Rolleditup
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I've been battling spider mites for awhile now and it nothing seems to be working. They always come back somehow even though I keep up with it. Is there a product that kills mites and eggs together?
Eliminating spider mites for good
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testiclees
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forbid 4f is killah
209 Cali closet grower
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Kill the plants and start over. Or kill the spider MIT cycle.
Don't know how far your in though
Don't know how far your in though
209 Cali closet grower
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Neem oil helped me
HookahsGarden
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Diatamcious earth.
SPLFreak808
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80f + forbid4f&mightywash for 7 days apart = death to all. I'd be shocked if they try to jump back onto your plants. Obviously though, dont forget to bleach the shit out of your house and grow. If in flower, skip forbid.
Rolleditup
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Heard good things about it. Will try it soon. Thanks.
I've cleaned everything and started over before. They were gone for a month or two then boom. There may be too many places for them to hide and come back into my room when they please.
I've used neem, it makes everything too oily and it only slowed down the bugs.
Never tried it but isn't that for dirt?
I'm going to do this. Clean house again and use forbid4f, maybe other spays as well. They always get me in flower its a PITA
hotrodharley
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Doesn't kill the eggs but kills the little bastards after they hatch.
greasemonkeymann
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i'd use dichlorvos six days a week and twice on sundays before those miticides..
go research it, I'm the biggest cautionary person when it comes to any pest control, but dichlorvos is interesting.
And works really well as long as you don't have your grow in your living space.
Also want to stop using them about 2 weeks before harvest, but they work so well, I haven't needed them the last 50 days of flower.
I've tried everything by the way...
live in a redwood forest, and they LIVE everywhere out here..
not sure why anyone would recommend diatmacous earth...
greasemonkeymann
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speak of the devil.
Doesn't kill the eggs but kills the little bastards after they hatch.
that's dichlorvos
hotrodharley
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Agree with what you said about this. I was never ever going to put one near my plants. Until . . . . ..
Diatomaceous is for crawlers like caterpillars or other creepers.
HookahsGarden
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Using hot shot pest strips on your medicine seems like a tard move , considering it's poison.
Spider mites are atrocious, all growers know that. I have eliminated full blown SM infestations with diatamcious earth.
Some research, some safety equipment, you know , all the normal things you would do in a dire situation, will reveal some real results using diatamcious earth.
But hey. You keep using your poison.
greasemonkeymann
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I highly, HIGHLY suggest you research before you start callin people tards..
but that's your battle.
Go research dichlorvos, and then come back.
I was where you are at one time, but after learning about it, I changed my opinion of it.
Also if you'd like to debate this publicly, i'm game.
Also curious how well DM has helped with mites....
greasemonkeymann
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I think you may be the only person on the planet that has eliminated mites with DM.
And since you already called me a "tard" i'll go ahead and call bullshit on that.
Typically I am a lil more peaceful, but calling people retarded is highly not recommended.
not me anyways.
chuck estevez
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greasemonkeymann
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hah, yes sir.
I am a CA licensed smog technician, master certified, and I also do CAP repairs for the state of CA.
You'd be surprised on the shit in the air...
HookahsGarden
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I should be more clear. I digress.
Take the healthiest cuttings you can. Bag them in zip locks and refrigerate.
Total clean out of your grow area. Complete nuclear weapons attack, unleash bug bombs, flamethrowers, bleach and water, vacuumed ,mopped and dried. Then do it again.
Now. Take cuttings. Roll them in food grade diatamcious earth.
In a quarantined area, clone and root them.
Use as low of humidity as possible, if you can clone without a dome, your golden.
Keep these clones dusted with diamataceous earth for 10 days.
Using this method you can save genetics and eliminate SM.
Once rooted, other prevention measures like azamax, forbid etc can be cycled in.
I'm not talking about eliminating SM while trying to pull crops.
Best of luck.
Peace
Take the healthiest cuttings you can. Bag them in zip locks and refrigerate.
Total clean out of your grow area. Complete nuclear weapons attack, unleash bug bombs, flamethrowers, bleach and water, vacuumed ,mopped and dried. Then do it again.
Now. Take cuttings. Roll them in food grade diatamcious earth.
In a quarantined area, clone and root them.
Use as low of humidity as possible, if you can clone without a dome, your golden.
Keep these clones dusted with diamataceous earth for 10 days.
Using this method you can save genetics and eliminate SM.
Once rooted, other prevention measures like azamax, forbid etc can be cycled in.
I'm not talking about eliminating SM while trying to pull crops.
Best of luck.
Peace
HookahsGarden
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Out door grow. Socal. 9 plants. Infested with spider mites. Week 3 of veg.
Safety suit, goggles, breathmask, 10lb bag of diatamcious earth.
Big handfuls of DE thrown upwards into the plants. Covered completely in de.
Let sit for 4 days, repeated.
Never saw another spider mite in area again. It also took out the ants.
Peace
HookahsGarden
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I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings. I will call anyone that uses hot shot pest strips on cannabis for smoking or edibles a tard.
