No pest strip test trip against the dreaded borg...

[phattybudz]

I've got bugs. I've been unable to eradicate them with non-toxic means, so now it's on. I'm dropping 3 no pest strips in the 10x13 room and killing the exhaust during dark hours (I'm just starting flower, but I'm still worried about smell w/out my scrubber running...) I've also tried floramite to hell and back, and yes I sprayed every goddamn surface multiple times. Fogged the room twice 3 days apart and saw some still hanging out.

Will they die? We will see. Will 8 hours a day of no exhaust be enough? If I get a little cancer in order to kill them, I'm ok with that. I'm probably going to lose more life from spider-mite related stress affecting my health negatively than cancer at this point.

 

[Budley Doright]

My experience with no pest strips and mites was poor....

I could hear the little bastards laughing at me when it was dark....


I would suggest instead using multiple mitacides with floramite being one.....

treat 2 or 3 times then switch......

You might try forbid 4f....

they say mites should not become resistant to this one.....

 

[Zoolander]

I had no luck with them at all for my mite problem

 

[theratings]

The strip killed every bug in my space but it was a small space, less than 50 square feet, and I only used one. I'm interested to see how it stands up to an infestation in a large room.

 

[dillhole]

I've used very dilute bifenthrin with great success. It's supposed to be safe but I wouldn't use it during flowering. Use it only as a last resort. The no pest strips did nothing for mites or fungus gnats.

 

[Norkali]

I think a huge part of it is being able to let the vapors build up in the room for hours at a time. If there isn't time for the vapors to build up, nothing will happen - you'll just maybe have woozy borg, lol. I've used them a couple times and they do NOT work for shit if you keep running ventilation or even vent it periodically....they WILL kill everything if left long enough to dissipate in a closed room. I think you'll knock 'em down after this, as long as you stay on top of it.

I wish you luck.

 

[The End Is Near]

I'm surprised it didn't work for you, but 8 hours seems a bit short. Tthe 2 times I've needed a NPS it seemed to worked overnight, but I just left it there for a few days for good measure and never had survivors. I hope you didn't throw them away because they last a long time if stored.

 

[Zoolander]

Norkali is 100% right , I could not stop my ventilation and that might have be the problem

 

[NOYB]

The strip killed every bug in my space but it was a small space, less than 50 square feet, and I only used one. I'm interested to see how it stands up to an infestation in a large room.

Just use more in a larger space...lol. The space I had to deal with was 8 x 18. Everything was trained into trellis netting and no way to spray anything. I found an early infestation and tried the strips, at least 4 and think more like 6 cause I wanted to make sure, lights out with no ventilation and after 2 days everything was gone...the thrips only lasted 1 day. I used them again about 5 days later for a few 'nights' just in case.

 

[uefear]

No pest strips don't work in well ventilated areas.....you have to turn off your ventilation during lights off and that is when you also want the strip out. At night is when mites are active therefore you should cut off the ventilation at night and let em have it.

 

[phattybudz]

I will try and cut the ventilation 12hrs a row in a few days...can't have it off with the lights on or it will get super hot & I'd rather keep the lights on during their cycle I think...

 

[darookie2000]

Did you try azamax? Bombs didn't work? What kind did you try? Pyrethrins?

 

[Blue Dot]

You might try forbid 4f....

they say mites should not become resistant to this one.....

Ornamental Insecticide/Miticide
For professional use only. For control of mites and whiteflies on ornamental plants in and around areas such
as parks, golf courses, recreational areas, and residential or commercial buildings.

H'mm?

This mode of activity, inhibiting lipid biosynthesis thus causing dessication (i.e., drying-out), is virtually the same as that of soaps and oils. That is, the MOA for Forbid 4F can be considered, for the sake of simplicity, to be MOA 6 as defined in papers elsewhere on this website, and in articles appearing in the Rose Society’s newsletter, Basal Breaks. This is great because MOA 6 has little or no potential for the development of resistance – an analogy[1] would be a flamethrower: you may miss some of your targets, but when they return they’ll be no less vulnerable to the flame.

Interesting.

 

[theHIGHlander]

no pest strips work, but thay wont kill them all,,,you have to get the eggs that hatch a few days after.so more than 1 treatment will be needed..(after all the borg are a collective thay can warn each other off the danger lol...)..

get some lady bugs in there (if you can get them)...after youve treated you plant with no pest strips,neem, ect ect,,,then let you army off lady bugs loose,,,if the food is there thay will stay and fight your war...(and win)...

good luck bro


keep it green
highlander

 

[THC123]

yeah lady bugs have an enormous appetite.

BUT i just can't stress it enough , use bac plant vitality plus , this actually WORKS against spider mites , it is non toxic AND healthy for the plant

 

[phattybudz]

Yeah I used a pyrethrin bomb and a synthetic bomb.. How late in flower can you use those things btw, 3-4 weeks I'm guessing? We want to get 2 more tables going staggered in a month...so if we bombed at the start of that run it might be good unless it will fuck up my buds.

Ladybugs sound fun haha.. another troublesome thing is that I've got some in my bedroom closet (cloner and seedlings,) which had a few eggs, and my roommate has vegges in his room with eggs, so I think I'm going to put everything back in the room and bomb again and then release ladybugs afterwards... I've got a strip up in my closet too for 24 hours or so.

Plant vitality plus, not sure if I can find it in the US anywhere...?

 

[Cruzin]

I would be interested to hear about how the Azamax works. My local hydro shop has been pushing it.

Maybe im wrong but i dont think you are pulling them in your room. You're just not killing the life cycle. Either too many days between treatment or missing leaves when you're spraying Floramite.

Spidermite infestations, and i mean infestation in its literal meaning require diligent work and a lot of frustration. You will defeat these little terrorists!

 

[uefear]

1 Praying Mantis > 100 Lady Bugs for pest control.

 

[phattybudz]

"Maybe im wrong but i dont think you are pulling them in your room. You're just not killing the life cycle. Either too many days between treatment or missing leaves when you're spraying Floramite."

Man I could swear I covered every square cm of leaf with floramite and neem and they bounced back worse than ever.. it is a tough battle, I fear I might need to just shut down for a month and start fresh from seed...

Praying mantis' will go after spidermites?

 

[phattybudz]

Ok guys, last night was 3 full days with 12 hour no-ventilation.

I did not see a single mite in the flowering room last night.

While this doesn't mean I've eradicated them completely, it's a damn good sign that they are unappreciative of their poison bath.

I'm going to be vigilant and I'll update if they come back (or not.)