spider mite help

[Guest]

ok so i ordere no pest strips and organicide but they wont get here for a few days..my infestation is bad i guess never had them before. when i look "up" from the floor to the light i see about 30 or so black dots on the leaves..thats a total not on every leaf. ive spotted a few webs starting where the leaves connect to the stem. can i spray water on them till my suff ges here?

growing in soil, 6 weeks into flower tomorow. what household prodcuts woudl work best? some dial soap or somehitng? thanks

 

[stretchpup]

that's rough man, 6weeks in...

gotta be gentle but depending on how many many plants you have... physically getting in there and wiping them off can really help... wipe them off with a wet napkin or washcloth. two weeks out is getting pretty damn close for spraying them with anything so go easy. make sure the NPS are in a spot where they get good circulation.

 

[Guest]

i was curious if i jut trimmed off the bad leaves would that help? how bad would it affect the final fattening if i just spray/wipe with water. im sure i wont get hem all but i dont wanna have webbing on my buds. im just barely startinbg to see webbing so i think im good on that for now. i will try the wipe down tonight but i dontwant mold either heh. lesson #1 dont grow in the summer heat.

im not sure if it is related but i think my plants look slower than other peeps. do i cont the "flower" days form the day i notice the sex or the day i switch. if its the day of sex then im at like week 4 ro so

 

[superjoint]

brotha sorry to hear that, if your that deep in 12/12 and if your plants are showing a lot of sugar on the buds, id just wait on putting anything on them,cut the most infested shit off the plants, then with what you can mabey spray very directly at each of the leaves your planing on keeping on the plant, trying hard not to get any spray on to the buds,then mabey take your finger and thumb and squeez the bottom and top of the leaf, bottom to top, try to crush the eggs you know. then after that mabey spray some water under there to dislodge the eggs even more, then keep close eye on plant after day or two the remainig living mom mites will move to newer areas of the plant ,then just nail em again, i use heavy neem oil spray mix with a dash of soap ,let the mites and eggs just soak in it for 30 mins r so, after a couple times you wont see any mites. its a lot easier to combat on vegging plants.

 

[Guest]

ok so i trimmed off a few leaves...idont think it was as bd as i thought as i saw very little webbing at all. any leave with white spots or black specs on the bottom got the chop. even small bud sites got the chop. not gona mess around. gonna put in a no pest strip but do i hang those or set it o the scrog screen? ive got about a thid of it open now. most of the mites were on lower leaves if that matters. also only on one corner of the plant for the most part and only on the other plant where it was near the first one.

 

[stretchpup]

Yeah D, I've trimmed leaves before.

It doesnt matter how many IMO, they spread like wildwire, and are called the borg for a reason. 1 buggie is all it takes to F your garden.

No pest strips dont do SHIT for me, never have. I apparently got the mutant borg from cali which were breed on no pest strips.

That being said, clip it on the front of a fan so the release is blown all over the plants. If I had to put it anywhere...

I bit the bullet and bought Floramite and it's been awesome so far. hidhut sells it in smaller $30 bottles so you don't have to drop 300. Tired of wasting my time with neem and NPS and home depot sprays that don't do anything.

 

[MrDank]

Keep the NPS strips in a smaller sq ft area, and keep it concealed. No air coming in or out. Put the NPS strip in there during the dark perios. Plants don't photosynthesize during the dark, threefore they won;'t be breathing in any of the NPS. Turn on fans but no intake/exhaust. Leave in there for the entire 12 hour dark period. Remove the NPS when lights come on, then repeat every 3 days for 3-4 sessions.

See if that works

 

[psuedonym]

try floramite if you can get it
avoid any product that contains pyrethrins
Vendex works as well

 

[coolx]

too late now, but next time, hit 'em with floramite at 2 weeks into flower as a preventative - lasts 21 days min - kills eggs everything, better than avid. so your at 5 - 6 weeks before they can even think of coming back and at the worst you'd be done by the time they'd be a serious threat again.