Trust me in saying that you do not want to breathe this vapor

for any extended amount of time. This chemical was regulated by the EPA

because it can pose a cancer risk and liver problems in elevated levels. You

however can kill everything in 1-2 nights with a strip, and since it will be in

a sealed enclosure during night cycle you won't be breathing it and the

vapor won't be leaking all over the house. Even if you were to breathe the

vapor a little you will still be ok. Dichlorvos is known for its unique ablility as

a chemical for its fast metabolism and excretion by mammals. Atmospheric

concentrations up to 17 times normal levels could not be detected in a blood

sample of rats , mice and people ! In fact it took 250 times normal exposure

in rats for 4 hours before it was detectable, so I think you are safe in that

department. I was a little unsure before using the no pest strip about the

safety and what not but after using it I am now a firm believer in its ability

to control pests in a safe , effective, and economical manner. Some of my

informational facts were derived from the Extension Toxicology Network. If

you would like to know more about dichlorvos you can read up on it here..

Dichlorvos

Happy Growin ! imp: