Quote Originally Posted by low_rdr
Dawn and water, 1:3 ratio on a wet cloth, and wipe them off, then spray them with the soap, and wash again. The mites will drown, stuck in the soap. Give a thorough rinsing - The yellow coming in is a lack of nitrogen.

The dying spotty leaves are probably more due to the mites than the nutes. You've got an infestation, and if you don't kill them all, and catch the eggs now, your done, unsmokable crop if it survives much longer - So get them dead today.

I also use dryer sheets in my pots, keeps the mites away.

Thanks. The mights are fairly new and I just started with the Einstein oil (neem oil as the main ingredient) and soap regimen on Sunday. I'm doing 1.5 teaspoons of the neem and a half a teaspoon of dish soap to one letter of luck warm water. I spray the shit out of them from all angles especially from underneath right before the light goes out. Going to repeat every three days or so for a couple of weeks. But the stuff stinks! It must remain in the plant to some degree I assume?

1/4 dish soap and 3/4 water? seems really strong? or is that just for wiping and weaker for spraying? or does a thorough shower after compensate for the strength? I'm considering dunking them in a bucket of the solution to increase the coverage and results. (green side only) Then dunking in clear water for shower after just to be safe. How does that sound?

The lower leaves have been doing that long before the mites though I'm sure of it. I'll have to post more picks maybe to make it clearer.

As for the nitrogen I agree. I'm using the DNF grow at full strength every other watering till I cut it back just in case that was the issue. Also was giving 1/2 dose of micro nutes every 4th watering. But stopped that too. So ill go back to what I was doing in that aspect.

Thanks for the dryer sheet tip! It will defiantly help with the neem smell also!
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