Spider mites

[The Taquito Bandito]

Aaron, keep us updated on the neem oil please!

[scottw225]

There are mites in the garden now, less than 2 weeks left, would it be too late for the pest strip?

[Aaron385]

I would NOT use the pest strip scott.. seriously like imagine spraying raid directly on the plants and thats what it smells like.. the strip has been out of my room for 3 days and i use the odor killing cfl's and the plants still smell like pesticide.. but mine are just starting into 12/12 cycle.

Im headed out now to the hydro shop.. wish me luck. haha

[Bachelorpads]

my no pest strips produced no noticable odor. then again, i had amazing ventalation in my area so they didn't work either.

[Aaron385]

haha.. yea makes sense b-pads.. the guy at the hydro shop said neem oil wouldnt work and gave me some stuff from "Supernatural" and i sprayed it on the plants 5 min ago.. will let you know how it went

[BlackBliss]

I am from australia, and i have a flood and drain system that has recently gotten mite infestation......i used to use Pyrethrum untill i realised you have to basically use it once every 3 days for your whole grow (which your plants wouldn't survive) so i am going to try these so called "no pest strips" and see how they go......
Peace Out
Bliss.

[Opie Yutts]

I should mention that since i have been growing aero and dwc, I have not had any mite issues.

Bachelorpads, I too have noticed that mites are a much bigger problem in dirt. If you remember toward the start of this post I said that some of them hybernate until a light change from veg to bloom. They burrow deep into the growing medium. I don't know if this is even possible for them in something like clay pellets. I think they can do it in somthing like rockwool.

[Garden Knowm]

WARNING!
AVID can kill YOU... be very careful when using that stuff.. USE GLOVES AND MASKS...

yes it is one of the only ways to eliminate mites...


temperature control is essential when fighting mites without avid... temperatures above 80 degrees make it IMPOSSIBLE TO WIN THE BATTLE for an indoor grower..

mites will go dormant and stay dormant for more than 1 year when temperaures drop below 60 degrees...

the only thing worse than mites is LEO...

[Opie Yutts]

temperatures above 80 degrees make it IMPOSSIBLE TO WIN THE BATTLE

Sorry Garden Knowm but this just is not true. I am living proof. I used pest strips. My temp is typically 84, but sometimes 90. I have no more mites. Ever. Period. I just don't get it. Why is this such a hard concept for people.

[Garden Knowm]

OPIE.. you are telling me.. that you had spidermites and you used pest strips.. the yellow hangy things. and you got rid of the mites...

UMMMMMM NO FUCKING WAY.. LOL

iloveyou


those were not spidermites... i would BET BIG CASHOLA!!!

HOW do you know they were spidermites?

: )

OPIE.. very very few gardeners.. less than 1 in 10 get rid of spidermites.. unless they STOP grwoing for a prolonged period...

if you got rid of mites at any temperature... it is a freaking miracle.. I have witnesed more than 50 cases of mites on 50 different gardnes around the USA and have never heard of anybody winning the battle using pest strips..

I have actually never even seen a mite on a pest strip.. spidermites stay on the plants....

lets get to the bottom of this..

cheers

iloveyou