SmokeyBear77
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How can I eliminate spider mutes before harvest?
Help! Spider Mites Found in Week 7 of Flower
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BobThe420Builder
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Bud wash at harvest
Only thing this late if on the buds
Only thing this late if on the buds
SmokeyBear77
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Never thought of vacuuming. Definitely gonna try that. I read about an alcohol/water mix. I might rinse them with that. I heard it kills on contact.
SmokeyBear77
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Will the mites die when drying the bud?
neonfree
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Ive never done it before but check out bud washing, basically dipping the plant in and out of a tub of water then drying it after. Dont know how bad the spider mites in question are so might be worth it to check out. Before the mites die they will try and leave the plant and live somewhere else after drying, most of em.
Herb & Suds
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They will die but every bud you grind will be filled with webs
SmokeyBear77
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I don't have any webs yet, I noticed the mites with my 1000x scope looking at trichome ripeness. I caught them early. I like the bud washing idea. I'm gonna drown them mites.
green_machine_two9er
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Not really.....
green_machine_two9er
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Nukem and dr zymes are both safe fro post harvest dip.
sorry to hear this. Sucks near the end.
sorry to hear this. Sucks near the end.
hydroScript.js
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Man kinda makes you wonder how many times you've bought web laced bud from a dispensary .....Oh my god and any of us old enough to remember brick brown Mexican brick weed I probably smoked straight fermented mice guts and cockroach legs a time or two, and plenty of ground-up mites...yuck....thank god for American homegrown.....
SmokeyBear77
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I was sick when I saw that red mite crawl across my scope. I ordered some lady bugs. They all died. All they did was crawl around in the dirt. I guess they at something. I never saw them on the leaves or buds so I am a bit confused.
thenasty1
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it does. 50/50 is plenty. but remember that cannabinoids dissolve in alcohol. this late in the game, it will probably ruin at least some of your trichomes
physical removal is your best bet at this point
farangar
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It's a fact, mate.
green_machine_two9er
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Ya they do munch on spider mites. But as treatment plan. Not that effective. Maybe as preventive measure or very early in infestation.
if spider mites have a hold on a plant lady bugs likely won’t irradicate them.
SmokeyBear77
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The garden is still prospering. Im going to apply a treatment.
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SmokeyBear77
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I heard you should spray it on. Why not jyst use sone natural fungicides?
SmokeyBear77
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Meant why not just use some natural fungicide.