spidermites 1 week into flowering

[slackerbri]

Hi everyone and any help is greatly appreciated.

I recently found what appear to be spidermites on some of my indoor plants and thought I killed them all about 2 weeks ago but it turns out I was wrong. I am aprox 4 days into my flowering cycle. Any advice to kill these off one shot, quick, dead, finished, caput. I think I can just bomb them but I wanted to make sure there werent any negative reprocussions or if anyone had a better idea.
Thanks

 

[Mr. Nevermind]

since they are flowering i would stay away from spraying shit on your buds to kill em. I would use good old hot shot no pest strips. they kill mites and last up to 2-3 months so it kills adults and if eggs make it then it kills the newly hatched ones so all are gone. Use them during your 12 hour dark period with no fans on and they should all be gone in a day or two. alot of people are against NPS cuz they say they are toxic. but if you only use them at night wiht lights out, the plants arent breathing since you need light for photosynthesis. so therefore they wont breath anything toxic in and just kills mites.

There is also a spray that is ok to use on flowering plants called Mite X. its all natural and is primarily garlic and clove oil. and its safe to use on fruits and veggies. It makes the room smell like garlic for a minute or two but if a mite touches it they die, period.

just remember, wahtever treatment you use that mites lay eggs fast so if you treat them once you need to keep treating ivery 2-3 days for 2 weeks or so to make sure you got all of em and no eggs made it

Hope that helps




Nevermind

 

[Guest]

http://www.hotshotbrand.com/ProductCategories/IndoorInsecticides/NoPestStrip/

Put it in your room for 3-4 days... problem solved... remove and store in a ziplok baggie should you need it in the future.

Most hardware stores carry them.

 

[slackerbri]

I've got one int there now, I've left it in there constantly since sunday. It dosent seem to be doing a whole lot but maybe I just havent waited long enough. I do have a fair amount of circulating air in the room, should I lessen that?

 

[Mr. Nevermind]

I've got one int there now, I've left it in there constantly since sunday. It dosent seem to be doing a whole lot but maybe I just havent waited long enough. I do have a fair amount of circulating air in the room, should I lessen that?

You should have no fans going at all when using no pest strips. Use them during dark period and turn fans off and you should see a difference in 2-3 days. Turn the fans off and give it a try




Nevermind

 

[MTF-Sandman]

I've had less than ideal results from NPS's as well...you're still early enough in that you can use a real miticide like Avid or Floramite. One thorough spraying and they WILL be gone.

 

[baccas125]

Floramite is way better than avid. Just my two cents.

 

[cooked cook]

I've seen some folks say that neem oil can be used in flower. I personally don't like to use it past a week or so into flower. I find it very hard to believe that it's going to be possible to get that neem oil off of the buds. in fact, i've smoked some buds that were neemed during flower, and though the grower did spray them with plain water several times in the hopes of rinsing the neem off, I personally thought I could still taste it.

If the no pest strip isn't working for you, there are a couple of natural ways to go. it's possible to introduce spider mite predators o eat the mites. I have never tried it, so I can't tell you much about it. Another way you can go is to try adjusting the grow room conditions for a few days. I have tried this, and had at least moderate success.
Spider mites don't do well in high humidity, or in low temps. If you an get it kind of cold in there, and get your humidity way up for a few days, it can help to break their reproduction cycle. One drawback is that the high humidity can be a mold risk.
Another option I've tried is tobacco tea spray. The nicotine takes em out. Soak a couple of smokes in a cup of boiling water for 10 minutes, filter, and cool. spray thoroughly, especially on undersides of leaves.
The drawback of this is that it will leave some tobacco residue on the buds. It's my opinion that it's a bit easier to rinse off later than the neem is. If you're a cig smoker, it probably won't worry you too much, if not...well, it's still probably better than smoking bug spray.
Happy hunting. The main thing I'll say is hit em soon, and hit em hard. If given a chance to surive, the problem will get a lot worse.
Good luck.
cc

 

[slackerbri]

Wow thanks everyone that was quick, I appreciate all your help greatly. I am going to kill my fans in a lil while and hopefully that does it. I will also try that garlic based stuff, can I get that at like Home Depot or OSH?

