xxdumpsterbudxx
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spider mites on plants, any quick easy way to get rid of them?
i have mites
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t0rn
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Floromite, it's hella expensive so look on ebay for people selling it in one ounce containers. Last time I looked it was like 20 bucks for the 1oz. I tried everything before trying this stuff and nothing alse seemed to work at killing them all off at once. The great thing is that it lasts on the plants for about 21 days so there's no real need to respray after you've done it right the first time. The larve will htach and die off in that time therefore killing all generations.
Do not spray past 2 weeks in flower.
Do not spray past 2 weeks in flower.
xxdumpsterbudxx
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awesome thanx man ill deff look into it.
xxdumpsterbudxx
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do u just spray it on the bottom of the leafs?
t0rn
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Yup. I just keep spraying till the plant is drenched. You only use 3-4 drops per quart sprayer, the 1oz bottle has lasted me over a year now with plenty left. I even spray my little veggers now before flowering and not have had to worry about mites since, hell, even thrips don't come around anymore.
marc88101
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Dude, call your local hydro shop and see if they have sns 217 its not as expensive and its the best stuff on the market. If your not into the flower stage yet, drench all the leaves. top and bottom. Do it right before the lights go off, the mites and eggs, will be destroyed.. Look up sierra natural science and check out the 217...its amazing stuff! Good luck
marc88101
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No matter what product you use, remember after you spray the lights must be off!!! If you spray and levee the lights on, it will fry your plants. I always spray about 10 minutes before the dark cycle....and remember to drench the leaves until there is run off...soak the shit of them...then do it again 5 days later regardless if you see them or not...then you should be good to go...
xxdumpsterbudxx
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right on! deff gonna check them out and try it out. thanks guys.
patrickkawi37
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^false information. i spray with the lights on. floramite, azatrol, avid.
marc88101
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First of all, that's not false info!!!! So do you spray the tips of the leaves and leave the lights on? If you drench and leave with the lights on, you are taking a huge risk! Even the bottles tell you to do so with the lights off. Do some reserch on that before you kill someones plants!
patrickkawi37
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i soak with the lights on. nothing ever happens. thats a myth. if your plants are not healthy, and your leaves look like shit, i wouldnt recommend it. but if your plants are healthy, i did it probably 15 times this run and didnt have one bit of a problem. look on my thread some guy posted a link to a huge paper about it being a myth.
209 Cali closet grower
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neem oil.Works good
rockinriggin
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I just went through having spider mites too. Neem oil works good if you are in veg or early flower. So does a product called Organicide that they have at Home Depot. Liquid Ladybug works. If you are in later flower there is some stuff called Mighty Wash that worked good for me in week six of flowering. Another product that worked for me was called Dragon Blood.
marc88101
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Ok brother, I guess to each his own. I always error on the side of caution. Good luck to you and happy growing!
PixiDustr
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Azamax can be used as a spray and a drench. It's expensive, but worth it. I use it for maintenance after a bought with the little buggers. I also used Dr. Doom and bombed the place. I also made a spray with habinero peppers...i.e. caliclean. Easy to miss that pregnant one....
xxdumpsterbudxx
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just ordered some Floramite gonna give that a try and see how it works.
MightyBoosh0420
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I had to battle the bastards too. I went through a pyrethrin fogger, neem oil, and the one thing I noticed worked best was take a water bottle and fill it with a tsp of dawn dish detergent (as long as its bleach free), 1 tsp vegetable oil, and water. Give your plants a thorough spraying on every surface imaginable trust me on this one. Let them sit overnight and then give them a clean rinse with fresh water. I put mine under the shower head in my bathroom but made sure it didn't overwater them. The mixture causes the adult mites to disperse and it helps soften the eggs so they can't hatch. To make sure you might use some neem oil afterwards just to make sure you got ALL of them because the eggs hatch three days after being laid. Because you can't afford to leave one alive.
Hope that helped!
Hope that helped!
del66666
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i have to say if you had to use 15 times this run it must be crap...