Spider Mites, -sigh-

[stinkyattic]

Snitffs- That's probably not mites. You'd have seen them first HIGH on the plant where it is warm. I see potassium and magnesium lockout (betcha you don't havce good drainage in those bags, get them up on racks so they drain freely) and what looks like it could be a calcium problem too. Little white things could be greenhouse whiteflies (if they look like tiny moths) or adult thrips (if they don't).
Make sure there is never standing water in your drain tray and your soil dries out rather well between waterings, and complete a runoff pH test to rule out acidic soil as a cause. I'd ask the mods to split this off into a new thread actually; it's going to get fixed easier with a proper thread title.

 

[ChaosCatalunya]

If you can, drop the temp in the room as cold as possible. Spider mites reproduce exponentially, as the temp rises.

Exactly, and so many people get caught out by this .... they get an infestation, crop, shut down for "ages".... but in a cold growroom, the mites will lie dormant for years .....so, turn a light or heater on, but leave the fans off..... it gets very hot and every Spider Mite egg in there will hatch ... then you can kill the MOFOs.

I use a product called Torque, a specific Spider Mite poison not generally for sale to the public in the UK, you need a horticultural supplier. In Spain it is in the local Garden Center obviously, alongside the DDT, Strichnine etc...It kills mites and all eggs in one go, veg only obviously.

 

[Weedninja]

Stinky: He had a thread where he said he was using straight distilled water and we put him on calmag. I guess he's asking for a 2nd opinion.

 

[sniffs]

Thanks Stinky for your opinion! And yeah I had another thread that Weedninja helped me in! i got the Calmag and ever since then all new growth has been healthy so thats fixed! I only saw 2 little white mite looking things jumping around so I thought maybe I have a mite problem, but i've been looking over my babies ever since so closely and I haven't seen any other mites on my girls. Would they be in the soil or on the actual plant? I found a total of 2 little white bead looking things on a stem on one of my girls it was tiny as hell...you think this could possibly be an egg of some sort? I'm really worried about those 2 small mites I saw I don't need a mite problem now after everything else =\! If I DID have a mite problem would I see alot of them jumping around or on my girls' leaf's/stems? Also I know the house I'm renting has termites, but I thought termites had wings and were bigger than the average mite? And I didn't think they were white either....

 

[sniffs]

Anybody?

 

[theHIGHlander]

sniffs ,,am pritty sure the wee white things you seen would likely be springtails...have a look around there are loads off pics/posts on hear

am sure iff your palnts were getting attacked from the borg you would know about it (there would be more than 2)

 

[johnipedestran]

sniffs that pic you showed ain't from mites. I would follow the advise from stinky.

peace
jip

 

[boudinboy]

I had them bad! they laughed at the no pest strips bought avid sprayed sprayed again in 5 days all gone for months now

 

[dankmn]

thankfully I caught this problem early, I got some neem oil extract pesticide and gave them a few sprays, seems to have cleared up the spider mites, no evidence of them on any of the clones/mom also got a mite/flea powder for the floor, powdered and vacuumed. 1 week has past with no spider mites to be found hopefully....

 

[justanotherbozo]

censorship sucks!