Ladybugs vs Spidermites who wins?

oAUSTiNo

oAUSTiNo

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so ive spotted some spider mites and have been checking/ spraying/killing them a couple times a day. and im wondering if i use these damn ladybugs that are somehow in my house on the spider mites if that'll work?

so should i put a couple ladybugs in my g. box?
 
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Lady luck

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I purchased a bunch of ladybugs and let them go in my grow room last fall. They do eat mites but if you have more then a few mites they really cant keep up. That is just my experience with them.
 
bird mcbride

bird mcbride

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Don't confuse a potatoe bug with a lady bug, so if your one of the people that aren't sure check some pics on the net.
 
bird mcbride

bird mcbride

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Lady luck said:
I purchased a bunch of ladybugs and let them go in my grow room last fall. They do eat mites but if you have more then a few mites they really cant keep up. That is just my experience with them.
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Come on now, with all the torment that comes from those little pricks(spidermites) it's worth watching them getting the guts sucked outta them. I use a pump up water sprayer to take mites off of my plants.





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oAUSTiNo

oAUSTiNo

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damn!, no i dont think ill mistake that for a ladybug.

i just thought that the real red ones wernt ladybugs for some reason.
no i dont have ALOT of mites just a few, so im hoping these 5-6 will do alrite
 
dam612

dam612

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lady bugs are the shit. I use to buy a whole quart of them from a nursery about once every 3weeks and they were life savers, no bugs and they even start to mate and have babies bc at the end of my grow we found about 300 bunched togther in a pot. Im really positive they help. U can dab their backs with cola to semi glue their wings so they dont fly all over and leave/ gointo ducking
 
bird mcbride

bird mcbride

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I'm careful not to blast the lady bugs when I'm removing mites. The lady bugs seem to just want to stay in the garden. When you pop a spidermite that's fully fed it leaves a little green spot. That why the lady bugs love a pot garden.
 
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