ARGH SPIDER MITES!!!!!!!!!!!

[bud luv]

WHY?

They smell strongly of poison. I've had a bad taste in my mouth since I put one up. It says to not use it in "living areas," and while my grow is behind a "usually" closed door, it's a bedroom close to everything else.

bud luv Reviewed by bud luv on 02-23-2007. ARGH SPIDER MITES!!!!!!!!!!! I just noticed these fuckers, never had em before. I already posted this in plant problems, but I'm freaking out right now and I want to know if there's anything I can do before I can go get no-pest strips and neem oil tomorrow. Is there anything else I should use? I'm 6.5 weeks into bud. I have some pics up in the "plant problems" forum if anyone's interested. HELP! bud luv. Rating: 5

[Scarlet Sky]

i sleep in the same room as mine. no probs.

btw, butthole.... YOU GAVE ME SPIDERMITES....RRRRR

seriously, soon as i got through telling you your prob, i discovered an infestation in my flower room. bastard demon bugs.....

ps, i don't realy think you're a butthole, but i gotta take it out on somebody, right?

[Chronic Chrissy]

What's this about freezing them off? tell me more, does it solve the problem? does it dam,age the plants? If I do it say once a week can I hold off till harvest? We have lots of cold here.

[Scarlet Sky]

crissy, sm's are very susceptable to cold. extremely... if temps are below freezing, you can kill the mites in ten to fifteen mins. i don't think it kills eggs, but it kills larval and adult stages.

doing so on a weekly basis could cause hermies in weak strains... keep this in mind. a hardy strain, esp a cold liking strain (ie nl) could probably take the abuse with no probs.

edit: leaving out for more than fifteen minutes can cause freeze burn to leaves and lengthy exposure will freeze stems and kill the plant. i don't recomend leaving out for more than ten but i've gone as long as fifteen with no probs (except slight classic stress symtoms, ie curl and wilt)

[Chronic Chrissy]

what about Afghanis? Hardy or no?

[Scarlet Sky]

mine are exceptionally hardy. but they were bred for ease of growing... yours may very well be the same. my afghans thrive at 58f day temps... go figure...

[Chronic Chrissy]

If I open the bathroom window and let the cold in I can freeze the fuckers without risking someone seeing me outside. hhhmmmmm

[Scarlet Sky]

that would take longer than ten minutes... greater chance of failure (bastards will probably just vacate to soil until it warms back up.

you have to shell shock them.

[Chronic Chrissy]

good point. I'll have to do it at like 3 in the morning then to hide from close neighbors.

[Scarlet Sky]

do one at a time if you have too...