Mushroommonki
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Apparently the popular De-wormer Ivermectin is extremely effective against spider mites.
Has anyone tried this???
A brief intro, please bear with me guys-
A couple of years ago I used an ivermectin horse de-wormer to treat my dog when she had scabies. I f---ed up though and gave her the dose for about a 600lb horse by accident. The dog lived, didn't get sick at all, and all the mites digging under her skin died within a day or two.
Then, today I saw on UK420 where a guy had treated his spider mite infestation with a spray made from ivermectin bird miticide and water, it killed all of the mites and none of the plants- apollo 13 I believe. Then I looked more and found the same treatment on an orchid forum for Two spotted spider mites. Then it made sense to me, the scabies on my dog were MITES- slowly, and somewhat dimmly the light bulb came on inside my brain... Sometimes I hate being on the slow side.
For those who don't know: Ivermectin is a very popular horse,cattle, pig, sheep, bird, cat and dog de-wormer. You give it to your dogs when you give them heart guard. It is used on humans too, sold as Stromectol®. It also is certain death for most types of paracitic mites, including the ones that cause mange in cats and dogs. Chemically it is related to avermectin B which I believe is the main ingredient to Plant Vitality Plus, a proven kill all for mites (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong). I found out more about the where it came from and uses of it, but I don't want to bore you all.
Ivermectin can be bought as an oral jel for horses, or in a topical or injectable liquid for cattle, sheep or pigs and such at your local feed and farm supply store, Tractor Supply Company, Southern States, or online from most horse or farm catalogs, valleyvet.com for example. IT's about 15 bucks for 250ml of pour on de-wormer. and the cheap Ivermectin Gel goes for about $2.50. The dosage is 1ml per 22lbs of bodyweight for the pour on, and one tube treats a 1200lb horse with the gel.
I have not tried it yet. and I don't know what ratio to mix it at. THe gel wormer seems the most likely candidate simply because of it's price, and the fact that the one dose should treat a s---load of plants. I am going to give this a shot and post my results, but I wanted to know what the peanut gallery had to say, as well as share my "discovery" with the rest of you all.
HAS ANYONE TRIED THIS HERE???
What kind of ratio of Ivermectin to water should I use?
I'm just saying... this stuff is a helluva lot cheaper than most spider mite remedies out there, and is said to kill em dead, without the bug bombs and other such madness.
THANK YOU ICMAG FORUMS. I OWE YOU MUCH KNOWLEGE.
Has anyone tried this???
A brief intro, please bear with me guys-
A couple of years ago I used an ivermectin horse de-wormer to treat my dog when she had scabies. I f---ed up though and gave her the dose for about a 600lb horse by accident. The dog lived, didn't get sick at all, and all the mites digging under her skin died within a day or two.
Then, today I saw on UK420 where a guy had treated his spider mite infestation with a spray made from ivermectin bird miticide and water, it killed all of the mites and none of the plants- apollo 13 I believe. Then I looked more and found the same treatment on an orchid forum for Two spotted spider mites. Then it made sense to me, the scabies on my dog were MITES- slowly, and somewhat dimmly the light bulb came on inside my brain... Sometimes I hate being on the slow side.
For those who don't know: Ivermectin is a very popular horse,cattle, pig, sheep, bird, cat and dog de-wormer. You give it to your dogs when you give them heart guard. It is used on humans too, sold as Stromectol®. It also is certain death for most types of paracitic mites, including the ones that cause mange in cats and dogs. Chemically it is related to avermectin B which I believe is the main ingredient to Plant Vitality Plus, a proven kill all for mites (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong). I found out more about the where it came from and uses of it, but I don't want to bore you all.
Ivermectin can be bought as an oral jel for horses, or in a topical or injectable liquid for cattle, sheep or pigs and such at your local feed and farm supply store, Tractor Supply Company, Southern States, or online from most horse or farm catalogs, valleyvet.com for example. IT's about 15 bucks for 250ml of pour on de-wormer. and the cheap Ivermectin Gel goes for about $2.50. The dosage is 1ml per 22lbs of bodyweight for the pour on, and one tube treats a 1200lb horse with the gel.
I have not tried it yet. and I don't know what ratio to mix it at. THe gel wormer seems the most likely candidate simply because of it's price, and the fact that the one dose should treat a s---load of plants. I am going to give this a shot and post my results, but I wanted to know what the peanut gallery had to say, as well as share my "discovery" with the rest of you all.
HAS ANYONE TRIED THIS HERE???
What kind of ratio of Ivermectin to water should I use?
I'm just saying... this stuff is a helluva lot cheaper than most spider mite remedies out there, and is said to kill em dead, without the bug bombs and other such madness.
THANK YOU ICMAG FORUMS. I OWE YOU MUCH KNOWLEGE.