spider mites 3 1/2 weeks in..... quick question

Lower temps and higher humidity slows down their life cycle. Barnbuster was talking about a more "advanced technique" speeding up their life cycle on purpose to hatch more egg and kill them... shouldn't be tried unless you have more experience IMO.

I agree with DutchHaze, probably nothing to worry about. Pics would help. But because it is just the white widows and if they all have generally similar lighting could be they are generally hungrier or a Mg deficiency.
If you are using a phone to post.... mine won't upload pics right now either (website issues). If you are on a cpu hit the 3rd button in from the right in quick reply box (looks like a tree), click computer, choose file, and upload. Has to be one at a time right now, the uploaded is screwed up.

Cascadian said:

Lower temps and higher humidity slows down their life cycle. Barnbuster was talking about a more "advanced technique" speeding up their life cycle on purpose to hatch more egg and kill them... shouldn't be tried unless you have more experience IMO.

I agree with DutchHaze, probably nothing to worry about. Pics would help. But because it is just the white widows and if they all have generally similar lighting could be they are generally hungrier or a Mg deficiency.
If you are using a phone to post.... mine won't upload pics right now either (website issues). If you are on a cpu hit the 3rd button in from the right in quick reply box (looks like a tree), click computer, choose file, and upload. Has to be one at a time right now, the uploaded is screwed up.

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the upload button doesn't even show up right now

[h=3][/h][h=1]Sodium selenate[/h] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[h=3]Insecticides[/h] Sodium Selenate is a common ingredient in insecticides focusing on mites, aphids, and mealybugs. In addition, it is also used in fungicides. For most insects, a dose of 10 mg/kg is enough to be fatal.[SUP][3][/SUP][SUP][4][/SUP]

Here is what you need to click...

In the next window that pops up the upload button doesn't really look like a button but if you move your cursor over it you will see it is clickable...

doesn't even have browse or the upload dealy anymore

Sodium Selenate is dangerous stuff......DO NOT USE ON YOUR PLANTS IF U PLAN ON SMOKING THEM.



Potential Acute Health Effects:
Extremely hazardous in case of ingestion. Very hazardous in case of eye contact (irritant), of inhalation. Severe over-exposure
can result in death. Inflammation of the eye is characterized by redness, watering, and itching.
Potential Chronic Health Effects:
Extremely hazardous in case of ingestion. Very hazardous in case of eye contact (irritant), of inhalation. CARCINOGENIC
EFFECTS: Not available. MUTAGENIC EFFECTS: Not available. TERATOGENIC EFFECTS: Not available.
DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY: Not available. The substance is toxic to blood, kidneys, lungs, liver. Repeated or prolonged
exposure to the substance can produce target organs damage. Repeated exposure to an highly toxic material may produce
general deterioration of health by an accumulation in one or many human organs.

SSHZ said:

Sodium Selenate is dangerous stuff.......

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not seeing where folks use this on mj. i would agree

SSHZ said:

Sodium Selenate is dangerous stuff......DO NOT USE ON YOUR PLANTS IF U PLAN ON SMOKING THEM.



Potential Acute Health Effects:
Extremely hazardous in case of ingestion. Very hazardous in case of eye contact (irritant), of inhalation. Severe over-exposure
can result in death. Inflammation of the eye is characterized by redness, watering, and itching.
Potential Chronic Health Effects:
Extremely hazardous in case of ingestion. Very hazardous in case of eye contact (irritant), of inhalation. CARCINOGENIC
EFFECTS: Not available. MUTAGENIC EFFECTS: Not available. TERATOGENIC EFFECTS: Not available.
DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY: Not available. The substance is toxic to blood, kidneys, lungs, liver. Repeated or prolonged
exposure to the substance can produce target organs damage. Repeated exposure to an highly toxic material may produce
general deterioration of health by an accumulation in one or many human organs.

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Also, about one of the ingredients in flying skull , just saying......

Potassium sorbate is a skin, eye and respiratory irritant.[SUP][10][/SUP] Although some research implies it has a long term safety record,[SUP][11][/SUP] in vitro studies have shown that it is both genotoxic and mutagenic to human blood cells. Potassium sorbate is found to be toxic to human DNA in peripheral blood lymphocytes, and hence found that it negatively affects immunity.[SUP][12][/SUP] It is often used with ascorbic acid and iron salts as they increase its effectiveness but this tends to form mutagenic compounds that damage DNA molecules.[

Still being a mighty wash fan boi (although I do have a bottle of flying skull nuke em and am not above using it) . It's a food preservative.
The mighty wash who knows what the .1665 percent of inert ingredients are. I think the mighty wash is just water that undergoes a process .
Flying skull does target mighty wash by stating in their ads(although it doesn't mention by name) that water can't hold an electrical charge.
It's been said that is what mighty wash does exactly. I have no clue mainly because if it works and doesn't contain a label saying something about hazards/health issues there must be none in it or it would have to show in the safety sheet I'd think.

DB.....it always seems it us two left at the end of the day regarding mites.......

We seem to agree to disagree.....but I used both products for extended periods and I think Nuke Em is the more effective product. Mighty Wash damaged some of my leaves and Nuke Em is cheaper too. I mean really,what's a little cancer if you are able to kill of the mites???

I used the NPS for last few days, haven't seen any live mites in a few days now, I have the Ultimate Wash here but I haven't had to use it yet. I would say those NPS's actually do work! I am quite impressed to say the least....... I have 2 quarts of Ultimate Wash on standby with about 3 weeks to go.......... Other than a nitrogen def. which I really can do nothing about at this point things are looking very well..... Again TY for the help guys

Glad the NPS seem to have helped. They will very likely be back in a couple weeks though. Clean up the grow area and hit them again after harvest. Thanks for the update...

Hope the harvest goes well.

Peace