At this stage the only thing I'd consider would be Predators and daily visual inspections. I would not be spraying them with anything.
I used the vac trick too so I could get to the end without spraying some crap like neem and ruining my buds. I used the crevice tool and folded a piece of plastic window screen over the tip and duct taped it in place. Worked a trick for sure. Was a real PITA to do but got rid of most of them and the crop was saved!
I use a shop vac all the time it really works
Mites don't crawl into the buds so if you do a decent trim on your buds all their webs and poops will be in the trim and your buds will be fine. Make oil from the trim and you can filter out the rest of the bad stuff.
I wonder if you could isolate each plant, get a compressor with air spray and vacuum to manually remove, then sanitize the area, and repeat with other plants that are infested
You'd never get them all. Compressed air would blow them all over the room and I did the vacuum thing to get a crop to the finish line without spraying. I folded a piece of plastic window screen over the crevice tool for the vacuum, taped it in place and just ran it all over the leaves for thrips and mites. Keeps the populations down but can never eliminate them. The mite eggs are glued to the surface and thrips lay their eggs right in the plant tissues so neither will get sucked up. Defoliation near the end helps cut down on the time needed to do it.
I can't see paying more for something like that when good old insecticidal soap sprays work fine against mites and thrips for sure as I've conquered both using it. I just bought a spare bottle of the Safer's End All concentrate for $14 and that makes 10L of spray. A 1L of the ready to go of the same costs a dollar more. I add 10ml/L of canola or neem oil to the mix and as long as you are diligent about sticking to a schedule and very thorough they are gone in a couple weeks. Every 3rd or 4th day for 4 treatments does the trick for me.
I'm sure you are right, I tried a lot of stuff when I had mites and the Mighty Wash worked awesome after many failed attempts with other remedies. I did not try and insecticidal soap so thank you for the advice.I can't see paying more for something like that when good old insecticidal soap sprays work fine against mites and thrips for sure as I've conquered both using it. I just bought a spare bottle of the Safer's End All concentrate for $14 and that makes 10L of spray. A 1L of the ready to go of the same costs a dollar more. I add 10ml/L of canola or neem oil to the mix and as long as you are diligent about sticking to a schedule and very thorough they are gone in a couple weeks. Every 3rd or 4th day for 4 treatments does the trick for me.
Something that kills the eggs too would be quicker but is generally much more toxic. May be needed if you have a room full of plants tho but for the average home grower with just a few plants the soap sprays work fine.
