Help!!! mites just stared in room. week 5 flower

Terrapin2

Terrapin2

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I just used green cleaner today-first time ever having spider mites, week 4 flower.

no webbing, but have found a few leaves w/ damage, turned over and a few mites crawling around (magnifying glass).

hoping the green cleaner works, got under ever single leaf (5 plants, small grow).
 
Colo MMJ

Colo MMJ

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Terrapin2 said:
I just used green cleaner today-first time ever having spider mites, week 4 flower.

no webbing, but have found a few leaves w/ damage, turned over and a few mites crawling around (magnifying glass).

hoping the green cleaner works, got under ever single leaf (5 plants, small grow).
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The guys at the local hydro grow store say Green Cleaner is good. Let us know.
 
Colo MMJ

Colo MMJ

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whitebb2727 said:
NO! Neem that late in flower will ruin the bud. the oil can be tasted when burned. Its horrible.

Azamax and mighty wash contain permythrins. Neuro toxin! As in smoking something that can kill you.

Take them outside and spray with water to remove a lot of them.

I used Spinosad to kill mine. It is a safe product. Captain Jacks brand is good. Use as foliar and with your watering as a systemic.
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How much Capt Jack's do you use for your watering? Thanks. Also 2 tblsp in a 1 gallon sprayer?
 
whitebb2727

whitebb2727

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Colo MMJ said:
How much Capt Jack's do you use for your watering? Thanks. Also 2 tblsp in a 1 gallon sprayer?
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I think like a tablespoon per gallon for the watering. The spray I mixed in a quart spray bottle. I don't have the bottle with me. The label peels out and gives you instructions for mixing.
 
Freddie Millergogo

Freddie Millergogo

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Fastslappy said:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CEID4JU/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1





posted this on another thread





spray the gro room surfaces down with pure orange oil ( I use 50 to one, oil to this next mix = with equal parts water & ISO 90% alcohol , a few drops of dish soap ) put a 1/4 " on oil in the bottom of a quart hand sprayer & then fill 1/2 way with water & then fill will ISO & soap . Shake well before spray , this is safe on plants pets , you , smells good
& best of all dissolves eggs & mites on contact ,kills feas, ants & spiders on contact
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CEID4JU/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I use this stuff around the house it replaces 409 & such cleaners
that Qt will last years
dish soap makes it emulsify the water oil alky together u must shake thou
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Hello - Can this orange oil be used in flower? 2 oz of orange oil, 2 oz of 90% ISO and few drops of did soap in a gallon of water?
Will that combination or mix work?
Thanks. I have spider motes
 
AAjax

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An update. Just entered the final stage of my battle, just released 400 green lacewing larvae from a frame into my flower tent. Though the peroxide seemed to beat them back still had live ones around after one week thinking they might have been gone. Hopefully these bugger go to town on the mites. in a 2x2 tent with 3 plants it might be overkill if there is such a thing when dealing with mites.. Better news from my grow tent, after using green clean on my cuttings no eggs or mites spotted in 2 weeks. That stuff works amazingly, in a small grow like mine a 8oz concentrate bottle should last months if not years on standby. It nukes all remnants of the mites and even cleaned the leaves of eggs. 2 weeks and not the smallest sign of em in there. In any case after this run will go dormant with intermittent bleach/peroxide washes in the grow area for a 3month period and start again from seed. Gives me a good excuse to pop some of those beans I have stockpiled.

Best of luck to you all in your battle. Will report on the effectiveness of the larvae.
Here is what I got in case anyone is interested
https://greenmethods.com/product/chrysoperla-rufilabris-3/
 
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Freddie Millergogo

Freddie Millergogo

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AAjax said:
An update. Just entered the final stage of my battle, just released 400 green lacewing larvae from a frame into my flower tent. Though the peroxide seemed to beat them back still had live ones around after one week thinking they might have been gone. Hopefully these bugger go to town on the mites. in a 2x2 tent with 3 plants it might be overkill if there is such a thing when dealing with mites.. Better news from my grow tent, after using green clean on my cuttings no eggs or mites spotted in 2 weeks. That stuff works amazingly, in a small grow like mine a 8oz concentrate bottle should last months if not years on standby. It nukes all remnants of the mites and even cleaned the leaves of eggs. 2 weeks and not the smallest sign of em in there. In any case after this run will go dormant with intermittent bleach/peroxide washes in the grow area for a 3month period and start again from seed. Gives me a good excuse to pop some of those beans I have stockpiled.

