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Hemp Russet Mites!! Help?
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BadPenny
Sorry if stupid question
Sorry if stupid question
Does the cold treatment work if you are too close to harvest to do anything else? I read per harvest, hang upside down under a light source and drop temps under 60 and they'll crawl to the light, is this a wives tale or any legitimacy to it? Thanks in advance.
Sorry if stupid question
Does the cold treatment work if you are too close to harvest to do anything else? I read per harvest, hang upside down under a light source and drop temps under 60 and they'll crawl to the light, is this a wives tale or any legitimacy to it? Thanks in advance.
Bumba Claat
Member
Has anyone used Conserve SC or Aza+(plus), or a lime sulphur spray to treat these little punks, have been reading elsewhere some people have been having luck with them. Also say a post somewhere about coconut trees in India getting hit hard with HRM they injected a thing called Eco Neem Plus not available in the US but is Neem with a very highly concentrated formula of Azadirachtin?
link to article from India
http://www.thehindu.com/seta/2002/08/01/stories/2002080100200300.htm
link to article from India
http://www.thehindu.com/seta/2002/08/01/stories/2002080100200300.htm
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MET 52 or PFR 97.. I heard Kontos works well also.. Dude at the grow shop was selling Nuke 'Em idk if that stuff works or not tho.
I've battled broad mites (cousin of the hemp russet mite), and have seen people miss diagnose broads as hemp russet. The damage they do, and their appearance in mass look the same.
Not trying to heat my room to 125 for however long, my ladies dont want that. Also not spending time experimenting, I really wouldn't want to think I killed them, and then have them come back twice as hard a few weeks out from harvest. Used a slew of products, nuke em being one those. It does not kill them. Definitely is good at knocking them down, but so would a hose down with regular water. The only things I've found that kill them are Avid, Forbid, Shuttle-o, swkiskii mites, and Met 52 EC. The last two of those are organic, and I've seen them work.
upside down thing works o n spider mites.... doubt it would work for broads and hrms because they do so much damage while it's alive.
DONAJTHEIII
Member
these are literally the easiest things to beat once you understand them .
I wish every bug died from heat treatments
hate reading through the RA thread here
hoping the sm-90 24/7 and h202 in my rez with azamax root drenches keep those bastards long gone
AJAE
I wish every bug died from heat treatments
hate reading through the RA thread here
hoping the sm-90 24/7 and h202 in my rez with azamax root drenches keep those bastards long gone
AJAE
UberDawg420
Member
God I pray I never get these little fukkers! I thought thrips were bad but damn.
I really feel for you growers having to deal with all that...
I really feel for you growers having to deal with all that...
New bottles of flora mite say on the label it does nothing for hrm or broadmites. Pyrethrins don't do anything either so I doubt attain (bifenthrin) will do anything either.
If you want to keep these from getting resistent, use proper ipm. Don't keep spraying the same thing over and over. I have about 7 organics and then forbid and avid. I only use the Chem stuff once per cycle. Anything oily helps, like organocide. Azatrol and azamax help but won't cure alone. I use the organics first to knock them back, then hit them with the chems, then back to the organics. Clearly your own cycle times will determine when to spray.
If you want to keep these from getting resistent, use proper ipm. Don't keep spraying the same thing over and over. I have about 7 organics and then forbid and avid. I only use the Chem stuff once per cycle. Anything oily helps, like organocide. Azatrol and azamax help but won't cure alone. I use the organics first to knock them back, then hit them with the chems, then back to the organics. Clearly your own cycle times will determine when to spray.
Well thanks man but I've been hrm free for like three years now...
The current recommendation to use in the home from the University of California-Davis is:
Treat seed by heating on a stove for 5 minutes in a solution of 3% hydrogen peroxide at 140°F. (available in drug stores and pharmacies)
Important to maintain this temperature using a clean, accurate cooking thermometer.
Exceeding this temperature may damage or kill seeds resulting in poor germination.
Remove seed and rinse under running room temperature water for 1 minute.
Discard the hydrogen peroxide and do not reuse.
For more information see the publication 8151 Growing Sprouts at Home (http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/8151.pdf).
Congratulations Third Coast.
Thanks for the tip. Yeah I freaked out and did the old slash n burn. Killed everything and shut down for a few weeks with lots of doses of bleach. Glad I did and never looked back, although it would not be that easy nowadays.
Probably the only wise course of action.
Carbon dioxide is supposed to kill these mites and their eggs, among other pests - without harming plants, even if they're bagged up with pure CO2 for a couple days.
