spider mites or am i tripping?
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trufflechef
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Are they outside? would have thought that if there is enough of an infestation to see any form of webbing you'd see the little fuckers. If they're outside could actually be spiders.
Superman44108
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might be trippin bro cuz like trufflechef said if your plants were infested bad enough to see any sort of webbing at all then you wouldnt have to be asking us lol. check the bottow side of your fan leaves and if you see tiny red spots then you prolly got some spider mites on your hands. but if it is an actual spider then you should consider yourself slightly lucky because as everyone very well knows, spiders eat other insects so they will prolly help your plants rather than hurt them. pics would be helpful but anyways, happy growing and as always, stay smokey 
Sounds like you got a lone spider moving around a plant or two........... I fought them thru 3 crops before totally wiping them out. Look under any leaves that don't look healthy, with a magnifying glass of some sort, for either eggs or mites. If nothing is found, it was probably a harmless spider.
Medicine4Me
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I don't like sounding like an alarmist but the single strands you describe could very well be spider mites. They don't form webs like a tradition spider does. You can have strands of them here and there and not notice them.
They do form a small veil looking webs in key locations on the leaves - usually at junctures were the leaf stems form from the main stems or in the small part of the leaf say at the base where they all start out from.
The mite can be red, brownish, clear - newborns, or even black when dead.
Take a close look at the underside of the leaves - If they have small areas where looks kind of like off-white stuff in strange looking patches - not like ovals, but irregular.
If you see those they are more than likely the eggs.
If you happen to have spider mites, take it seriously, but don't spray the crap out of it with all kinds of mite killer (everything I've used burns the plants if mixed too strong or if they have to keep getting sprayed week after week).
There are many ways to get rid of them - Most ways don't kill the eggs so they keep coming back and become resistant to pestisides - It's like they are laughing at you by then. Try and avoid burning the plants - That's real easy to do with all the stuff on the market except releasing the bugs that eat spider mites - Real hard to do outdoors.
I used damn near everything - Ed Rosenthal's Zero Tollerance, Liquid Lady Bug (very expensive) Bang to help restore spider mite damage, Safer Soap, 2 Spider Mite fogger's done 5 days apart and a bunch of Live Lady Bugs.
After 7 months of that bull crap I got "No Spider Mites" It cost a lot like Liquid Lady Bug, but No Spider Mites kills the eggs too. I mixed as directed (shake a lot) and after two treatments within 6 days they have left the house garden! Thank God!
They do form a small veil looking webs in key locations on the leaves - usually at junctures were the leaf stems form from the main stems or in the small part of the leaf say at the base where they all start out from.
The mite can be red, brownish, clear - newborns, or even black when dead.
Take a close look at the underside of the leaves - If they have small areas where looks kind of like off-white stuff in strange looking patches - not like ovals, but irregular.
If you see those they are more than likely the eggs.
If you happen to have spider mites, take it seriously, but don't spray the crap out of it with all kinds of mite killer (everything I've used burns the plants if mixed too strong or if they have to keep getting sprayed week after week).
There are many ways to get rid of them - Most ways don't kill the eggs so they keep coming back and become resistant to pestisides - It's like they are laughing at you by then. Try and avoid burning the plants - That's real easy to do with all the stuff on the market except releasing the bugs that eat spider mites - Real hard to do outdoors.
I used damn near everything - Ed Rosenthal's Zero Tollerance, Liquid Lady Bug (very expensive) Bang to help restore spider mite damage, Safer Soap, 2 Spider Mite fogger's done 5 days apart and a bunch of Live Lady Bugs.
After 7 months of that bull crap I got "No Spider Mites" It cost a lot like Liquid Lady Bug, but No Spider Mites kills the eggs too. I mixed as directed (shake a lot) and after two treatments within 6 days they have left the house garden! Thank God!
HotShot7414
Well-Known Member
If you don't have holes or black spots in your leaves then u prob shouldn't worry about it too much,but i would try to kill any bugs by inspecting plants thoroughly
hanleyhead
Member
Hey dudes, i got what looks like a white mist on my kc crop automatic female, it is only on the soil and can not seem to find any bugs in there, i have now put in a fan and de-humidifier incase its mold which that should solvve it but as my baby is only 5 days from seed and growing 4 leaves already and shotting up, im absolutely shitting myself!! the white strands are very thin and spread out quite big but i know what a normal spider web is and it dont look like that anyone has suggestions for me as i am only 5 days in and its shooting up like amazingly well!!!
thanks!!
thanks!!