HotShot No Pest Strips work great for spider mite control!

simpsonsampson420

simpsonsampson420

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its fine if you get neem on the plant.. and the buds/budsites.. its best to try to avoid it.. but thats where good ventilation and circulation come into play... mold/mildew/fungus spores can not land and grow in an environment with constantly circulating air.. and as long as the moisture from the spray can evaporate easily and is moved from around the bud then you wont have any problems.. like i said, i have sprayed about 5 or 6 weeks into flowering with no problems at all... just made sure there was enough time for the neem oil to wear off the plant/buds....

if your worried about spraying with it tho, you can also root feed it.. it works in the same way as spraying it does... neem oil actually works by affecting the hormones of the pest.. it makes it so adults stop being able to reproduce, young pests never reach maturity to be able to reproduce, and if you spray it and coat the eggs it suffocates them.. but the key to neem oil is the pest MUST ingest it for it to work.. so when you root feed it to the plant, and the plant absorbs it, the pest has no choice but to ingest it when they feed... plus they dont like the taste... if it tastes like it smells i understand why... but neem also contains some trace elements the plant likes.. so its actually good for the plant to.. and no, root feeding will not cause your buds to taste or smell like neem oil...

if you do use neem oil tho, make sure its 100% pure neem oil like einstein oil or dyna gro, and not a product that contains neem...
 
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MendelMaster

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A great product if used sparingly. Hit 'em hard for a short period, seal them back up, then hang again if necessary. Many commercial greenhouses use this. Many people do not like it because of Dichlorvos, the active ingredient. If you have to work around it all the time, then I would go with Ladybugs or some other organic/natural predator method. I personally use the Hot Shot pest strips and they work like a charm.
 
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beencident

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FUCK THOSE MITES USE HOT SHOT NPS AND THEY WILL DIE- MY EXPLANATION BELOW

I live in an apt and have been using two in a 10x8 room. My apt has two rooms a kitchen and living room like most apt's. I smell the shit in my house I wont lie. I have saryisis (wrong spelling i know) and haven't seen the NPS chemicals worsen my skin condition.

Now for the important part. I have had mites ravage my first two grows before to the poitn they didn't bud correct. The plants never recovered from the attacks. So now I'm on my third grow of some beautiful shit and hte mites return like a bat out of hell as soon as the flowering begins... MOTHERFUCKERS I KILL YOU FUCKERS DIE....

The fuckers defeated Ortho Bug B Gone, Iso and water 50/50 combo, regular showers and even a layer of sand on top of my soil.....

BUT NOW, IM SO HAPPY TO SAY THE FUCKERS ARE DYING RAPIDLY AS I TYPE SINCE IM USING HOT SHOT NO PEST STRIPS. I HAVE THE STRIPS AT THE SAME LEVEL AS MY PLANTS.... Maybe i shouldn't but didn't know better. SOmebody tell me if they need to be above for some reason... The point is NPS works. A lot of people tried sprays and other methods to no avail and if they want the fuckers gone quick with no regard to harmful effect of pesticide, then NPS is the way to go.
 
Don Gin and Ton

Don Gin and Ton

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man i was wondering about where to hang the thing too iu ended up putting it underneath where the pots are i was working on the principle hot air rises?!?!

anyone know definitively where i should be putting the strip?
 
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SeatleHomegrown

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Don Gin and Ton said:
man i was wondering about where to hang the thing too iu ended up putting it underneath where the pots are i was working on the principle hot air rises?!?!

anyone know definitively where i should be putting the strip?
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it does not really matter where you place them, i hang one behind my big fan and then hang one in the middle of the room, a foot above the plants and they are fine, as long as there is air circulation around the nps you should be good.

now for all of you argueing over how harmful they are, if you visit the area alot, if the grow room is in your house, OR if your plant is budding DONT TAKE THE CHANCE AND USE SPRAYS AND STUFF (unless your budding then you might be screwd)

however if you are someone like me who grows in an air tight shed detatched to the house and you only go out there once-twice a day for an hour at the most, then you should be good, i just let the room vent for ten minutes while i chief a bowl and then wear a breathing mask for the extra paranoid like me, even though i normally hate this shit i do understand it wont do anything to you unless you wear it around your neck like some death-necklace or dont vent your room out and sit there for over an hour... nuff said

so use nps if room is ventilated or detatched from your house, etc..

use sprays if you grow in your house or are flowering or are a hippy or your wife is a hippy

peace!
 
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grow plenty

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i use one.i swear by it. i tried lady bugs, no good...i tried pyrythins, i tried dr. doom, i used soft soaps, i used pounds of c-o 2, for over a year i have fought these fuckers and spent a good sum of money and an even greater ammount of labor on my battle with the borg,first i will say my grow is detached from my house, i only visit my grow during fans on time.i only used the strip for 1 week, killed the borg, eggs n all, and then put it back in a baggie. if i ever see another mite i will bust out the lil majic baggie and zap em again.i have a perp. grow so thats why its been such a battle with them.any ways thats my dealings with nps and the borg. i dont sell or grow for anybody so what i grow and how i grow em is pretty much between me, god, and a few bros who i share my skills with .i personally dont see what all the fuss is expecially if they dont grow or sell to or for other folks. i give it 2 thumbs up for a quick kill , now,....if someone can show me a 3 eyed what ever as a result of a nps, then i say give it a go. but maybe only if your healthy, i personally shot dope for over 20 years ( aint done it in 22 years, yea im an old fart) but my point is i never gave those ingredients much thought either, so maybe im just talkin to x junkies....but if you have spent 100 's of $ on remedies as i have and they keep coming back....go buy 1 use it for 5 days with fans off, and kill those fuckers. this reply is for x junkies and healthy folks only. unless you can show proof of deformality, or death then please let those of us healthy enough to use it,..use it. after all....people have had these in there houses for years. just because it might make you sic (who ever) doesnt mean its not an effective way to rid the borg.just be aware that IT MAY make you sick. btw....im smoking a bowl right now and im still breathing...peace
 
