Good stuff Doctor. One of my Sensei's liked going back and forth with Forbid then Floramite every 4 weeks and stop at 2 to 3 weeks into Flower.
Living around pine trees seems to be a way for a higher chances. I did discover that once I got rid of the wild grapes within 100 meters of the buildings....I didn't have root aphid attacks Of course, I stopped allowing the cats in too. That made a lot of things stop...
I don't understand the back and forth! They don't get tolerant to Forbid. I will not use Floramite or Avid - very toxic! I hear there are 2 new specific mites insecticides. Sultan is one and looks to be ok in my book so far. Tox levels to humans are low but, it gets in water ways and fish, aquatic invertebrates and such have problems with it. It builds in soils in the water too. Effective life on the plant - 9 days. It is 100% synthetic and was invented in Japan and BASF owns the rights to it.
Cats....yuk, they cause all kinds of crap, pardon the pun. Had an old timer tell me that if you have em in clones you can spray them with water that is jyst above freezing and it will kill them but never tried it.
Thanks for the advice brother. Much appreciated! Do you follow instructions on the bottle for use? Higher/Lower? Any input would help greatly. If you could check out my other post and add any insight again it would be much appreciated.
I follow the instructions.
best I can figure they come from really good friends and dispensary clones only.
DR WHO thank you for your information always I have been a member here a long time I don't always post I simply lurk and learn I have been growing outdoor since 1998 and legally since 2010 in michigan indoors. I have many times come across threads where you have posted very like minded knowledgeable advice thank you. As far as this article is concerned constantly spraying neem on the plants or azamax or mighty wash etc in flowering is far more dangerous to human health than using forbid 4f and just ridding yourself of the problem for good. I used to use Avid myself until Forbid became available and held the caution sign instead of warning like Avid does. Absolutely prevention is a must good room cleanliness is necessary clean up the dead foliage sweep dust pick off dead leafs keep the canopy temps down etc. But People who think spraying shit on the plants all day like neem is "safe" compared to using Forbid one time and being done with it are idiots. The oily funk taste of neem sprayed buds will forever fester in my mouth from years and years ago. In recent years i've found spraying my floors and the sides of my pots with Onslaught insecticide (Esfenvalerate) has helped keep me from having mite problems for years, it is a micro encapsulated pyrethriod based insecticide which is quite safe, especially since it never even touches the plants or soil
It also kills aphids whiteflies and fungus gnats, which I have also not had a problem with in years now. It is enough that with good cleaning practices my plants never need to be sprayed with ANYTHING other than thousands of watts of light. Good day my man keep up the great advice