OH MY GOD! THE BORG!!! LAST 2 WEEKS!!!

[presilia]

Thank you all,

No doubt about it, the mites was there long before i spotted them.
I figured that there is a mineral def, but i was really wrong!

She looks like there are sucking here good, most of the fan leafs are dry,
but she is holding on and i thing still developing the flower size.

i don't know where to find NPS in my area,
im really scared from mold so i don't want to spray water on them, i have only less then 2 weeks to finish.

when drying the buds, the mites will continue to breed?
i dont mind to smoke them, but i want to clear the buds as many as i can.
The webs can creates mold in curing no?

im from the middle east and its very hot in here, im talking about 36-40C outside and im struggling to keep them no more the 29-30C

and at night its still hot around 23-26C

that's why thy love my garden.
but last time i didn't had them, and it was even more hot!

thank you

 

[presilia]

try watering them down now with a water spray, or dunk them in some h20... if not, then harvest and rinse in water... i would avoid any chems or neem as it may affect the smoke..just use gods natural water

truthfully ive smoked spider mites... they are quite tasty ..

dont freak out man.. atleast you made it to the last 2 weeks... live n learn

What do you mean when you say rinse? really to wash them?

 

[LiLWaynE]

What do you mean when you say rinse? really to wash them?

i mean, do whatever it takes to knock the adult spiders plus their eggs off of your plant with the earths most abundandt resource-h2o.... that might even entail that you squish the bugs and eggs and just leave their remnants on the leaves to later be smoked... they wont hurt ya.. its just not a desirable thing to have bugs on your "fruit"... if you have large bugs with many hiding spots for the suckers, then its gonna be hard and you are just going to have to deal with them as you go... just dont go sprayin any shit on them other then water

 

[ChaosCatalunya]

Spraying them with a CO2 Fire Extinguisher freezes them to death, deals with large infestations, just be careful not to freeze the plant itself.

No, I am not joking........ it really works.

 

[Guest 18340]

I'm dealing with this problem as well. A friend of mine was in the habit of bringing outside plants in and he gave me a cut that was infested, which in turn infested every plant I have.
They are not easy to get rid of and it seems the only thing dying now are my plants from me spraying them with the lights on.
I'm on the brink of loosing every clone and every mom plant.
Please do let us know what worked for you.
Good luck

 

[The End Is Near]

I would seriously go on ebay and try to find a seller that will overnight a NPS overseas. Some of these other solutions are really making me cringe.

 

[growinthehills]

suck em off with a vacuum. better than anything else suggested imo

 

[odin_]

neem and wait it out, when you cut, they will all run to the open stem at the top if u hang em upside down.

this is about all you can do

hanging the plants upside will indeed cause them all to go to the top (bottom since they re hung), and the neem will wash the webs off

i would cut them now though and then focus on getting them out of the room

if you wait they will only get worse

 

[Proteus]

you can spray them with a horticultural oil, such as stylet or soy oil, not neem this late...

but yep, fill a bucket with water and DUNK your buds and agiatte them before hanging to dry. this will wash off mites, eggs, and any oils you may spray between now and then.

worst time to get mites, but you have probobly had them the whole crop, and they are just now to the point of visably multiplying. to prevent this, dunk all new babies in a mite killer before planting.

 

[presilia]

suck em off with a vacuum. better than anything else suggested imo

That's what i thought at first but didn't now if that will help...

I think ill try this, suck em good with a vacuum YA!

If that wont work ill soaked them in water and let them dry.

I don't think that she can finish the last 2 weeks, her fan leafs are completely dry and she have only the small leafs that coming out from the flower.

I'm going to cut her down.

 

[odin_]

That's what i thought at first but didn't now if that will help...

I think ill try this, suck em good with a vacuum YA!

If that wont work ill soaked them in water and let them dry.

I don't think that she can finish the last 2 weeks, her fan leafs are completely dry and she have only the small leafs that coming out from the flower.

I'm going to cut her down.

the vacuum is good for the webs but isnt going to touch the eggs
ok if you cut now

pot is like a sponge and dunking an almost mature plant will probably knock some of the mites off (thc also), but you are also gonna let your buds absorb all of that water - much like a heavy rain right before harvest

i would focus on getting the webbing off, then hang the whole plant upside down after you cut - the slimy little bastards will web up the bottom of the plants, since they think its the top, but you will save your tops

 

[the Rock]

for those with mites in veg cycle floramite is the only way to go/

 

[nephilthim]

for those with mites in veg cycle floramite is the only way to go/

nephilthim seconds that motion with a HERE HERE.

 

[The Baphomet]

I have dealt with these fuckers many times . I now use floromite 3 weeks before flowering and I have had zero mites for the last several runs '.

Being that it is the last two weeks of flowering I would use a shop vac or a good dust buster and vac the webbing and mites everyday , it will make a major difference in the quality of the smoke if you use the vac instead of doing nothing
Also if u have only a few plants I would wipe the fan leaves with a damp sponge with soapy warm water after the vac ..............



Hope this helps good luck and always use neem or some other mild mite killa once a week until the second week of flowering and you will never see a mite or aphid

 

[C21H30O2]

I will never use floromite around my organic nugs. Why spend 3 + months growing something and then dump a bunch of toxins on it? I have used the vacuum with much success against mites, totally destroys them, make sure to use a shop vac, and use the round attachment with the bristles. The bristles gently knock the spidermites off the plants and as soon as they are loose the vacuum makes short work of them. Im not sure how well it works on eggs but if you only have 2 weeks left i would do it once a nite and after clipping. Also Neem works wonders in veg and early flower IF and this is a big IF you use a blender to mix it. Seems like a minor thing but it makes a huge difference.