Best of luck to you all in your battle. Will report on the effectiveness of the larvae.
Here is what I got in case anyone is interested
https://greenmethods.com/product/chrysoperla-rufilabris-3/
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Let us know how the lacewing larvae works. They are supposedly pretty relentless.
 
Fastslappy

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I've lost shipments due to heat , the pkg got hot at some point .
don't let the shipment sit on your doorstep 1/2 the day while yer at work
 
AAjax

AAjax

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Freddie Millergogo said:
Let us know how the lacewing larvae works. They are supposedly pretty relentless.
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Like a charm, in flower this is my new go to. A week and a half since release and I couldn't be happier. Not a singe viable (not nuked) mite or egg spotted with the 40x scope. These things are vicious. They literally pile the dead carcases of whatever they kill on their backs and carry them around with them. They also clean up after themselves by eating each other after the mites are gone. Granted I released 400 in a 3x20in tent with 3 lst'd plants so it was prob overkill. We will see if they reappear in the flower tent. Been almost 4 weeks in the grow tent, clean as a whistle. Bleached and wiped down that tent after ditching all the infected mothers then inserted the clones I had running in the areo-cloner, they had mites but not for long. Green clean worked wonders in there, sprayed 4 times per the label though they were gone after 2.

Would like to find a local supplier for the larvae, shipping aint cheap with the supplier I used (2nd day in a Styrofoam cooler with cold packs) though the service and the packaging+product were superb.
 
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Freddie Millergogo

Freddie Millergogo

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AAjax said:
Like a charm, in flower this is my new go to. A week and a half since release and I couldn't be happier. Not a singe viable (not nuked) mite or egg spotted with the 40x scope. These things are vicious. They literally pile the dead carcases of whatever they kill on their backs and carry them around with them. They also clean up after themselves by eating each other after the mites are gone. Granted I released 400 in a 3x20in tent with 3 lst'd plants so it was prob overkill. We will see if they reappear in the flower tent. Been almost 4 weeks in the grow tent, clean as a whistle. Bleached and wiped down that tent after ditching all the infected mothers then inserted the clones I had running in the areo-cloner, they had mites but not for long. Green clean worked wonders in there, sprayed 4 times per the label though they were gone after 2.

Would like to find a local supplier for the larvae, shipping aint cheap with the supplier I used (2nd day in a Styrofoam cooler with cold packs) though the service and the packaging+product were superb.
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Good news. I released lady bugs which are supposedly good for thrips. I got them from amazon. I went to the local place that sells all kinds and they get them from an outside vendor. I was going to buy more lady bugs and lacewings. The lady said ladybugs are worthless on mites. She said get predator mites. Predator mites need just right temp and high humidity. They did not appear to work. You have to give them about 14 days too.

I tried to move out most lady bugs and used Mighty Wash which appears to have worked. This guy has a way to make his own Mite-E-Wash.

Check with local nursery supply stores. They might sell Lacewings. This is cheapest I have seen lacewings - not sure about shipping.
https://hydro-gardens.com/product/lacewing-eggs-1000-5p335a/


They hatch in about 4 days.
 
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St1kybudz

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Okay friend imma try to help you with a simple solution you might not have tried lady bird beatles I had the same issue as you bought the Beatles trimed the most horribly infested fan leaves and sealed them in a galon zip lock bag then released the lady birds in both of my tents soon the problem was almost completely taken care of there was only 1 plant left with mites it was the largest of 20 or so it was so successful I'm going to buy another quart of lady birds to release then I'm going to hatch mantids and release them in my tents as well
 
Fastslappy

Fastslappy

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"then I'm going to hatch mantids and release them in my tents as well"
they will eat the lady birds once they get big enuff to do so & they don't really eat mites when large as well
so they are counter productive get lace wings instead they will do the work way better
 
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