Freddie Millergogo
Well-Known Member
I am using SNS 209 which has rosemary oil/rosemeric acid. Spider mites bit the plant and get rosemeric acid and do not like it.
I am using that and have also watered with Spinosad - Al Bundy guy said spray with spino and water twice. I cannot spray because of ladybugs and just put persimilis aka spider mite predator.
The older lady at the bug store/hydro store for farmers, not really MMJ store, snapped at me. She said lacewing and ladybugs are useless for spider mites - they are only good for thrips. She said a ladybug would starve before eating a spidermite.
I released 1500 ladybugs 5 days ago and today I released 2000 persimilis. The problem with these predator mites is they like 70 to 80% humidity and I am at about 49%. Temp range 58 to 85 F which is where I am at. Cannot get hotter than 90 F and humidity below 40%. I doubt they can get the job done fast enough. I do not have any webs yet. I may water a little harder to try to get humidity up to 52%.
One poster here who is experienced said they do not work well under HID and I am using 1000 watt sodiums.
I have also added silica blast because it makes the plants a bit stronger. I was going to stick with spraying but someone convinced me to get ladybugs. I sprayed before hand.
I am about 6 weeks into flower. I may buy more SNS 209 as I will be running low. $81 a gallon for SNS 209 or $100 a gallon for rosemary oil. SNS has a small amount of rosemary oil but has anyone every used it for soil drench.
Someone said milk 10%/90% water is good for spider mites and also for watering your plants. I wonder if lactic acid gets in there and spider mites will hate it.
I guess I will just keep watering with SNS 209, some spinosad and silica blast. If the predator mites cannot do their job then they and the ladybugs are getting sponosad too.
Kudos to Capt Jacks for responding so fast. They said spinsoad will probably not kill the ladybugs.
Any suggestions appreciated.
I am using that and have also watered with Spinosad - Al Bundy guy said spray with spino and water twice. I cannot spray because of ladybugs and just put persimilis aka spider mite predator.
The older lady at the bug store/hydro store for farmers, not really MMJ store, snapped at me. She said lacewing and ladybugs are useless for spider mites - they are only good for thrips. She said a ladybug would starve before eating a spidermite.
I released 1500 ladybugs 5 days ago and today I released 2000 persimilis. The problem with these predator mites is they like 70 to 80% humidity and I am at about 49%. Temp range 58 to 85 F which is where I am at. Cannot get hotter than 90 F and humidity below 40%. I doubt they can get the job done fast enough. I do not have any webs yet. I may water a little harder to try to get humidity up to 52%.
One poster here who is experienced said they do not work well under HID and I am using 1000 watt sodiums.
I have also added silica blast because it makes the plants a bit stronger. I was going to stick with spraying but someone convinced me to get ladybugs. I sprayed before hand.
I am about 6 weeks into flower. I may buy more SNS 209 as I will be running low. $81 a gallon for SNS 209 or $100 a gallon for rosemary oil. SNS has a small amount of rosemary oil but has anyone every used it for soil drench.
Someone said milk 10%/90% water is good for spider mites and also for watering your plants. I wonder if lactic acid gets in there and spider mites will hate it.
I guess I will just keep watering with SNS 209, some spinosad and silica blast. If the predator mites cannot do their job then they and the ladybugs are getting sponosad too.
Kudos to Capt Jacks for responding so fast. They said spinsoad will probably not kill the ladybugs.
Any suggestions appreciated.