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Spider mites into second week of flowering

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Strudel

Member
Hello american frieds, iam in italy and i have a problem with spider mites

Iam into 2 week of flowering indoor

I have some spider mites

Do you know a product GREEN CLEANER?

Somebody say is good even if you have flower and is not a problem to use it even in flowering plants?

Any advices about that? What should i do? And what about predatory mites?

Thankyou so much.
Giuseppe.happy to year to everybody.
 
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Easy7

Active member
Veteran
If organics is a priority. Try dr bronner's soap, need oil, and essential oils. I am not certain which oils work best for spider mites. Anise oil is good for some critters.
 
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JJ Lowe

Active member
Strudel said:
Hello american frieds, iam in italy and i have a problem with spider mites

Iam into 2 week of flowering indoor

I have some spider mites

Do you know a product GREEN CLEANER?

Somebody say is good even if you have flower and is not a problem to use it even in flowering plants?

Any advices about that? What should i do? And what about predatory mite

Gr

Thankyou so much.
Giuseppe.happy to year to everybody.
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Greenclean works.. make sure you shake it really well..
 
troutman

troutman

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Eggs sometimes live thru the initial treatment. Make sure your treat your plants a 2nd or 3rd time at least a few days later.
Under optimum conditions (approximately 80ºF), spider mites complete their development in five to twenty days.
 
GMT

GMT

The Tri Guy
Veteran
This time of year it should be easy to lower your temps. The lower you get them, the slower they will breed.
Keep your airflow maxed out, and get your humidity level as high as you dare.
You can go down the arms race, or you can make them want to leave.
 
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Strudel

Member
Infact they start to be in my grow room as i slow dow my humidity, but.... before i had temperature around 14 degree at night and humidity around 80% and never less than 65% and i had all humid on my walls in contact with plants leaves....

So after i bought an dehumidifier now is perfect condition for my flowers...but as is less humid spider mites arrives...

So in any case if i choose to replace high humidityand cold will be also a problem i guess...

I will try to fight them..gonna buy predatory mites.and may be if not i will use green cleaner.
 
HarvestMoon303

HarvestMoon303

Active member
Strudel said:
Infact they start to be in my grow room as i slow dow my humidity, but.... before i had temperature around 14 degree at night and humidity around 80% and never less than 65% and i had all humid on my walls in contact with plants leaves....

So after i bought an dehumidifier now is perfect condition for my flowers...but as is less humid spider mites arrives...

So in any case if i choose to replace high humidityand cold will be also a problem i guess...

I will try to fight them..gonna buy predatory mites.and may be if not i will use green cleaner.
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14C (57.2F) is a little too cold. If your plants are routinely that cold, it will slow down growth/flowering and you'll be in 12/12 for 10-12 weeks on an "8 week" strain. I have a plant that showed one male part. I pulled it from flower and it's just growing as a house plant now. The room that it's in is routinely 55 degrees, and it's just in suspended animation. It's very green and healthy looking, but it's too cold and because of that, it's in "week 7" of preflower, with no weight or substance to the buds at all.
 
stoney917

stoney917

i Am SoFaKiNg WeTod DiD
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2weeks in???? Sprayem with chems or. Good luck... Nuthin organic will kill them and keep them down long enough to finish the crop practically.... Also consider your veg moms infected to... Act before it's to late once you in week 3 it outta time to use nukes
 
yts farmer

yts farmer

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Can you get a product called mighty wash in your area?

Not organic but kills mights on contact and have seen some positive responses from users.

Peace.
 
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Strudel

Member
Thankyou guys but i decide...i will try to find predatory mites and if i can not find them i will use GREEN CLEANER as is written that is possible to use it even during flowering...

In any case my priority will be predatory mites...let'z hope to find it soon...
 
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SilentFeet

Member
I too have spidermites 2 weeks in.

I have sprayed them a couple of times, but they are still there.

They are not the same all over the grow, there is one corner which has heaps, and that corner so far has not been getting much breeze from the fan, and I think air blowing on the plants deters spidermites.

So I'm putting a fan blowing strongly on that spot.

Also my room has been too hot, so I have ordered a more powerful exhaust fan.

That will cool it down and make the spidermites breed slower.

As it is because of the heat they are breeding as quick as I can kill them.

Plants are looking healthy though, they have not done much damage so far.

I don't think I will be able to totally get rid of them in this grow, as it's a bit of a jungle and I wont be able to contact spray all of them, but long as I can keep the numbers down so they don't have much effect on the plants then I should get a harvest.

But yeah, a fan blowing strongly on the plants deters them, I don't know if it makes it hard for them to breed or what but it definately works.
 
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GreenGreenie

Member
I'm a relatively new grower. I had a huge mite issue at the end of my 2nd grow. GreenCleaner worked, but it only got the hatched ones.
The best you can hope for is to save your crop with green cleaner, but it took Azmax, All Seasons, Malathion, and a home brew recipe I got from this site to eliminate them and keep 'em away.
 
aridbud

aridbud

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ICMag Donor
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All natural, no chemicals, washes off.

Habanero or chile sauce spray
1.) Get a sauce pan - fill with one pint of water - put on lowest flame possible (do not boil !!!).
2.) Chop 4 -5 Habanero peppers fine. Chop open seeds and central membranes, as the power lies there.
3.) Simmer chopped peppers for 20 minutes - making sure not to boil (you will destroy the active proteins).
4.) When you put your head over the pan and the wispy-steam stings your eyes, the Calicleaner is ready.
5.) Pour the Calicleaner through a fine mesh strainer - a little fine grit is OK - let cool in a clean bowl.
6.) Pour room temperature contents in a mister spray bottle. Your are ready to apply.

HOW TO APPLY

1.) Put on gloves, and wear a mask, or at least put a bandana around your nose and mouth.
2.) Turn off all fans - you do not want this spray in your eyes!!!
3.) Spray the bottom of EVERY leaf - starting with the bottom leaves first, work up to the top.
4.) After the bottoms are done, hit the tops and the stems.
5.) Squirt liberally in new leaf pods - tightly wound new leaf growth (the small mites hide there).
6.) Get the heck out of the room till it clears.
7.) Repeat procedure with each plant.
8.) Spray the soil, the pots, and the floor or earth around the area to kill dropping mites and stop migration.
9.) Wash hands with soap and water when complete - the stuff will heat-up skin for 4 hours.
10.) DO NOT WORRY. Though the stuff is lethal to mites, the plants love it.

Nowadays you can buy habanero sauce at a lot of groceries. Tabasco works well, too.
 
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