HotShot No Pest Strips work great for spider mite control!

Don Gin and Ton

Don Gin and Ton

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well i told the wife about it and she hit the roof saying your not bringing carcinogens up in our house.... but i told her id already ordered the thing so its on...

looked up the major active ingredient on wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichlorvos

and yeah there have been several attempts to ban it. wiki says that Major concerns are over acute and chronic toxicity. There is no conclusive evidence of carcinogenicity to date.

which i took to mean if your dumb enough to be around it for too long it wont be good for you.

ive seen what toxic grow tents do to weed plants and the fumes do fuck with plants but ive also seen plants make stunning recoveries after toxic shock. flushing well and not using it near plants that are 2-3 weeks before finnishing it should be fine.

thats what im telling myself anyways hahah
 
GrowTech

GrowTech

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Don Gin and Ton said:
well i told the wife about it and she hit the roof saying your not bringing carcinogens up in our house.... but i told her id already ordered the thing so its on...

looked up the major active ingredient on wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichlorvos

and yeah there have been several attempts to ban it. wiki says that Major concerns are over acute and chronic toxicity. There is no conclusive evidence of carcinogenicity to date.

which i took to mean if your dumb enough to be around it for too long it wont be good for you.

ive seen what toxic grow tents do to weed plants and the fumes do fuck with plants but ive also seen plants make stunning recoveries after toxic shock. flushing well and not using it near plants that are 2-3 weeks before finnishing it should be fine.

thats what im telling myself anyways hahah
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You should read the toxicological report I posted... I think that the only reason there is a lack of evidence regarding cancer is because the animals they tested toxicity on died before having a chance to GET cancer from it.
 
robert 14617

robert 14617

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how much time do you spend in your grow room in a day? test animals are put into an air tight booth with the equivalent of ioo strips hung around there necks and sprayed into there eyes
 
GrowTech

GrowTech

stays relevant.
robert 14617 said:
how much time do you spend in your grow room in a day? test animals are put into an air tight booth with the equivalent of ioo strips hung around there necks and sprayed into there eyes
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Maybe you should read about the procedures and testing before you try to make a comparison :)
 
Don Gin and Ton

Don Gin and Ton

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GrowTech said:
You should read the toxicological report I posted... I think that the only reason there is a lack of evidence regarding cancer is because the animals they tested toxicity on died before having a chance to GET cancer from it.
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ok so after a long read and i do mean fuckin long 280 pages. my conclusion is that unless your eating drinking or rubbing the strip on your skin and not washing it off or putting it within your breathing range for a prolonged period it will not harm you. as i have no intention of doing any of the above. im giving it a go.

those poor rabbits were fed the stuff and allowed only to breath air contaminated by the strips its no wonder they died.

ill report back in a week or two on the mite problem if im still above terra firma :joint::peace:
 
bigbrew

bigbrew

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I used the Hotshot Strips for a thrips problem and it worked well, but I pulled it after 2 days after reading about how toxic it is. I switched to Spinosad spray and it worked great, although I know this is about spider mites.

Im sure an arsenic fog would kill spider mites too but you dont go using that now do you?
 
C

coalminer

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I won't be taking any chances with the hotshot. Just doesn't make sense to play with products like that when a lot safer ones are out there.
 
Don Gin and Ton

Don Gin and Ton

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yeah its really not that bad unless your constantly exposed to it. i was a bit concerned to hear a lot of fast food preparation areas have them as standard.
 
Don Gin and Ton

Don Gin and Ton

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perhaps we should just ask them quietly to move on. the ebay shop i got mine from is for equestrian supplies if the strip don't kill a horse i'm sure ill be ok.

grow a pair
 
wrawlphe69

wrawlphe69

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neem works great!ive had the spider mite prob before,got rid of them and they came back a month and a half in to flower............cant use my neem now
 
ArrOgNt RocKstAR

ArrOgNt RocKstAR

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well its been over a week now since i put 2 NoPest Strips in my 10X10 room. I'v set my main exhaust fan to shut off for 5 hours a night.

I'v looked at all of my 64 plants, and Not one of the spider mites are moving. I'm actually very surprised how effective the strips are.
I'v tried Safer soap, and all kinds of shit the past few weeks, and they just kept coming back. Then I put the strips in the room and with no elbow grease at all they're all dead.
Feels good:hump:
 
simpsonsampson420

simpsonsampson420

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wrawlphe69 said:
neem works great!ive had the spider mite prob before,got rid of them and they came back a month and a half in to flower............cant use my neem now
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i have used neem all the way up to about the 5th/6th week of flowering with no problems at all.. as long as you have good ventilation and circulation you should be fine...
 
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