Spider mites?

Bugeye

Bugeye

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Given how many plants you have going and how far those little fuckers have moved into the bud, I'd be inclined to put a garbage bag over her and pull her out. I've heard great things about Mighty Wash for late flowering use so I'd look Into that further to confirm it is okay to use and then start spraying everything around where she was.
 
Dr. Treez84

Dr. Treez84

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God dam bastards popped up over night. Idn where they would have came from. Haven't seen them all year an I haven't left for two weeks lol looks like I'll be pulling her :(

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Dr. Treez84

Dr. Treez84

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Well she's officially been cut. I have some captain Jack's and spinoside that says I can spray up until a week before harvest. Have 3 weeks left so going to be spraying all the plants around it tonight HEAVY with one or the other.

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Garden Boss

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Yeah man, those bastards caught me off guard. I've been playing catch up on battling them for over a month. I decided to cut my Orange Buds, because they were most infected.
For my greenhouse, I decided to spray (azatrol) every 3 days until halfway thru flowering.
Good luck on the battle man.
 
Dr. Treez84

Dr. Treez84

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Garden Boss said:
Yeah man, those bastards caught me off guard. I've been playing catch up on battling them for over a month. I decided to cut my Orange Buds, because they were most infected.
For my greenhouse, I decided to spray (azatrol) every 3 days until halfway thru flowering.
Good luck on the battle man.
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Yeah I'm in a sticky position because 90% of the garden is 4 weeks or less to harvest so I hate to spray. Hopefully I caught it before it spread and only a few will have to get dusted.
 
Rob Roy

Rob Roy

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There are many people that think highly of habenero pepper based sprays if being organic or low toxic risk is important to you. There's a really good recipe somebody kindly posted on this very website. Good luck.
 
Daggy

Daggy

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Dude. That did not pop up overnight man. That is a serious infestation. I have never seen webs like that. Maybe Nuke-em might work.
 
Fangule

Fangule

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Dr. Treez84 said:
Found a few of my buds covered in spider webs today. Only plant has been effected to far. Sprayed the Hell out of it earlier with captain Jack's but thinking maybe I should just cut it?

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Them fuckers like to hide in the dirt when you spray. Try something for the soil as well.
 
Dr. Treez84

Dr. Treez84

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Daggy said:
Dude. That did not pop up overnight man. That is a serious infestation. I have never seen webs like that. Maybe Nuke-em might work.
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It's crazy, it really did. Chopped that plant then sprayed the 3 surrounding and no signs of them since.

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Chrono90

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Spider mites are little assholes, the constant battle with mites last year for me was extremely frustrating. I gave away ounces of mite infested buds. Found out they were smoked anyway with nothing but praise. I don't like the idea of smoking char grilled bugs myself
 
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BuzzD2Kill

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Sucks once the flowers come we stop spraying, then they move in on us. But a little loss isnt so bad is it? Lol:eyesmoke: You have to notice the signs, the yellow spots had to of been there while back, once the plant gets sticky they will web (caltrans) your nuggs.
 
jcdws602

jcdws602

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^^^^^^^You can spray lavender oil all through flower to kill mites and eggs and it prevents mold ^^^^^^^
 
Choo

Choo

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This is Howard Garret the Dirt Doctors take on spider mites. He is a proponent of organic gardening in Texas.

"Spider mite infestation is a clear sign that water is not effectively moving into the plant. The problem can be caused by too much or too little water, chemically imbalanced soil, compacted soil or other environmental issues. Liquid seaweed spray is highly effective to rid plants of spider mites, in fact it works as well or better than any of the toxic chemicals that are commonly recommended. However, the mites will re-infest unless the major problem that invited them in the first place is not corrected."

That is news to me, I had a real bad infestation once when I put an outdoor plant in with the indoor plants (I was new at it, what can I say. And it was back in 1980, before the internet). I tried pepper sprays with little effect using a cayenne mix. I have found Neem oil to be pretty good but I will be trying the liquid seaweed spray if I ever encounter mites again.
 
Choo

Choo

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BTW Howard Garrett mentioned compacted soil and I have always had a habit of tamping the soil in containers. I am going to try not tamping at all and just letting the water settle it before transplanting into larger containers. I didn't personally have a spider mite problem this year but had other issues and maybe a little more attention to the condition of the soil will help. Along with some other ideas I have been presented with.
 
jcdws602

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Choo said:
This is Howard Garret the Dirt Doctors take on spider mites. He is a proponent of organic gardening in Texas.

"Spider mite infestation is a clear sign that water is not effectively moving into the plant. The problem can be caused by too much or too little water, chemically imbalanced soil, compacted soil or other environmental issues. Liquid seaweed spray is highly effective to rid plants of spider mites, in fact it works as well or better than any of the toxic chemicals that are commonly recommended. However, the mites will re-infest unless the major problem that invited them in the first place is not corrected."

That is news to me, I had a real bad infestation once when I put an outdoor plant in with the indoor plants (I was new at it, what can I say. And it was back in 1980, before the internet). I tried pepper sprays with little effect using a cayenne mix. I have found Neem oil to be pretty good but I will be trying the liquid seaweed spray if I ever encounter mites again.
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My issue is I live in a hot dry dusty region which are ideal environmental conditions for spider mites so I can't get away with not taking preventatives.Said that I have never tried liquid seaweed for mites but have used just as a foliar.Good to know.

The habanero spray works if made right (never boil the water and chop seeds and pepper finely),I can vouch for that but I never tried it with cayenne.
 
Fangule

Fangule

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I use old coffee grounds to topdress soil and neem with 6 tablespoons of liquid dishsoap per gal. The dish soap dries them out, they fall off the leaves the next day.
 
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