Spider Mites! Help!

[ViktorVaughn]

So, I've got 'em! And I usually treat them with neem oil only this time they appeared just two days after I started the sulfur burner which would put the use of neem oil off for a month. My question is whether or not the sulfur will get rid of them? Please let me know!
Vik

 

[BowlPacks]

I thick the sulfur will slow 'em up, but it wont get rid of them. Why cant you spray neem for a month? A real RJD2 fan, huh? Thats what I like to see...

 

[ViktorVaughn]

Apparently...

Apparently...

...sulfur and oil products react poorly together and cause burn to the plant when used in unison.

 

[cannigrow]

one word: Floramite. This is expensive, but all you need to do battle and win every time. One or two treatments will kill everything, and the residue will kill them for three weeks after.

Avid is a very close second. That's what I use; I've tried the mite eradicator home brewed mixes, and neem works OK, but those two are like dropping the ****ing Atomic bomb on those ****ers.

 

[Blunted22]

are your girls in flower? If not man go to walmart or a meijers or some kind of store like that. Go into the cleaning section (i think) And look for Hotshot No pest strips. They are 5 dollars a peice. Pick up 2-4 of them go home hang them over yoiur VEGGING plants. These cannot be in contact with any flowering plants or they flowers will suck up the pesticide and ruin your crop.


Hang 1 or 2 in your room. they good for about 4 months. You need them in there for about 1-2 weeks. Keep them in there if your not in there all the time if you are get rid of them.

This is the only thing i found to get RID of them for GOOD. i battled them for about 7 months last time. Neem oiled soaped every home remedy and all but bombs from the shop. This was the cheapest thing and actually got rid of them for good.

Ive heard of one guy out of everyone tell m he tried them and didnt work. I find it hard to believe and think he bought the wrong thing but who knows. Pm if you need any more help.

Happy growing

 

[Guest]

I've got rid of them using MuNameIsStich's recepie for tobacco syrup. Just boosted it a little bit, here it is.

Soak the tobacco from 4 strong cigarretes (> 1mg nicotine and 10mg tars) or 6 medium ones (~0,6-0,7 nicotine and 6-8 tars). So soak it in water (about 400-500ml) add a full tablespoon of hot (really HOT) chilly pepper. Leave the mix overnight. Next day boil it for 2-3 minutes, wait for it to cool down, use this tea to spray your plants... works like a charm.
I've also added some nettles to the mix, because I've heard of their insecticide abilities, but I don't have any idea if this helps. Even without the nettles the tea is killing every last one of them.

 

[Guest]

I agree with Cannigrow use floromite, or avid if you want them dead fast. I have never used floromite, but I have read many users opinions, Floromite works. I know avid works I have been using the stuff for years. If you use avid be careful and where the proper PPE. Also avid works even better when used with Stirrup a mite pheromone.

 

[blueberryfarmer]

I once found a great recipe in High Times for some homemade stuff that is cheap, easy to make, and is VERY effective. I will try to recite it here from memory:

Ingredients:
1-2 jalepeno peppers
6-10 cloves of garlic
1-2tbsp cayenne pepper
1-2tsp Ivory dish detergent (any kind except antibacterial)

Supplies:
Blender
Cheesecloth
Spray bottle

Throw all ingredients into the blender (except dish detergent) and fill with water. Blend until everything is pureed and soupy. Now strain the mixture through the cheesecloth. Try not to stretch the cheesecloth too much so the holes remain small and catch a lot of the solid matter. The reason for the straining is so that the chunks of stuff dont clog up your spray bottle. You may want to strain more than once because the spray bottles can be easy to clog. Once you've strained the mixture and filled the spray bottle with it, add the dish detergent. Apparantly the detergent breaks down the outer protective cuticle of the mites, and the hot spicy components of the peppers are strong enough to kill the mites (if i remember correctly). And the smell keeps them and other insects from wanting to return. Spray very liberally, concentrating on the undersides of the leaves and then the whole plant. Wear rubber gloves and dont let thsi stuff come in contact with your eyes. This isn't really recommended for flowering plants, of course... but it works wonders on plants in veg. It should be safe to come in contact with the soil, as there are no toxic chemicals or anything in the mixture. I've used this a few times to combat spider mites on house plants and it works great. Refrigerate unused portions and spray again in 4 or 5 days. The second spraying will knock out any recently hatched mites that might've been missed. Let me know how it works out!

