Spider mites on drying buds

[morphinz]

Hello guys.

I got a very good harvest 4 days ago. I let them dry front of a fan and everything was fine.
But after 3 days homealone I saw some spider mites web on them but couldn't see the bugs because of the intense of buds. So I need a fast solution. They're dried good, after 2-4 days they're ready to smoke.

I've 4 fast solution but I afraid hurting my beauties, I came here to ask your opinion!

Solution number 1: LET THEM BURN! They're creatures right? So the million dollar question is; which temp and time can destroy them easily without any damage on thc and cbd? We can keep them at 200C in an oven, it should kill all of them in 10 seconds. They will melt down and taste a horrible dead! They are mine you suckers! :ganjamon:
What is your advice on heat and time?

Solution number 2: I have a water purifier and TDS says 0.08 almost pure water. Also I have spider mites medicine. I'm thinking spray that shit and kill them slow! But the question is; if it change the taste?

Solution number 3: Use technology! Microwave. I have no idea. Give your opinion.

Solution number 4: Low heat! Freeze etc. (for me; It seems not good and easy way to do.)

What do you think?

 

[nmibud]

Looks like mold from not being dry enough,bugs don't stay on dead plants.

 

[morphinz]

Looks like mold from not being dry enough,bugs don't stay on dead plants.

I just cut them 5 days ago and yes curing not over yet!
I hang them at front of a fan and temp was near 10-15C in the room.
There should not be mold cause they're dried so fast.
Yesterday I have found and separated those with this problem, then put in different jars. I'm trying to save the other from mites. Curing continues in jars now but if its a mold problem then moving to jars was a bad idea cause humidty level rises in jars as you know!
How can I be sure if its mold or spider mites. I couldn't see any living spider on them with naked eye.
What do you suggest?

 

[Sfrigon 1]

I just cut them 5 days ago and yes curing not over yet!
I hang them at front of a fan and temp was near 10-15C in the room.
There should not be mold cause they're dried so fast.
Yesterday I moved them in jars and curing continues in jars now but if its a mold problem then moving to jars was a bad idea cause humidty level rises in jars as you know!
What do you suggest?

U prob have a few stragglers . They will die w out plant material to eat. So they will die just have to get em off ur buds I guess

 

[Craigson]

Research how to properly dry and cure. You did all that work to grow it then wasted it all.

Live and learn though

 

[taint]

That is not spider mite webbing.

 

[dopefest]

That looks like mold to me...2-4 days is not long enough to dry those things unless you're working with close to 0% humidity. And even then, I guarantee you've got water in stems still.

If you are convinced it's mites...get a magnifying glass and be certain. My money is on mold.

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

make up some water with hydrogen peroxide in it, if all you can get is the 3% stuff from the drugstore, add about 20 ml to a gallon of water, and spray the "webbing " with it...if it gets wet and stays there, its webbing...if it dissolves, it's mold...
if its mold, the only suggestion i have is to wash it in peroxide water and let it dry well....but, honestly, i wouldn't smoke it....

 

[Budzbuddha]

Break that bud open ... if you see more of the white, grey or brown “ webs “ inside of bud , its mold.

Look up BOTRYTIS

 

[waterproof808]

You've got mold. There is no way those plants were dry in 5 days at the temperatures you are claiming.

Also, hanging your harvest directly in front of a fan is not good as it dries out unvenly and probably contributed to your mold.

 

[morphinz]

I was wrong. absolutely its mold problem. It started at bottom of big buds. small buds have not the problem.
For the first time it happens to me.

What do you suggest?
I've tried hairdryer but I could not continue due to the smell problem.
What do you think about puting them in a oven at 200C for 20 seconds?

 

[OldMedUser]

Just spread it out and let it dry. We used to make pot moldy back in the day thinking it would increase the buzz. Nobody ever got sick or died.

I just make oil out of any that molds on me and eat it. I am sick and will eventually die but not because of any mold on pot.

 

[morphinz]

Just spread it out and let it dry. We used to make pot moldy back in the day thinking it would increase the buzz. Nobody ever got sick or died.

I just make oil out of any that molds on me and eat it. I am sick and will eventually die but not because of any mold on pot.

What is the danger of smoking with little bit mold like in the picture?

 

[morphinz]

I will open a heater inside the room and drop humidity to %30-35. Heat will be 15-20C.
Does molds continue to spread in this conditions or will it remain as it is?
Is this enough or do I need to kill them with big guns?

 

[dopefest]

I will open a heater inside the room and drop humidity to %30-35. Heat will be 15-20C.
Does molds continue to spread in this conditions or will it remain as it is?
Is this enough or do I need to kill them with big guns?

Mold/fungus/etc. needs moisture/evaporation to spread...get rid of the moisture [hang them back up, spread them out, etc.] and introduce some slight air movement...

Trash the moldy stuff, do not ingest it as it is a health risk at this point. You can try to make oil, etc. with it if you'd like, I'm sure someone here has done a run of oil with moldy stuff before that can help.

 

[Justkickinit420]

Hello guys.

I got a very good harvest 4 days ago. I let them dry front of a fan and everything was fine.
But after 3 days homealone I saw some spider mites web on them but couldn't see the bugs because of the intense of buds. So I need a fast solution. They're dried good, after 2-4 days they're ready to smoke.

I've 4 fast solution but I afraid hurting my beauties, I came here to ask your opinion!

Solution number 1: LET THEM BURN! They're creatures right? So the million dollar question is; which temp and time can destroy them easily without any damage on thc and cbd? We can keep them at 200C in an oven, it should kill all of them in 10 seconds. They will melt down and taste a horrible dead! They are mine you suckers! :ganjamon:
What is your advice on heat and time?

Solution number 2: I have a water purifier and TDS says 0.08 almost pure water. Also I have spider mites medicine. I'm thinking spray that shit and kill them slow! But the question is; if it change the taste?

Solution number 3: Use technology! Microwave. I have no idea. Give your opinion.

Solution number 4: Low heat! Freeze etc. (for me; It seems not good and easy way to do.)

What do you think?

I think you have a more severe problem than mites....bud rot

 

[morphinz]

make up some water with hydrogen peroxide in it, if all you can get is the 3% stuff from the drugstore, add about 20 ml to a gallon of water, and spray the "webbing " with it...if it gets wet and stays there, its webbing...if it dissolves, it's mold...
if its mold, the only suggestion i have is to wash it in peroxide water and let it dry well....but, honestly, i wouldn't smoke it....

What about an alcohol bath?

 

[OldMedUser]

What is the danger of smoking with little bit mold like in the picture?

Unless you have a severely repressed immune system or a lung disease like advanced COPD then there's no danger to your health. Shouldn't be smoking anything if you have health like that.

Mould spores are everywhere all the time and we're not all dropping dead. When you smoke pot with a bit of mould on it the mould is being incinerated anyways.

What about an alcohol bath?

Alcohol will wash the resin off so you might as well make oil if you're going to do that.

Much ado about nothing.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

What about an alcohol bath?

An alcohol bath would remove a lot of thc too.

 

[morphinz]

An alcohol bath would remove a lot of thc too.

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Alcohol will wash the resin off so you might as well make oil if you're going to do that.

Much ado about nothing.

Make senses.
So the last bet on the hydrogen peroxide then?
I have a water purifier and the water is 0.10 PPM, almost pure water. With hydrogen peroxide it wont damage buds and after that hanging in 20C %35-RH room will solve the problem. What do you think?
Do we have another option?