Ladybugs for mites?

[kenobi]

So I hear you can use ladybugs for mites?? Can anymore elaborate? Also what can I use to control mites during flower? Just noticed mites last night and I'm in pre flower so I sprayed it down with need oil. But what if they come back?? I'm in a shed and it gets hot.. can anyone tell me the name of those metallic looking tubes to route the hot air outside ?that would help alot

 

[hyroot]

Lady bugs will eat the eggs but not the mites. With ladybugs. You need a minimum of 5000 lady bugs. You want them to have to fight over food. If you don't have enough. As soon as they're full. They will hibernate for a few days until they're hungry again. Then they won't do anything

Ahimsa neem oil from build a soil works great on mites. So does natural mistik from dragon fly earth medicine .

A mix of silica and aloe works too. With mites you have to keep up the foliars every other day.

Also increase humidity. Mites hate humid environments. They hate cold environments too.

 

[kenobi]

Lady bugs will eat the eggs but not the mites. With ladybugs. You need a minimum of 5000 lady bugs. You want them to have to fight over food. If you don't have enough. As soon as they're full. They will hibernate for a few days until they're hungry again. Then they won't do anything

Ahimsa neem oil from build a soil works great on mites. So does natural mistik from dragon fly earth medicine .

A mix of silica and aloe works too. With mites you have to keep up the foliars every other day.

Also increase humidity. Mites hate humid environments. They hate cold environments too.

And all of this can be used during flower?? Do I stay away from the water soup neem oil mix when buds form?

 

[hyroot]

Don't use neem during flower. Natural mistik is okay. It's just plant material no oils. But just try and spray the leaves only. You might even have ro wipe every leaf to make sure they're gone. They're alot easier to get rid of during veg.


Try increasing humidity first.

 

[kenobi]

Rh is at 65, does it need much higher than that?

 

[kenobi]

Also do I have to rinse the leaves off after some time? I put a pretty nice coat on the bottom and some on the top