chicks2001
New Member
I just had my first bout with spider mites. While watering my beautiful Mango mother I noticed about 6-7 bottom leaves that were about 10-15% infested with mites. I freaked out and called my buddy. He calmly told me to relax, go to Lowe's and buy a $4 Hotshot No Pest Strip, hang it in my garden, and call him in a week to thank him.
6 days after first seeing the mites and hanging a NPS in my garden, ALL MITES ARE DEAD! NO SIGNS OF SURVIVORS!
I feel sorry for all the people that choose to wage an expensive, time consuming war with these little bastards. It's so simple with the no pest strips. To hell with all the hippie crap that just pisses them off.
But, I should also say that you should use this product with caution. I don't think you should use NPS past the 3rd week of flower. If that is your situation then go for the Azamax/Azatrol (supposedly a 100% sure thing that is organic, but expensive). I think it is very important to wash the chemicals off all the leaves after putting a NPS in your garden. You should not keep a NPS in your garden for preventative maintenence IMHO. I think it should be used for one week upon first site of mites (spider mite eggs hatch in 3-4 days), and then placed in a ziplock bag until it is needed again. The one time I went into my mother's room this week without a dust mask, I definitely came out light headed, and I don't think it was the trainwreck I smoked earlier in the day.
Keep in mind, some people are hippies and have a hypersensitive reaction to chemicals. If you are one of these sickly people you should probably avoid Hot Shot No pest strips. However, if you are a normal person and can leave your house without wearing a dust mask, and don't fear breathing city air and auto emissions from cars on a daily basis, then you shouldn't fear this product. Hot shot no pest strips are the #1 way to combat almost any indoor garden pest, especially mites, gnats and thrips. They are the cheapest and work great. Hang 1 NPS for every 200sq ft of garden space for a week or two and all bugs will be dead, guaranteed. Get them, use them, love them, save money, to hell with neem oil, foggers and other annoyers!