Too funny I just used that word in another post.
btw its moot.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/moot
btw its moot.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/moot
terrible story, man. I hope things work out for you.juana2 said:Hello darlings,
have been busy saving my grow and thus my a** the past two months, and I haven't had time to cruise this site much and keep up on threads.
About two months ago my plants started looking funky, intuition said this ain't no nute or ph prob, but I played science with my mix trying to fix it anyways. ( hydro,GH nutes,4 gal cat litter buckets,800w hps flower, floro grow room)
at the time I had two Grimm 99's in late flower and a bunch of clones and two moms in veg.
Within a week it became evident what the problem was- one I had hoped I would never see!
The dreaded Spider Mite!
If there is any subject where it is appropriate to use ugly words such a c***suckers or c***s it is when discussing the spider mite.
I freaked. I had to cut early and wash the plants before I dried them.
It was not the quality I was used to. I lost all my clones except 1, that has held on and become the mother by default, though, having survived has proven how tough she is. I did almost everything that I read was reccommended.
The weird kitchen mixes in spray bottles. Neem oil spray. I tore down the flower room and built a new one in a new spot, took everything out of veg and bleached it and repainted it. Lady bugs, Mite predators, predator mites,jeesh. and I waited . and they seemed to be gone.
Started some new seedlings, put what I salvaged ( two from veg)in new flower room and a month into flower the mites are back on the new mother and the flowering plants.
I cried,OK?
googled swear words+spider mites, not even kidding
and found a thread on a dif site ( sorry ,cannabis.com) by some quazy mofo called opie utts who said save yer dough and buy some No Pest Strips.
so I went to HOme Deep Grow and got 2 for ten bucks. Put one in the flower room, one in the veg and at night shut off the fans so it can build up in the rooms.
It's been 48 hours and the only mites I see are dead. The new mom grew two inches of nice fresh leaf and I had to raise the lights on her.
I don't know if the eggs survive or how long before they hatch and die, so I am leaving them in there. I don't spend a lot of time in the rooms so I am not worried about exposure.
The other thing I found out in my googling travels is this has been the worst year for spider mites here in the usa - all kinds, even the people eating ones. yuck!
It has really pushed me to clean up my act here and be aware of what I am taking in there with me.
and I am looking forward to winter with even more enthusiasm than usual.
overgrow forever all for one plant!
MynameStitch said:ya that does looks like spider mites; does your leaves have little white spots on them or see little black like bugs running around underneath leaves?
When you have webbing on your plants you already have a bad infestation of them...... you should get 2 methods of removing them and one of them should be sticky traps and the other you can choose one......... click on the link in my sig and scroll down to spider mites
I appreciate your help, but the condescending tone is not necessary.SolarT said:I was wondering where you got the idea sticky traps Sardonic, now I know. Spidermites don't move fast enough or far enough to dent the population with sticky traps. hell you could wrap the plant in sticky and most the mites will just stand there and suck the life out of the plant.
3 or 4 days ago we said No Pest Strips - turn the net off and go get them NOW. Do you? ohhhhh nooooooooo, so
in that time, you probably have 5 times as many mites and there are more hatching evey minute.
you were warned, spidermites are not your friend
uggggggg. thanks, man. this sucks immensely. mo money mo money mo money. i'll go grab them now..juana2 said:zzzzzzzz
no pest strips with diclorvos. home depot. 5 bucks each.
i think mynamestitch says the first thing you should get is no pest strips- NOT sticky traps. two different things.
sorry for the confusion.
KEY INGREDIENT-DICHLORVOS
Sardonic said:I don't understand, hillbillie. why would that be the case? can a bad infestation not be fought off?