Quote Originally Posted by drew225
To make a long story short it looks like I have spider mites. This is my first time growing, but from everything I've read and pictures ive seen im pretty sure one of my plants is infested. I looked closely and can see a web around the top of one of my colas with lots of really small spider-like bugs. Nothing appears dammaged yet and it only seems to be isolated to one plant. Im worried that if I don't take action quick it will kill my plant and spread to others. Problem is my girls are late in flowering, so I don't want to use anything toxic that is going to be present in the smoke. Any suggestions please? I read from a book that I bought when I first started growing that spraying them with a 50/50 solution of ammonia and water will kill them.
Spray with neem oil (buy at Lowes or grow store). Mix following instructions and apply liberally over the under leaving and tops and around soil 1 hour after watering. Keep temperature as low as possible and repeat cycle until bugs are gone. If later in flowering DO NOT spray buds and may not be much you can do other than bomb. But neem oil keeps things organic, and will penetrate the skin of the mights. Mights thrive at temps 83 degrees and above. Wear clean clothes into your room, filter air being brought in from outside. Isolate affected plants to the best of your ability, and scrub down grown room with bleach between crops. Hope this helps! Best of luck!