Thanks again for all your help everyone.

 

[SmokeyPufmaster]

I've got one int there now, I've left it in there constantly since sunday. It dosent seem to be doing a whole lot but maybe I just havent waited long enough. I do have a fair amount of circulating air in the room, should I lessen that?

I never had luck with those things. The floramite is the best one punch knockout. Expensive though! And you can still spray plants 1-2 weeks into flower. Not much buds yet. You can spray neem oil as late as six weeks into flower. But you have to watch for mold and leftover taste. Soma sprays neem oil up until the last week of flower. You shouldn't need to if you got rid of them before then. Best of luck.

PS, that Mite X is rough on plants. And it didn't rid me of my mites. I had the battle hardened terrorist mites.

 

[hogwild]

Ive tried NPS and it seems to not change anything as of yet, they have been in there for a week and i still see so many mites that they are webbing up the bottom buds. There is a shitload of circulation and fresh air, maybe if i let it sit all night with no fans no nothing it might kill them, i havent tried that yet. It has slowed them down quite a bit, and i do see some dead mites, versus before they looked like they were thriving and happy.

 

[slackerbri]

Also I only see them on the undersides, I had one plant that had some webbing on it, I chopped off that entire branch and took a spray bottle drenched every leaf and stuck the plant outside. That plant shows no mites at all nor webs and nothing seems to have spread to my outdoor area.

I dont think I have a bad infestation but I dont want one so hopefully I end this early. I check on my plants prob 3-4 times a day and if I see mites I currently hose them off. Another thing I did was crank my temp to about 95-97 degrees, my humidity up into the 70-80% range and my Co2 up to around 2000-2200ppm in hopes to suffocate them. I fully realize this isnt optimal for the plant but I didnt leave the room that way for long and only in the veg cycle.

 

[slackerbri]

Floramite is $300 a bottle?

 

[DoobieDuck]

slackerbri...sorry to hear..so sad....I had um bad...I was to late to control mine and bombed room several weeks in a row after harvest and before starting a new crop. A few still start up nowdays but I bomb after every harvest...good luck Dr. Duck.

 

[hogwild]

yeah floramite and avid are real expensive. I might have to invest though, because its less costly than losing a whole crop and all your mother plants

 

[darthvapor]

pyretrium spray. cheap and effective. I just flipped thru somas book and he stops spraying neem in flower. Says the spraying in veg along with ladybugs is enough to not need any spraying in flower. Whats more important is WHERE did mites come from. You gotta fix that so more arent on their way. Those bastards will multiply overnight it seems.

 

[Guest]

well at least you got them very early in flower so you should just be going through stretch so i would try ff don't bug me & this stuff called 008 bug asassin. i got the 2 spotted mite which i read is the main one in socal. neem & safer soap did nuff'n and same with 2 nps strips in an 8x8. the only thing that worked for me was to hit them every 2 days with the 2 sprays. 4 days in i think it should be ok to hit them with the chems. seems like every case is different so u gotta find out what works for u. i would act quick though bro cuz webbing means u r infested. damn i hate them

 

[slackerbri]

A friend recomended Green Light Fruit Tree Spray, I mixed it a bit on the strong side as also recomended. You can smell the neem in it and its certified 100% organic. I doused the plant by putting it up on a pedestal and spraying under every leaf and then the stem and then over the top for good measure. It looks like it will probably rinse off well and every mite is dead that I've found so todays battle is done but the war is not over. I only had webbing on that one branch but that branch was cut off and destroyed and the plant moved outdoors where it is starting to flower nicely along with the rest of my out-doors.

 

[dbuzz]

i had great success with using cheap ole ISO alcohol, spraying em good, and then washing the under leaves in my shower (only my closet mothers were attacked)

 

[thc43]

week 1 is a good time to get mite much better than week 5 or 6.

Something like avid or kill a mite works really well i havnt seen a mite since cleaning up and using the spray. I use it on clones then spray a week later as they go into flower ... mite problem gone


When the plants come out of the room give the GR a good clean and spray with something like killamite.