Ok, I have spider mites going after my grow room. So far I am sure that they have attacked all of the plants. Yesterday I sprayed the plants with no tolerance %50 diluted. Today I dropped 1000 lady bugs in the room as I would like to stay away from chemicals. The room is 20' by 5' total. They are all in veg stage and I do not want to get rid of my entire crop as a new batch of clones or seeds are expensive. For those with experience with these evil little creaters do I need to go as far as to add a bomb, or is the method I am going with enough? Yes I am sure they are spider mites.
Spider Mites
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bloomfields
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use "spraysafe" fully organic - wipes those fukk'a out !!
peace!
jrp677
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Spider mites practically wiped out my first grow. I tried Zero Tolerance (didn't work and made the buds smell and taste terrible), preditor mites (didn't work), Hot Shots Pest Strips (These worked but are not organic, they emit a vapor which kills pretty much every bug in the area), I used a pyritherin bomb after harvest to clear out the room (spider mites will get on everything in the room, ducting, light fixtures, ect). I have since been using Azamax which is organic and can be watered in. When the spider mites take a bite it begins to kill them from the inside out. It mutates their digestive and reproductive systems and through time and regular use (twice a month) it will totally eliminate the mites. There are several other products out that do the same thing but I know from experience that Azamax works, so does Hot shots but I only use that on plants in veg. Good luck, I feel your pain.
OUT!
NewGrowth
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jrp677
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Apasunee, you have another problem, looks like nute deficiency, possibly potassium def. There are several websites that help identify plant problems, this is a good one: http://www.ganjaguerrilla.net/
Unfortunatly it is hard to say Apasunee. The best way to check would be look under the damaged leaves for little dots, or use a maginfying glass. You can also take a piece of white paper, hold it under a damaged leaf and tap the leaf. If you have a pest problem you will see tiny dots on the paper. Spidermites look much like, nute burn, nute defiecency, overheating, etc. The pattern that I have noticed is that , in order from where it started, the plant will first show stress and droop. Then the edge of the leaves will yellow. Finally you know for sure when you see spots on the leaves that are a yellow to brown color. If you get some pest peraditors to prepare ahead of time or use Azamax like Jrp said. I will keep you updated as to how I finally get rid of them.
sparki
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Spider mites practically wiped out my first grow. I tried Zero Tolerance (didn't work and made the buds smell and taste terrible), preditor mites (didn't work), Hot Shots Pest Strips (These worked but are not organic, they emit a vapor which kills pretty much every bug in the area), I used a pyritherin bomb after harvest to clear out the room (spider mites will get on everything in the room, ducting, light fixtures, ect). I have since been using Azamax which is organic and can be watered in. When the spider mites take a bite it begins to kill them from the inside out. It mutates their digestive and reproductive systems and through time and regular use (twice a month) it will totally eliminate the mites. There are several other products out that do the same thing but I know from experience that Azamax works, so does Hot shots but I only use that on plants in veg. Good luck, I feel your pain.
Azamax better work wonders for what they are charging.