jjarnold01

jjarnold01

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grow plenty said:
i use one.i swear by it. i tried lady bugs, no good...i tried pyrythins, i tried dr. doom, i used soft soaps, i used pounds of c-o 2, for over a year i have fought these fuckers and spent a good sum of money and an even greater ammount of labor on my battle with the borg,first i will say my grow is detached from my house, i only visit my grow during fans on time.i only used the strip for 1 week, killed the borg, eggs n all, and then put it back in a baggie. if i ever see another mite i will bust out the lil majic baggie and zap em again.i have a perp. grow so thats why its been such a battle with them.any ways thats my dealings with nps and the borg. i dont sell or grow for anybody so what i grow and how i grow em is pretty much between me, god, and a few bros who i share my skills with .i personally dont see what all the fuss is expecially if they dont grow or sell to or for other folks. i give it 2 thumbs up for a quick kill , now,....if someone can show me a 3 eyed what ever as a result of a nps, then i say give it a go. but maybe only if your healthy, i personally shot dope for over 20 years ( aint done it in 22 years, yea im an old fart) but my point is i never gave those ingredients much thought either, so maybe im just talkin to x junkies....but if you have spent 100 's of $ on remedies as i have and they keep coming back....go buy 1 use it for 5 days with fans off, and kill those fuckers. this reply is for x junkies and healthy folks only. unless you can show proof of deformality, or death then please let those of us healthy enough to use it,..use it. after all....people have had these in there houses for years. just because it might make you sic (who ever) doesnt mean its not an effective way to rid the borg.just be aware that IT MAY make you sick. btw....im smoking a bowl right now and im still breathing...peace
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I tried ladybugs, alcohol, some spray crap and got mediocre results - we kind of came to a standoff with the mites. Some damage is sustainable. I got some nps and have not looked back. I smoke cigarettes so i'm not an x, i'm an active!
 
Imlovinit

Imlovinit

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If i didn't have my gro in my bedroom i'd give the NPS a shot. As it is, i bought lady bugs and they did a grt job of clearing out the mites. Though make sure u cover your exhaust with mesh. Cause if you don't you'll mulch some.
 
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scumbragger

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Imlovinit said:
If i didn't have my gro in my bedroom i'd give the NPS a shot. As it is, i bought lady bugs and they did a grt job of clearing out the mites. Though make sure u cover your exhaust with mesh. Cause if you don't you'll mulch some.
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Everything works temporarily...the problem is they get everywhere and even if you empty everything out and hose your room down make sure to clean everything back in and don't forget to take things apart like you ballasts and cleaning them as well...Your light fixtures are full of them...Anyway. I've tried everything under the sun, bombs, neem oil, reg, dish soap, organic sprays. Everything works for awhile but I'm going to give thes strips a shot as a last resort. Not sure if Hot shots are available in Canada since I can't find them anywhere but there's one by Vapona (changing names on packaging I think) which looks exactly the same and is made of the same ingredient (dichlorvos 19.2%). I was worried about using this stuff but apparently it all over food we consume so I can't see the harm.....
Processing and cooking also removed large percentages of dichlorvos
which may be present on food. For example, wheat with 23.8 ppm of
dichlorvos after treatment produced flour with 4.6 ppm of dichlorvos.
Three months later, the wheat had 2.8 ppm of dichlorvos and the white
flour milled from it had 1.7 ppm. The dichlorvos residue in this flour
after 14 days' storage fell below the limits of detection. Shell
Chemical Company, U.S.A. (unpublished) found that biscuits made from
flour containing 0.35 ppm and 1.8 ppm of dichlorvos had 80 and 60
percent less dichlorvos, respectively. Flour with 9.5 ppm of
dichlorvos heated for 30 minutes at 100°C, 150°C, and 200°C had 0.2
ppm, 0.03 ppm, and 0.02 ppm of dichlorvos, respectively. Rice with 5.3
ppm of dichlorvos had only 0.06 ppm after cooking. Miller and Aitken
(1965) found frying and cooking completely destroyed dichlorvos in the
meat, leaving only products of hydrolysis.

Let you know how it works!
 
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mynd

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hi everyone i just bought one of these pest strips n put it in about an hour ago, im about one week into flowering.....wondering how can i tell if theyre dead, is it as simple as "if theyre not moving"....or would they just fall off the plants?
 
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Guahould

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Well I have tried many ways of controlling those little bastards and they still keep coming back... It is very stressing,, if there is a product like this that actually works how some claim ,, then I am all for it .. Please anyone that knows where I can get some in the Hamilton (Canada) area ,, would be greatly appreciated.. I tried to order on Amazon and big red highlighted print stating unable to ship to address ...
 
defcomexperiment

defcomexperiment

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kk, so i have used gardensafe fungicid3, tobacco tea, rubbing alcohol/water, azamax, hot shots no pest strips, and i think that is about it to control my spider mites... all of them work, but i wouldnt use hot shots except early in veg, or on my mothers. also, would be good for in between grows or something... i really dont like using hot shots though, the first day i had mine in my grow i ended up nauseous and with a headache by the end of the night... that was only from limited exposure when i was checking temps, watering, etc... definitely was not around the strip anywhere near 4 hours. i would say i seen the best results from azamax out of everything, so the pest strip is out of my tent for good, and i will just take the time to spray my plants...


without a doubt i would not ever put a pest strip into my grow during flower, just inhaling the fumes is fuckin nasty as fuck. let alone eating it in an edible or something like that.
 
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