1 plant, 1 cola.

[bterzz]

Spider mites..

1 plant, 1 cola. What should I do? A friend has some stuff he paid about 80$ for, he said to mix 2tsp/gallon and spray. Started with an M.

I have 29 plants, I am about 38 days in.

I cut off all leaves that I could see had any problems. Removed and visible webbing and placed the plant in the far corner.

How fast are these guys gonna spread? Are they ok to spray now? Did they come from the dry spell?

 

[sallyforthDeleted member 75382]

Oh they spread fast. Check all plants as they hop around mj so I would get rid of the worst one you have in a corner. I personnally would not spray the buds. Get yer vacuum out and suck them off the plants/buds, you can do this on a regular basis. Get some yellow sticky bud catcher and hang them around the area....this will give you a good indication of how many are in there. When you finnish yer crop get cleaning out the room. Spider mites like it dry and warm.

There are other ways and you can get predataters like lady birds to eat them in the grow room.

I've only had this problem once and I just used the vacuum cleaner to suck em up and it worked to the point I could still get a good harvest.

See what others say as I've only experienced this once.

 

[DrGreenThumb@OZ]

spray infected plant with icy cold water from the freezer in a spray bottle with little dish washing liquid ...

mites hate the cold so spraying them with icey water will kill them and the soap helps kill em as well.

make sure to completely cover plant especially under the leaves where they hide and lay eggs.

 

[thcrefugee]

the soap trick is due to most insects respirating through there skin, and well, with soapy water covering them, they cant breathe.

ladybugs are beneficial too.

 

[bterzz]

Awesome advice everybody. I got the A/C blasting in my room during lights off so today is gonna be a cold one for them.

I got rid of most of them all but will spray the infected plant tonight and look for any others that might be infected.

Im glad I caught them early.