Do spider mites eat trichomes? or reduce THC?

If you have spider mites starting to form webs a few days before harvest what do you do?
Do spidermites eat the trichomes or reduce the potency?

any help? will the eat the trichs? how do you get rid of them late into flower? thanks

beardo said:

any help? will the eat the trichs? how do you get rid of them late into flower? thanks

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i had the same problem , when i realised they were there i was 3 days to harvest , asked my headsop for any products available to which they replied , give them 3 days dark , no light at all, and let the temps drop , hope the mites dont like the cold and no light over your juicy buds, it worked for me and was only advice i could get gl

so if you just keep it cold you can get rid of them?

i had the same question but about gnats. would this same technique work as well?

mites late in flower. had the same problem, on my first indoor grow. didnt notice until late in flower, i harvested the webbed buds and disrupted them as much as i could the cold temps insure they wont move around to much and will kill some but mostly it means they wont breed. i got a hot shots pest strip and whenever the lights where off i left it in the room and then when the lights came on i would fan out the rooms and i nticed them dieing withing 2 days and no more webs at all until harvest. but they came back a few times until i sulphered and bleached the rooms i grew in. CLEAN AND CLEAN AND CLEAN preventions is better then a cure.

gnats. if its outdoor..crappy but indoor a fly strip and sand over your dirt about a quater half inch and you should be golden

Unfortunately, I can't tell you if spider mites actually eat trichs or reduce potency other than the normal stress they cause and the likely reduction in plant productivity. If you have mites very late in harvest and can not use a high strength spray then there are three tips that I know to work. Keep it cold, like below 65 if you can. Increase the fans, blowing air up under the canopy to disrupt the little buggers. Buy a small paint brush and some neem oil, and paint the stalks. That way the leaves and buds stay clean from the neem, but the mites travel up and down the stems and stalk. The neem has several ways of disrupting a bugs breeding and digestive systems as I understand it, but its also super sticky and helps trap those little buggers dead. Its purpose at this stage is essentially to act as a sticky trap more than anything else. I hope this helps bud, best of luck with the harvest!

let us know how things are working out huh??? i hope it helped man.