Spider mites, I been losing..

[Douglas.Curtis]

Step #1
Find and *eliminate* the source of infection. Without accomplishing this step you will always lose. (That's correct, lose has one o. lol)

Step #2
Let the current flowering crop finish while destroying the worst plants along the way. I'd rather smoke a bit of mites than pesticides/oils/whatever.

Step #3
Mix 1 Pint 70-90% isopropyl alcohol to a gallon of water, plus a surfactant to help it spread on leaves.

Step #4
Cover the root zone of your plants to keep the mixed solution away from them.

Step #5
Spray every surface of the plants until they drip. Do this every 3 days for 5 treatments.

Not doing step #1 properly will make 2-5 useless no matter how thorough you are.

Good luck

 

[Loc Dog]

Loc Dog did you get rid of those nasties that came to you last spring? I got them from that same guy on strainly those were my first round with them in 20 yrs/ever, took me months to rid my place of them. Wound up going total nuclear I won.

Finally got rid of them, and ordered around 25 clones from 5 or 6 vendors, and all had fusarium. They use aerocloners to produce a lot fast, and spreads it like wild fire. Fusarium has to get in through wound, like gaping hole in bottom of every cutting in an aerocloner. Also is issue for rockwool cloners sharing the came feed. Many dunk them all in the same bath once a day. Probably spreading HLVD also, but fusarium kills within day to months depending on temperature and humidity.

 

[zachrockbadenof]

Step #1
Find and *eliminate* the source of infection. Without accomplishing this step you will always lose. (That's correct, lose has one o. lol)

and of course that is the key... but finding where they come from is my problem... prev grow didn't have one, last grow in a diff... but cleaner room i had em... now closed down for the summer, and in the fall will re-construct the tent, then spray ,bomb, no pest strips, b4 putting one plant in the tent... and keep fingers crossed...

 

[TanzanianMagic]

Naturally occurring alkaloids and terpenes.

I'm writing a Kindle/Ebook to put everything in one place.

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids from garlic leaf extract and tobacco leaf extract have shown efficacy against two-spotted mites.

Clove chases away a lot of bugs, however you have to like the effect on the terpenes/high. It works better with indica strains than upbeat landrace sativas, for what I've seen so far.

Just put a piece of close near your plants, and they'll absorb the terpenes. If it's too much, just take it away.

 

[xtsho]

Citric acid. Mix it yourself or buy a product like Flying Skull Nuke Em or Doctor Zymes. Both are OMRI.

Neem is more of a preventative to be used only during veg. But you really don't want to be spraying oils on you plants as it plugs the stomata slowing the process of photosynthesis. Some of the other things people use are toxic and should not be used on cannabis or anything.

 

[Tynehead Tom]

I use Pylon..... but only in veg.
Key is to inspect your plants at least once a day to look for evidence of bugs.
At first sign of mites or aphids...... Safer's End All but that is ony for initial outbreaks.
Mites show up in flower?
Only real option is alcohol/H202 and wetting agent mixed in water , sprayed every 3 or 4 days
but once fat flowers form like beyond week 3..... not much a guy can do as constant spraying may induce other issues.

 

[Boo]

Keep in mind that if you’re using a wedding agent or surfactant on your plans when they are in flower, you were going to taste whenever you put on the flowers to prevent your bugs. Soap is a good surfactant, but it taste horrible.