 

[macassa420]

I don,t want to sound like a broken record but try using Vapona No Pest Strips instead of sprays and untested formulas.I hang one strip every 8 feet and theres not just no more mites, theres no bugs of any kind.Check it out.

 

[scegy]

macassa is right, pest strips help a lot, fighting fungus and mites

but, if the infestation is serious, killing ur plant, then i usually had to use some quick chemical shit, no tobacco worked, peppers stop them but not kill them, so it's a cure but it's not a bomb that u need in critical times, u can avoid that in future with strips and low humudity along with good ventilation and right temps(20-26°C)

even with chemicals there was a long fight, had to use it twice and even then i saw a few members of the spider clan every now and then, then they slowly dissapeared in time, specially when i worked up on my ventilation issues

my piece of experiences, good luck

p.s. don't know about the sulfur, but i recon it would burn the plants as their leaves are pretty delicate

 

[Guest]

I've tried everything and nothing works!!!!! I'm going to finish my outdoor grow and start with all new plants.

I'm going to clean my whole indoor growroom with bleach and bomb it before i start in there again.

Good luck I've been fighting them for years now and i hate the little bastards!!!!!!!
GCG

 

[East Valley]

I recently tried azotrol and it works great. I used to use pest strips, and tried the co2 thing, pyrethrin never did anything, neem works but not as well as azotrol ime (edit: i read that the azadiracthin in azotrol is the same chemical in neem oil.) use one of them soapy things, i wanted to try something like ivory but havent had the chance yet, and i already had a bottle of dutch penetrator.

 

[Guest]

I recently tried azotrol and it works great. I used to use pest strips, and tried the co2 thing, pyrethrin never did anything, neem works but not as well as azotrol ime (edit: i read that the azadiracthin in azotrol is the same chemical in neem oil.) use one of them soapy things, i wanted to try something like ivory but havent had the chance yet, and i already had a bottle of dutch penetrator.

EV Azatrol did it for you? I've been thinking of trying it?

GCG

 

[scegy]

i looked on my bottle and it is called ORTUS 5 SC, active ingredient fenpiroksimat
i had a bad infestation and it worked, it also helped my friend when nothing else did with mites

 

[East Valley]

Definitely did Garlic! I sprayed on smaller indoor clones to larger plants of 12" or so inches, and on a male that had a nice roiling mass of the little bastards on its tops in a greenhouse, and on some larger plants outdoors, all visible mite activity stopped, and a week or so later i came back and sprayed em all again for good measure. Things look very healthy now. I am going to use it as preventative next time. Ask your supplier if they have smaller bottles than the litre size they might keep on display, as it doesnt take a lot.

 

[Guest]

Thanks EV that good to know.

GCG

 

[DD4Y]

One of the basic precepts of pest management is that you have to rotate your pest control measures because various pests will build up resistance to a specific product.
For example, if you treat with pyretherins, you can knock out 99.99% of the infestation.
The .01% that survive have some element of resistance to that product. They will eventually repopulate, and you use the same product again. This time a few more resistant mites survive and the cycle continues. Eventually you have a resistant population. Don't rely on just one cure, rotate your pest management products.

 

[richyrich]

Pyrethin fogger bombs. Set one off every 4th day 4 times. Also, hang hot shot strips in the room. That worked for me. The end all is Floramite. That works for everybody.

 

[Guest]

blueberryfarmer, that seems like a nice recepie.
I would try it. but we don't have this Ivory dish detergent here...
Would any other dish detergent do the job? like PUR or something else?

 

[CannaBullies]

Hidhut.com has 1 ounce bottles of Flormite for 30 bucks if you dont want to spend 300 for the regular bottles..oh and i've seen CA super mites that webbed a new no pest strip in 2 days...Borgs suck