So I caught spidermites..

bankcee

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I have a girl that is starting to show signs of webbing on a few leaves and spidermite damage.. I have cold pressed neem oil, spinosad and azamax on hand.. how should I attack this problem? at what ratios? I'm asking cause I've seen different ratios and also read that supposedly these mites can grow immune to some of these pesticides if sprayed too often?

help yall..
 

HydroRed

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Are you in veg or flower? How far along are you? Indoor/Outdoor? Soil/hydro? We need some basic info to help you better.
I've never had spider mites, but had russets and this is only part of what I used to kill em off and keep em away.
Mix 2 oz. concentrated neem oil to 1 gal warm water **not hot** (helps break down the neem oil to mix in the water) and a few drops of liquid dish detergent(dawn,joy etc). If you are running organics be sure not to use an antibacterial dish detergent. Spray the plant from top to bottom until fully saturated....and I mean like completely soaked on topsides of leaves and bottoms,stems,main stalk-everything. Treat every 7 days or whatever schedule your bottle instructs you to follow.
Heres a couple suggestions to help keep from introducing pests to your grow:
-Dont introduce any plants/clones etc into your grow until they have been "sterilized" with a hearty neem treatment as mentioned above and checked for bugs/mold etc.
-Dont share meters/tools/fertilizers etc with other growers unless you totally sanitize first. Sometimes thats not all they will be sharing with you.
-Keep a clean grow and make sure there are no dead materials laying around, standing water etc.
-Find a good preventative maintenance program for bugs and mold that works for you and follow it religiously.
 
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THCBrain

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Keep it as a pet in a glass tank and put it in your grow room to warn off other spidermites, they don't like being captured.
 

Andrew2112

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Neem is a good approach as long as you don't have them too bad right now. Also the type of neem is important. Ahimsa brand neem oil is the only thing that works for me as it is full spectrum.
 

HydroRed

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I have a girl that is starting to show signs of webbing on a few leaves and spidermite damage.. I have cold pressed neem oil, spinosad and azamax on hand.. how should I attack this problem? at what ratios? I'm asking cause I've seen different ratios and also read that supposedly these mites can grow immune to some of these pesticides if sprayed too often?

help yall..
You are correct about the mites building an immunity, but that is usually only an issue if you dont eradicate them totally the first time and only use one chemical defense. To do this, I suggest you find a 2 part kill system like Pyrethrum and Neem both in conjunction. After initial treatment, hit em again like 3 days later to kill off the larvae assuming you run indoors. Once eradicated, continue with a scheduled maintenance to help keep your grow rid of them.
If you run outdoors, there are going to be people on here that know much more than I do that can help you out better than I could. Best of Luck!
 

bankcee

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Are you in veg or flower? How far along are you? Indoor/Outdoor? Soil/hydro? We need some basic info to help you better.
I've never had spider mites, but had russets and this is only part of what I used to kill em off and keep em away.
Mix 2 oz. concentrated neem oil to 1 gal warm water **not hot** (helps break down the neem oil to mix in the water) and a few drops of liquid dish detergent(dawn,joy etc). If you are running organics be sure not to use an antibacterial dish detergent. Spray the plant from top to bottom until fully saturated....and I mean like completely soaked on topsides of leaves and bottoms,stems,main stalk-everything. Treat every 7 days or whatever schedule your bottle instructs you to follow.
Heres a couple suggestions to help keep from introducing pests to your grow:
-Dont introduce any plants/clones etc into your grow until they have been "sterilized" with a hearty neem treatment as mentioned above and checked for bugs/mold etc.
-Dont share meters/tools/fertilizers etc with other growers unless you totally sanitize first. Sometimes thats not all they will be sharing with you.
-Keep a clean grow and make sure there are no dead materials laying around, standing water etc.
-Find a good preventative maintenance program for bugs and mold that works for you and follow it religiously.
I'm in my 4th week of veg in living soil.. indoors.
 

MeJuana

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First identify them if it is a hardened mite like the two spotted variety go scorched earth. I cured myself of these pests a few months back. More recently my friend tried to muss around with it and couldn't win so I handled it for her. This is my refined process that killed russet spider mites which had already been mussed with once. It is my belief that if you try but fail you are creating hardened spider mites so don't try and fail.

Boom
http://www.amazon.com/Pyrethrum-Total-Release-Fogger-Oz/dp/B001H3IK74
Spray and water with this first day. Then spray every 3rd day for 9 days. (I looked up Azamax that will work fine I believe)
http://www.amazon.com/Azatrol-AZ4OZ-4-Oz/dp/B007FNOFHY/ref=sr_1_1?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1463028947&sr=1-1&keywords=azatrol
Random Sprayer I found
http://www.amazon.com/Chapin-20000-1-Gallon-Garden-Sprayer/dp/B000E28UQU/ref=sr_1_1?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1463028974&sr=1-1&keywords=garden+sprayer

Make a temporary area for the plants after spraying them and then clean the room with bleach. I put a plant in the room by itself after cleanup to attract any remaining spider mites if they were possibly still there. Then I toss that plant out.
 

SPLFreak808

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Whatever route you go, the best thing you can do is hit them hard the first time as hydro said, because what doesn't kill them indoor makes those bastards stronger! No offense to anyone who actually uses peppers and garlic lmao, you are cutting it close as hell using that kind of stuff.
 

Kcbscrogger

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What's even worse than smoking their little corpses you're also smoking their shit! I had em a couple years back and they are fucked up little creatures.
 

bankcee

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so I'll use the azamax alone, or the neem? or both or one of the previous 2 and spinosad? whatever you guys think is best.. I've just been hosing them down at night..
 
Forget the new Neem which you get today isnt good. Except you have a old flask of Neem, this one works but not the new one. I had thrips (only some bugs) with the new Neem, it doesnt work after one week. I buyed a second one, spraying again, nothing happened. Until i found the old flask which i buyed 10 years ago, spray it one time and all bugs are gone. Same happens to a friend. (the new one looks like rapeseed oil and the old one looks like a dark olive oil)
A seller says to me, "today the Neemtree is rare and now the tree is protected" - that means, difficult to get the good old Neem and no effective Neem i can buy in my country. Dont know if its true but he says that to me. You also can buy a Neemtree or a Neem-cuttings and put it in your room or tent.

I think i write a similar text, either I have not sent it or it has been deleted but the last text was better in my english

But the perfect way to get the insects down is a spray mixture 100 years old and harms no plant.

1. put a hand full tobacco in half liter water for one day.
2. next day buy some chilli, onion, ginger, garlic put it into 3-5 l water and mix it with a blender, you can take all kind of food which is hot or/and have a strength odor
3. put the tobacco juice (without tobacco) in the salad dressing (i mean the mixture)
4. spray it
5. the rest give into the fridge, it should hold 1 week in the fridge but after one week you should make a new mixture.

You can make it without garlic, cause the garlic odor is very heavy.
 
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