something else that works is bedding spray. it's meant for lice, but it works on mites. it uses pyrethrin/pyrethrum (these are the same ingredients in more expensive horticultural foggers) depending on what you get. pyrethrin is a compound found in the chrysanthemum plant. pyrethrum is it's sytnthetic equivelant. they dissepate quickly with bright light, although pyrethrum not as fast. just spray all over plants, room etc. don't inhale the fumes. once it dissepates there are no health concerns. i wouldn't use it during the last couple of weeks of flower though. (i use this to get rid of mites when my snakes happen to get them.) best of all it can be had for ~$4-6 at drug/grocery stores.

you can also put diatomaceous earth (fossilized remains of diatoms (algae)) on top of your soil. as the larvae try to crawl to the surface they get shredded.


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headshake Reviewed by headshake on . mass exodus of mites from my soil after a flush... hey everybody! so...i flushed for the first time this morning, and upon returning plants back to grow area (bedroom closet operation) and getting them re-situated, i saw HUNDREDS of little light-brown mite looking things crawling all over the soil and up the rims of the pots. never have seen them until this. spider mites? or something else? there were seriously tons of them...if they are spider mites and decide to cruise up into the foliage i think i'm fucked. anyone have some insight on my Rating: 5