S. Mites!

Best way to get rid if them cause been oil isn't working .. I even stripped them of fan leaves and cleaned then up down low

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ruby fruit

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If they in flower it's prob to late now anyway ? Can u get hold of a dozen ladybugs lol .... True
 

Dr. Who

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Pyrethrin concentrate! At your stage can work very well.
Mix up enough to be able to "dip" the plant upside down into the concentrate and be sure to spray the top of the soil with it too.
repeat in 5-7 days. It would be best to use a Dr. Doom Bomb in the grow room to get the bastards you don't see or reinfestation is likely! Don't want to dip? Dr. Doom makes a spray can too. Follow the directions. Pyrethrin is a chem made from Chrysanthemum Cinerariifolium (Mums).
If this fails,,,,,,Forbid 4F will do the job! Look for it on ebay.
 
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greasemonkeymann

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hah! I've done that, on a plant that got infested at like week eight. attached a bic pen with the ink part out of it, onto the vacuum attachment and used that.
Didn't work that great, kept sucking the leaves and making a shredded mess of it all.
I don't recommend it
I was so pissed, one thing that does work well to at least get a little revenge on them, after you harvest, all the mites migrate up the stem to look for food, and what I did was smear a bunch of sticky plant goo (forget what it was called) on the stems so you have a big glob of mites that you can happily light on fire or flush down the toilet or personally execute each and every mite with a tiny noose.... I took great joy in lighting their happy little community glob with my lighter,
muahahaha
yeah I got issues
 

Dr. Who

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hah! I've done that, on a plant that got infested at like week eight. attached a bic pen with the ink part out of it, onto the vacuum attachment and used that.
Didn't work that great, kept sucking the leaves and making a shredded mess of it all.
I don't recommend it
I was so pissed, one thing that does work well to at least get a little revenge on them, after you harvest, all the mites migrate up the stem to look for food, and what I did was smear a bunch of sticky plant goo (forget what it was called) on the stems so you have a big glob of mites that you can happily light on fire or flush down the toilet or personally execute each and every mite with a tiny noose.... I took great joy in lighting their happy little community glob with my lighter,
muahahaha
yeah I got issues

ROTFL!!!!!!
Yeah,,SKIP the vac!!!!
 

Grow4myfriends

Active Member
I was able to successfully kill off spider mites on my current grow. Used a product designed for treating hair lice which you should be able to get at your local chemist. It contains the chemical mentioned by Dr. Who : Pyrethrin. That kills lice and it kills spider mites too. It does not damage the plant nor does it damage humans (it's meant for putting on your scalp!).

I made a mix 3 parts water and 1 part the stuff from the chemist. Sprayed once daily for about a week, problem solved. You need to do it over a few days because they lay eggs which mature quickly, and make sure u get the underside of the leaves.

Apparently they like dry conditions so even spraying with just water can combat them to a degree.

Also I was able to capture a ladybug in our garden. Dropped him on my plant and he wandered from leaf to leaf stopping to munch a spider mite now and then. So cool. Lost track of him eventually but the poor fucker probably died of indigestion.
 
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