mites and washing plants

OK, mites are back. Great. Last time a No Pest Strip seemed to do a good job getting rid of them but this time I'm not so sure it's working. I want to wash the plants off but they're 4 weeks into flowering and I don't want mold. Is there any trick to it or do I just hose them down in the shower and hope for the best? Also, the mites seem to only be on one plant out of the two I have flowering right now, any idea why? If I fail at that, you can hash a plant that had mites, right? I don't see any webs on the plant or anything but the black specks of mite shit or whatever on the tops of the leaves are gross.

Mighty Wash

yeah my buddy suggested that, i was gonna get some, but there's still just like, gross stuff on the leaves that i want to wash off. i know i'm just being a retard since the things grow outside and get rained on but spraying the plant down and getting the buds all wet just seems wrong.

They sell a spray that you spray a couple days after days after the mighty wash, I think its called mighty rinse or something like that. It is for people that are in flower.

ArthritisSuffering said:

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Your best bet is mighty wash.. ANYTHING YOU USE WILL LEAVE RESIDUE. Mighty wash is like 99% water anyways.. who cares.

on your next grow i would suggest preventative measure like spraying with neem oil/protekt from dyna gro every few days. I had a mite infection a while back but have never had them come back since I started neem oil spraying the plants. I also keep a hot shots strip in the room at all times.

look in to pepper spray.Shit works great!I made over a gallon of that mix for$5

https://www.rollitup.org/bugs/475307-how-kill-spider-mites-100-a.html

so i was thinking about mighty wash and how it's basically water that's "frequency adjusted" which sounds like complete bullshit to me. i started thinking, would just a light spray with regular water from time to time help keep the mites down? i know they don't like water and our indoor plants never get rained on which makes it a perfect place for them, so is just spraying the plants with regular water as a preventative measure a good idea or would i just be welcoming some other disease/predator?

water will not kill them alone.

azamax...can use it as a foliage spray or a soil/hydro additive. Haven't been troubled by them since...p.s. i tried the washes...caliclean...

I went with azamax, that shit is great.

I'm looking into Azamax online, shits expensive, how much do you use per quart (spray bottle)???

Sorry for the delay, it's a little expensive but worth it. For foliar application it's 10mL/quart, I've been using that ratio but only filling the quart bottle a quarter of the way. I paid $20 for a little bottle and I think it will last my handful of plants a pretty long time. Basically I mix some to spray once a week, when I have everything sprayed down I dilute what's left in the bottle with water 1:1 and use that to water the plants.

Guy at the local store said that Azamax is a one use only mix, basically he said if it's been in the spray bottle for 24 hours dump it and start over before next application, others hear this before?

Since I run clones I can get away with pumping the f#ck outta the pump up spayer and blasting the crap off my budders.

If you are only four weeks into flowering, I'd say you're good for some neem oil or whatever you choose to use to eliminate them. Even if you're growing a very quick strain, you still have at least three weeks to go. I've sprayed later than that and had no problems with taste or aroma (and I'm a bit of a snob). Just do it early in their day, and raise you're lights up a foot or two. By the end of their day, they'll be dry and you can lower your lights again. If the mood strikes you, I'd even say that you're good to spray them five days later as well. This should stamp them out for a long time. Also, cutting you're fans back to increase temperature to 28 degrees or so for a couple of days, 10 days after the first spraying, will ensure that any eggs that may have hatched anyway will yield mites that are too sluggish to survive and procreate.
So thats:
1: Raise lights, spray plants early in day, let them dry, lower lights

2: Five days after first spray, repeat application

3:Ten days after first spray, increase temperature in room to 28 degrees Celcius for two days

4: Reflect on the fact that all those mites you killed really only wanted what you want, to suck on tasty cannabis and f%$#. NOW SNAP OUT OF IT! EITHER YOU"RE WITH US OR YOU"RE WITH THE SAPSUCKERS!

I only spray my plants with fresh water or res water.

Also, Geranium and Marrigold plants fit well in any small gaps in your flowering room, and mites don't like the smell one bit, which will stave off further invasions.

Mighty wash is a quality product. I was told by my rep that you should always make sure to thoroughly cover the entire plant with direct contact spray and that once you open a bottle you should use it inside of one week. Also the product people are talking about is Power wash. It will rinse your plants of the mighty wash or other sprays.