Nastnap129
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I have spider mites in my grow tent I need a hand on how to get rid of these fellows without infecting my buds
I'm budding and I have spider mites
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Freedom Club
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how bad is it?
smokinrav
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Ah, my old nemesis. You have a battle on your hands my friend, especially if you're running a perpetual harvest like I used too.
Trim your lower leaves and spray either otc bug spray or a homemade recipe. Make sure you soak UNDER the leaf sets. Spray every few days.
Sadly, you almost certainly won't get rid of them all. Every time mites made it to my room, I had to take clones and sterilize all my grow spaces. Good luck!
Trim your lower leaves and spray either otc bug spray or a homemade recipe. Make sure you soak UNDER the leaf sets. Spray every few days.
Sadly, you almost certainly won't get rid of them all. Every time mites made it to my room, I had to take clones and sterilize all my grow spaces. Good luck!
GrassBurner
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Habanero Spray or Trifecta. I just took care of some using Trifecta
SCJedi
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There is not enough info. How big are the plants and how far into 12/12 are you? Are you webbing? Tunnels? How bad of an infestation?
As xtsho said, citric acid works well (flying skull nuke em). I also use 1oz neem/Karanja, 1oz ISO, 1TB SalSuds, and 10 drops of rosemary oil. Pyrethrin/sulfur mix, Spinosad. Rotate but only based on how far along you are.
The real trick is to break the life cycle enough to push them back so you can harvest with minimal damage. Then bleach or burn it all down and start over.
As xtsho said, citric acid works well (flying skull nuke em). I also use 1oz neem/Karanja, 1oz ISO, 1TB SalSuds, and 10 drops of rosemary oil. Pyrethrin/sulfur mix, Spinosad. Rotate but only based on how far along you are.
The real trick is to break the life cycle enough to push them back so you can harvest with minimal damage. Then bleach or burn it all down and start over.
Nastnap129
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The plans are about 2 ft foot and a half to feet I probably got about 2 weeks left in my budding stage I had the infestation in the first plan I cut that down and took it out early and got rid of it and haven't seen none but then after a couple days I caught one running down a leaf I don't see much web I pulled off most leaves that look infected
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Nastnap129
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What's Trifecta where can I get it is it safe during budding I just don't want to spray chemicals on my buds
obijohn
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Spinosad work great and is safe to use all the way to harvest. Outdoor grow here, the mites were on the lower leaves, I sprayed and killed them, Following week they'd start to come back, rinse and repeat. The mites never got bad enough to affect the plants, and the only way I even knew I had them was inspecting underneath the leaves. I used Capt Jack's Deadbug brew but it's available in different brands
Freedom Club
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i think the plant looks very mature, I wouldnt do anything. Maybe wash the buds after harvest to get rid of any animal droppings on the buds but I dont think 1-2 little spidermites can damage the plant seriously when it is so mature. Just keep an eye on it, it is not very big so you can check every bud for webs every day, takes 2 minutes.
Good luck
(maybe get some ladybugs if you have the chance)
Good luck
(maybe get some ladybugs if you have the chance)
Nastnap129
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Yeah this is my first girl I used to see it out of the bag so I can just you know practice learn make my mistakes but I got to say I love this shitt I just want to learn more I hope to God they legalized in New York cuz I be a dream job
Nastnap129
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My ex girlfriend of mine a good friend of mine has some really expensive seeds she's going to let me grow one or two and I got a strawberry cough autoflower for when I'm done with that
Nastnap129
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now I'm sticking to the photo period
GrassBurner
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Perfectly safe to spray on flowering plants according to the manufacturer. I sprayed it on my plants at week 6-7 of flower. 2 treatments 3 days apart, then 1 more for good measure 4 or 5 days later. Haven't seen anymore mites
Don't let them get out of control. These things came straight from hell, and if you don't send them back quick, they'll pop up at the most inopportune time. Hit them fast and hit them hard. As soon as this crop is pulled, treat your room/tent, and everything in it with something like Avid. I bought a 3 pack off ebay, came with 1oz of each chemical (avid, floramite, and 1 other). Very powerful chemical, don't wanna spray it on any plants, but treat with each a day a part and you should.
osowhom
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curious how your mite problem turned out were you able to harvest? i am in the same boat right now
xtsho
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Perfectly safe to spray on flowering plants according to the manufacturer. I sprayed it on my plants at week 6-7 of flower. 2 treatments 3 days apart, then 1 more for good measure 4 or 5 days later. Haven't seen anymore mites
Don't let them get out of control. These things came straight from hell, and if you don't send them back quick, they'll pop up at the most inopportune time. Hit them fast and hit them hard. As soon as this crop is pulled, treat your room/tent, and everything in it with something like Avid. I bought a 3 pack off ebay, came with 1oz of each chemical (avid, floramite, and 1 other). Very powerful chemical, don't wanna spray it on any plants, but treat with each a day a part and you should.
I don't care what the manufacturer says. I wouldn't spray Trifecta on flowering cannabis. It's fine for veg but it's full of oils you don't want to be spraying on your buds.
Active Ingredients/Guaranteed Analysis:
14.0%..........Thyme Oil
10.0%..........Clove Oil
9.0%............Garlic Oil
4.0%............Peppermint Oil
3.0%............Corn Oil
3.0%............Geraniol
2.0%............Citric Acid
2.0%............Rosemary Oil
xtsho
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That's the same thing as Flying Skull Nuke Em and is citric acid. But it does work. I just mix my own.
Stop Pests, Mold & Mildew With This Residue-Free Spray! Comparable To An Industry Favorite – Nuke Em
Active Ingredients/Guaranteed Analysis:
0.05%..........Citric Acid
99.95%........Other Ingredients*
*Water, Yeast and Potassium Sorbate