bad mite infection

[Noonin NorCal]

Hi guys, I have one plant that literally had thousands of the little fuckers. I planned on just pulling it tomorrow cause they are just sucking the life out of the plant. I pulled all fans off and lots of sugar leafs that even had freaking mites on them, I was wondering would dipping branch at a time in a solution of water and dish soap actually help or do anything? Or possibly add that mix to my sprayer and just fog the shit out of the plant at night buds and all?

 

[Noonin NorCal]

* infestation

 

[Terpz]

Bag and tag the infested plant. Treat others accordingly. Good luck!

 

[therevverend]

After harvest hang the plant upside down. All the mites will gather at the tip of the stem in a cluster.
I've made the mistake of not hanging mite ridden buds before. No way to get them off the buds. If you hang upside down they will leave on their own.

 

[Lochinvar]

maybe consider leaving it alone. from my expierience, lesving it will cause them boogers to stay on said plant and not infect the rest of your garden. if spacing is limited, this prolly wont work well

 

[Ziggaro]

I 2nd hang upside down it sounds funny but they will migrate to the highest point. At that point I'd break out the vacuum. I wouldn't use soap or anything but water to wash off the buds, if you do that. I test washed one bud that had mites on it with water and it seemed to affect the structure but not the taste or smell of the bud. I really didn't see much point in it aftewards, though.

 

[Terpz]

If you have amber trichs and the plant is fully flushed, by all means chop and hang. Otherwise I would not recommend, to anyone, leaving an infested plant in the garden (esp since you specified 'literally thousands of the little fuckers'). That plant is perfect breeding grounds for an army of mites to prepare and takeover other plants.

 

[Noonin NorCal]

After harvest hang the plant upside down. All the mites will gather at the tip of the stem in a cluster.
I've made the mistake of not hanging mite ridden buds before. No way to get them off the buds. If you hang upside down they will leave on their own.

Unfortunately we don't have space to hang the whole plant upside down. But I'm braking down smaller branches to hang upside down

 

[Noonin NorCal]

We are limited to one room to dry in, There were plants pretty much dried till i brought in more fresh branches to hang and seems they got more moisture back into em. Is there anyway getting around this, i have a dehumidifier and a couple wall fans. Ive only been running the de-hu a few hours a day cause it seems to warm up a bit after leaving on. Thanks