Spider mites just moved in, advice?

Organics101

Organics101

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There arent many rite now but i know if i dont get rid of them quick ill have a big problem. I have neem oil but i know that protect the plant but doesnt really kill them. I want to kill these bastards. This is my first experience with spider mites, ive had all the other bugs but not these guys. I dont notice any in my flower room but i do in my veg. Hell there could be some in the flower room but i mite be wrong but who wants to take chances. Any advice on some products?
 
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RICare

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I use liquid ladybug...really good product...it utilizes natural plant oils that when sprayed on the plant, coats and suffocates spider mites and impedes egg hatching. I use it as both an infestation solution and preventative. When you use it just abide by directions...basically just cover the entire plant. You can cut sponges into four or five different pieces and bound it to the base of the plant with twist ties or plant ties, and soak it with liquid ladybug to prevent spiders from crawling up the main stem and onto foliage. cheers.
 
apbx720

apbx720

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go to the grocery store and buy about 1/2 to 1 pound of habenero peppers. finely chop up about 5 or 6 peppers and cook them with a cup or 2 of water. DO NOT BOIL. kinda steep them like tea for about 20 minutes. strain out the peppers. mix the pepper water w the neem oil and thouroughly spray yr plants all over, including the bottoms of the leaves. do this once a week til the mites are gone. buy some ladybugs ($12 on ebay for 750 ladybugs). release the ladybugs 3-5 days after yr last spraying. i did this w white flies and all it took was one time spraying. havent seen 1 since. this method is 100% organic.

p.s. when handling the habeneros do not touch any part of yr body before washing yr hands. wear latex gloves if possible. put a bandana over yr face while spraying. peace
 
Organics101

Organics101

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I checked out some products and the most affordable for me was the liquid ladybug, so i went ahead an i got some
on its way. I know ladybugs eat the fuck out of mites so
the name is very convincing haha. Thankyou very much, cant have bugs eating my
plants and contaiminating my buds. Its time to rid these pest
 
Organics101

Organics101

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Thats a bet, extremely organic. Damn, thankyou. Ill get rod of the fuckers maybe ill use this method as opposed to the liquid ladybug, i remember purchasing live ladybugs about a year or so ago for some pest and they did work
 
Organics101

Organics101

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One more thing bout the ivory soap (btw i know where to get it ect) but im using liquid nutes, am i okay to go ahead and put a drop in my nutrient water?
 
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RICare

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Organics101 said:
One more thing bout the ivory soap (btw i know where to get it ect) but im using liquid nutes, am i okay to go ahead and put a drop in my nutrient water?
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dude, no. for the love of god, no. We should note that treating mites and other pests require a TOPICAL treatment (literally on the surface)...get the lady bug, its organic plant oils, is meant specifically for cannabis, and is proven to work. Keep the soap in the shower
 
MacGuyver4.2.0

MacGuyver4.2.0

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Spider mites like low humidity and hot dry conditions, they hate cold and damp. If you have webbing already you may be in for a rough ride. The webbing is there to protect the mites. AZAMAX is organically based and woks very well on adults, but you have to respray about every 5 days due to newly hatched ones. The life cycle of these critters is about 3 days, so you can be overrun very quickly. The easiest way to look for webbing on your plants- RIght at lights out in your flower side, get a spray bottle and fill it with room temp water and spray the plants down starting from the bottom up. The webbing will hold and collect the fine mist of water and show up as white webs, very easy to see. Use a flashlight (LED ones work well) and shine in all areas of your plants. This will give you an idea of how bad they are and where to go next. I have advanced methods for eradication that work very well and we will discuss those next if your plants are covered in webs. Good luck!
 
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Uber Newb

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here is the deal...

DONT PLAY NICE WITH SPIDERMITES!

they will nuke your crop in an instance! Pick up some DR Doom and HotShots NoPest strips asap!
http://www.amazon.com/Hydrofarm-DDSMK16OZ-16-Ounce-Doktor-Knockout/dp/B002JU1QEI
Spray on day one, wait till day three and spray again. Should you see more on day 5, spray again!

http://www.amazon.com/Hot-Shot-5580-Unscented-Repellent/dp/B0019BK8AG/ref=sr_1_1?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1328844961&sr=1-1
Hang in room and watch the bugs die!!!

Happy Growing!
 
Capt. Stickyfingers

Capt. Stickyfingers

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RICare said:
saw that stuff in the shop the other day...but I am not up on what "frequency water" is and why mites hate it...do you know more about it? I know you have to get two different products like wash and one other..
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It kills mites and the eggs quick and it doesn't take a whole lot. I've seen that shit work miracles in a friend's infested garden. He only used about 8 oz. out of a gallon. Not sure exactly how it works but it works. Sprayed the plants down and sprayed some on a washcloth a wiped everything down with it. That was months ago and he hasn't seen a mite since. And it's fine to use until day before harvest. I'd still spray any residue it might leave on the plant off before cutting/drying.
 
B DUB

B DUB

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Organics101 said:
There arent many rite now but i know if i dont get rid of them quick ill have a big problem. I have neem oil but i know that protect the plant but doesnt really kill them. I want to kill these bastards. This is my first experience with spider mites, ive had all the other bugs but not these guys. I dont notice any in my flower room but i do in my veg. Hell there could be some in the flower room but i mite be wrong but who wants to take chances. Any advice on some products?
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Mighty Wash. Azamax will make your plants all taste the same. If you have mites during flowering you absolutely do not want to use azamax. No matter what anybody says. Mighty wash for me every other day for 1 week and then every 3rd day for the next week. Seems to do it for me. I apply once a week throughout though just to make sure cause they can reproduce rapidly.

Also another thing I noticed is if I take a bamboo shoot and then cut it on the top down the middle of the shoot. Follow me now.....Take a string and tie it through the slit at the top of the bamboo shoot. Then with the string pull the buds into the bamboo shoot for support. Just keep unraveling and wrap through the bamboo shoot and then to the next bu. By doing this you will accomplish two things. Support all the buds to give them the support to fully mature with full light and since spider mites are competitive by nature they go to the highest point the can climb. You will see all the bugs hanging on the strings and bamboo shoots you can kill them there too. I found that extremely helpful because the mites wont even mess with the plants.
 
Bill Hayes

Bill Hayes

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Dr Doom works nice, Azamaxx does as well, you've got good advice so far...

I saw the organics and was going to suggest using Rose Mary Oil, similar to SNS117...you can make it yourself and we use it for large crop coverage. DOnt mix it to "hot" as it is an oil and you can "burn" your leaf structure with any oil based product.
 
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itsaplant

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apbx720 said:
go to the grocery store and buy about 1/2 to 1 pound of habenero peppers.

P.s. When handling the habeneros do not touch any part of yr body before washing yr hands.
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omfg i went for a quick wank after spraying with the peppers and the peppers are burning my little man to hell

omg god please help
 
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