spider mites!

hey guys just wondering what i should do at the moment:

For starters i have 5 plants, 3 strains in my first little closet grow and i'm at 3 weeks vegging. So i've been checking the plants daily and have just found on one of my Chocolate Thai's SPIDER MITES. dammit. but i caught it early and only one of the plants has it. Totally sprayed the bottom of the leaves with soapy water (might have even overdone it a little..) but i wont be able to get to the store for a sticky strip or whatever their called or ladybugs for at least another day cause i just have waaay too much going on...

So the question is, should i put the soapy thai back in with the other three or leave it out for a day (i'm thinking not) . I don't want to it to miss the lumens!

also, i've read the FAQ and everything but just wondering what everybody has done themselves that has worked really well for getting rid of the spider mites. alright thanks for whatever advice yall got, cant wait for some dank!


i'll get some pics up tomorrow when i get my camera back...

I've been battling them also, I have been using the fox farm 'don't bug me' spray and it seems to work, only you have to use it regularly as maintenance as it doesn't get the eggs and they do reappear if you don't follow up after the first spray. I would put the plant back if you washed it down good, realistically I would do the same thing with the other plants you have because if one got them I bet you will find some on the others very soon one way or another.

thanks for the quick reply, yea as soon as it gets 'dark' i'll spray the rest down hopefully that'll keep them at bay until i can get my hands on a bugspray

When you spray don't forget to spray around the grow area too, no good to just get plant and leave the surrounding area infested, ya know?

cool ya just did so, using straight handsoap, works ok ya? squirted a lil dishsoap just to make sure haha i was freakin when it happened. checked all the other plants, cleaned the closet completely sprayed soapwater EVERYWHERE, but will it kill the eggs? guessing i should maybe try and do this for a couple of days?

also, small closet grow and i have a small fan moving air around inside but i was worried about temps gettin too high/not enough CO2 so i've been leaving it cracked with the fan blowing out the past few days so thats probably how they got in...

what should i do about keeping damn pests outta my garden?!

get neem oil and spray your plants every 2 days it will kill the mites and their eggs

I'm not pesticide phobic so here's what I used. Got it at Plant It Earth in SF. Indoor Plant Care, Hydroponics, Grow Lights, Natural Pest Control and more...
It's a fogger, set it off in your growroom and go away for a couple of hours. Do it again in one week. Got mites from a store bought clone three grows ago. Now no mites in sight.

herbose said:

I'm not pesticide phobic so here's what I used. Got it at Plant It Earth in SF. Indoor Plant Care, Hydroponics, Grow Lights, Natural Pest Control and more...
It's a fogger, set it off in your growroom and go away for a couple of hours. Do it again in one week. Got mites from a store bought clone three grows ago. Now no mites in sight.

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Oh hey now,this is what iv'e been looking for! Thanks man.

Also see Spider Mites in the library at Natural Organic Gardening and Living for Plants Pets Trees Lawns Crops Insects Flowers and Home - DirtDoctor.com - Howard Garrett - The Dirt Doctor.

so i just opened it up and it looked good until i saw a little tiny fly buzzin around, no mites in site probably some eggs i'll pick up that spray and that strip, is it usual to have these little f'er bugs around?? i'm just kinda pissed i've kept the are really clean but don't know what i'm doin wrong, just something i have to deal with cause of location/old building or what? arg!