growinman - there were only 10 - 20 adult mites, they were laying eggs tho. the solution works real well, i am not sure if it kills the eggs or not, i am checking everyday to see any new signs of mites. nothing yet. did you treat the plant before bringing it in?
.....yeah, I 'thought so.' I neemed it good a few nights in a row too..... It's a long story that I 've posted around here before somewhere. But to keep it real short: I had probably only let a few eggs get by me and I ended up fighting the bastards for a whole year before I gave up and nuked them. They made a major come back a number of times and they were stronger and stronger with each generation. Night after night I 'd drag them all out of their room(probably had about 50) and hose them down with whatever new remedy I had read about. I believe I tried them all(there is something new that wasn't around-Azatrol?), everything you could buy or mix up..... "Dont Bug Me" is a joke (and I LOVE Fox Farms), as is Rosenthauls, the pco bombs, mists, sprays......
Yeah, they got out of control on me at first is probably a big part of the reason I couldn't get rid of them. I even had a 'tent' going on on one of the colas.......and they just gross me out so much---I tossed so much bud and just didn't want to touch it.....
You'll probably be fine---I just had BAD experience wit dat. Make sure to
wipe each leaf.......you only have to miss one egg. Oh, and most stuff they sell doesn't get the eggs, even though a couple claim to. Your supposed to wait and redo what ever your doing after like two days and then again a few days later, in case an egg made it by and hatched.
AVID and Floramite, on the other hand, totally fuk up their reproductive abilities. You still see mites doing their thing a few days after you dose them. But that's it: that's all they live-a few days.
But if your not into chems, as with me, these two things are something you really dont want to use or be around----there are several people in CA(as elsewhere, I am sure) that have serious disabilities due to overexposure of AVID and like. The big grow ops that run multiple houses, etc., just come in there and hose it all down with this shit, even just as precaution! Then you got the poor ladies(or whoever) trimming this shit somewhere else with so much exposure it's unreal---hense the nervous system damage, etc.........
Or so I have been told.
I just know I dont ever want them again, not even one! BUT, there is a pretty safe way to use AVID/floramite. IMO, only on freshly rooted cuttings/clones. If anyone cares to hear it just ask. I am totally hijacking this thread as it is, lol
....... Shit, this was the short version......but you guys got me going on mites, haha!
But wait a minute......you said only 10 or 20 adult mites...? Do you have any idea how many mites ONE egg can become in say 20 days?? You dont even want to know how many eggs one adult lays----and I dont remember but it's rediculously mass 100's.
DE is good for prevention of most all crawlers.......just use the food grade stuff and sprinkle all around. I put it all over the floor and you'd be surprized at how many critters it gets.....and it will get any mites that cross over/on it, ants, spiders, etc.... When I was growing in soil I mixed it right in the soil and on top of it.
Another mite fact?? Mites can hibernate for over a year. I am not sure if that's the eggs or adults, but whichever.......
SHIT!! Now I am itching
Okay, I 'll go away!!
You guys have a great weekend----gman
