Ripshot
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I have been growing for over a decade. Over the last few years ive seen all pesticides available in canada banned. The only product we have left is Pyrethrins. This is the only pesticide available in ontario, at least.
i see so many threads with the solution to use these products;
-Mighty wash
-Azamax
-Floramite
-Avid
-Neem Oil
-no pest strips
All of the above have been banned for use by the canadian government. There is literally, no options left to control spider mite infestations.
Safers end all is pyrethrin which the mites laugh at after just two or three aplications, and cannot be used during any stage of flower due to its residue and smell.
predatory mites arent viable either as you cannot have a product covered in mites, predatory or not.
Many people will say that only amateur growers cannot control spider mites. however i do not find this to be so, it does not take much for a healthy crop to become infested in a matter of days. by the time the damage is noticed the mites already have a strong foothold and by then, without any chemical forms of control the only option is to remove all plants from the grow rooms and start over.
im willing to bet anyone that says its easy to control spider mites without chemicals dosent grow very many plants. I have over 30 in my flowering room and another 30 in my veg room. infestations of that size are very hard to control and in my experience without chemicals you can never completely irradicate spider mites for good.
I have not seen much discussion on the fact that canada has banned the use of all pesticides. i wonder what other growers in canada are using to control mites, if they are using anything at all. i have gone years without spraying or seeing spider mite damage, so i assume other growers are experiencing the same and simply destroying plants that become infested, or entire grows if need be.
so are there any canadian growers out there that can add some input? correct me if i am wrong.
i see so many threads with the solution to use these products;
-Mighty wash
-Azamax
-Floramite
-Avid
-Neem Oil
-no pest strips
All of the above have been banned for use by the canadian government. There is literally, no options left to control spider mite infestations.
Safers end all is pyrethrin which the mites laugh at after just two or three aplications, and cannot be used during any stage of flower due to its residue and smell.
predatory mites arent viable either as you cannot have a product covered in mites, predatory or not.
Many people will say that only amateur growers cannot control spider mites. however i do not find this to be so, it does not take much for a healthy crop to become infested in a matter of days. by the time the damage is noticed the mites already have a strong foothold and by then, without any chemical forms of control the only option is to remove all plants from the grow rooms and start over.
im willing to bet anyone that says its easy to control spider mites without chemicals dosent grow very many plants. I have over 30 in my flowering room and another 30 in my veg room. infestations of that size are very hard to control and in my experience without chemicals you can never completely irradicate spider mites for good.
I have not seen much discussion on the fact that canada has banned the use of all pesticides. i wonder what other growers in canada are using to control mites, if they are using anything at all. i have gone years without spraying or seeing spider mite damage, so i assume other growers are experiencing the same and simply destroying plants that become infested, or entire grows if need be.
so are there any canadian growers out there that can add some input? correct me if i am wrong.
