Spider mites ending my growing career

mackdown

mackdown

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Last three crops all dead from spider mites, every new seedling has more of them within days. Regardless of all these bullshit remedies about soap and ladybugs I am convinced you CANNOT KILL SPIDER MITES. Tried everthing already and nothing and I mean nothing works. I'm beginning to wonder how anyone grows at all as these things just seem to show up everytime and there is no getting rid of them. I am finishing growing, I'm trashing my entire set up and just buying weed from now on.
 
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brimck325

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azamax, every 3 days for 2 weeks. stop playing around with snake oil n kill the little mofo's. your not the first to feel this way...peace
 
mackdown

mackdown

Member
I don't know what that stuff is or where to get it. I'm not in the states so I don't have access to everything here. I'm so fucking pissed I'm literally on the verge of tears. I grew one crop last year that turned out fine. My second crop the spider mites showed up and I haven't been able to finish a single crop since. This time is the last straw, I'm finished and can't take this shit anymore. I'll leave growing up to people who know what they're doing.
 
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Victom

Active Member
order some shit,what have you been trying?

ive used mighty wash by NPK industries.and it took care of my mite problem.

you have to spray every 3 days,and sometimes use a diff solution on the 3rd day.
mites lay eggs and you prolly kileld them but the babies hatched..

use amazon to buy stuff u cant get locally.
 
CSI Stickyicky

CSI Stickyicky

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Spider mites suck. I have felt the way you feel before. Fuck spider mites HARD! I haven't gotten them in years and i think it's because of a few extra precautions i always take:
1: ALWAYS wash your hands before working in your garden, up to the elbow.
2: Change your shirt before working in your garden
3: keep a very clean environment, clean walls, clean floors, clean everything.


Also, it's chemical, but check into "Hot shots no pest strips". They will kill your entire population of spider mites, but remove it quickly, because it is a really nasty poison.
 
Agito

Agito

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i did a spider mite trial for resistant cannabis variety's
get some jorges diamonds mate they showed very little damage and follow up with remedies and clear out your grow room

you do have to apply every 3 days to get the unhatched eggs

if you have no joy get the diamonds combine with a predator mite and you should be able to harvest some quality bud with minor damage
 
Zoltan44x

Zoltan44x

Active Member
Start a new round. Spray the plants with Floramite (bifenezate) after they are about 15-21 days old (1/2 dose).
Repeat this after 28 days (full dose) , then switch to flower.
You can use Avid (abametcine) during flowering if You need, but I dont think You will.
 
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~Dankster~420

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I know exactly how yo feel bro! Don't give up, & let those little bitchs win!! You win! Show um who the mac daddy BOSS is! ;) I had them this year as well. What I did and YES it worked! I took a gln of water, mixed iln 2 tbs of liquid dish soap, olive oil, and a cap full of neem oil, shake it up really good. Then place your plants in your bath tub, and go to town spraying the hell outta the under sides of the leaves with a spray bottle! I mean soak your babies to where there drooping over! I did this for 5 days, and it may sound crazy, but on the 5th day, I shot the girls one last time with the mixture, then took my vacum, put a brush attachment on the wand, and gently sucked if any the rest of the mites + eggs off the leaves, starting from the bottom up! I swear to ya bro, it worked 4 me!
I hope you can find something 4 you that works also! Well bro, take care. Happy 420! Later.
 
mackdown

mackdown

Member
There is actually a happy ending to this story. I moved everything outside and the spider mites couldn't seem to survive. There's a bunch of other flying insects around my plants attracted to the light, but they don't seem to harm the plants at all and the spider mites either high tailed it or were all eaten.
 
budlover13

budlover13

King Tut
mackdown said:
Last three crops all dead from spider mites, every new seedling has more of them within days. Regardless of all these bullshit remedies about soap and ladybugs I am convinced you CANNOT KILL SPIDER MITES. Tried everthing already and nothing and I mean nothing works. I'm beginning to wonder how anyone grows at all as these things just seem to show up everytime and there is no getting rid of them. I am finishing growing, I'm trashing my entire set up and just buying weed from now on.
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Truly sterilize your room and start from seed.

Fought this fight twice.

Never again.
 
pandorasboxg

pandorasboxg

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CSI Stickyicky said:
Spider mites suck. I have felt the way you feel before. Fuck spider mites HARD! I haven't gotten them in years and i think it's because of a few extra precautions i always take:
1: ALWAYS wash your hands before working in your garden, up to the elbow.
2: Change your shirt before working in your garden
3: keep a very clean environment, clean walls, clean floors, clean everything.


Also, it's chemical, but check into "Hot shots no pest strips". They will kill your entire population of spider mites, but remove it quickly, because it is a really nasty poison.
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couldn't have said it better my self. i never touch my plants unless i have to and i gardening my underwear or naked lol. it sounds like your mites are livng in your room and your just feeding them new fresh plants. or fuck it your in another country, maybe you can get some black market ddt?
 
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adower

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Try to see if you can get dr doom bombs and azamax. Spray weekly!

Also like others have said. Clean clothes every time you enter the room. I personally go in with just boxers only.
 
HeartlandHank

HeartlandHank

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Quitting over spidermites?? really? Man. Spider mites are not that hard to get rid of... Worst case scenario you have to shut down the grow for a week or two and treat the room. If you have a zero tolerance for non organic, then ok, ok, a little more difficult.

In the future, follow the steps of IPM, keeping in mind that you are indoors and have a zero tolerance pest policy. It sounds to me like you did not put enough work in to eradicate them.

For prevention in the future, after eradicated, spray your plants with both neem and spinosad, weekly. Both are safe. I don't do this personally, but I have a friend who does.
 
UncleBuck

UncleBuck

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to beat the mite you have to think like the mite.

those fuckers love warm, dry, still air. make it cool, wet, and windy (not to the point where you kill the plants though) and they will breed at a much slower rate. that will increase the effectiveness of your treatments and lessen the need to treat so often.
 
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