Tobacco Fumigation for mites in late flower.

[foomar]

Have recently tried this technique with some good results.

About an ounce of cheap nasty dried out and unusable rolling tobacco is thrown on a shovel full of hot embers from the logburner in the sealed room and left for twenty minutes.

When you turn the extraction fans back on it could be mistaken for a house fire so be carefull.

No live adult mites found after a good search and no further damage in the final two weeks till harvest.

More penetrateing than spray and avoids the exagerated risk of TMV transfer , and does not increase the chance of mould which a mister/fogger wet delivery would.

A cheap organic solution and safer than pyrethrum smokes which should not be used in flower.


Only downside is some leaf mottling on some mostly sativa plants which recovered fast.

Has anyone else tried this on any scale ?

 

[rocky_mtns]

very very interesting... i might have to try this if i can't get/afford the floramite if those bastards are still around in late flower

 

[stinkyattic]

More penetrateing than spray and avoids the exagerated risk of TMV transfer , and does not increase the chance of mould which a mister/fogger wet delivery would.

I talked to an orchid breeder about this and he says that the cheaper and nastier the tobacco is, the less the chance of TMV transfer. So a premium, natural, minimally-processed tobacco would be LESS desirable than gutting a pack of Mustangs and using that nasty chemically preserved shit.

This is a neat solution and I can't wait to try it out. %*&$! mites...

 

[Stoned Cold]

Oh, SHIT son.....Does this mean I can smoke in my flower room now?...lol...

I'm definately going to see how those little fuckers take to some baccy smoke

As tough as they are...next year I'll probably just say fuck it and start training a few mites for UFC.

 

[stinkyattic]

Oh, SHIT son.....Does this mean I can smoke in my flower room now?...lol...
...
As tough as they are...next year I'll probably just say fuck it and start training a few mites for UFC.

Yeah... you smoke Marlboros... lol no TMV there!
Any mites that survive the House of Torture will be totally ready to kick some ass!

 

[Stoned Cold]

Seriously, I've bred more mites than cannabis!...hehehe...and truth of the matter IS, it's all cuzza da TXL! That ONE line has kept them barely alive through all my futile attempts.
I am very curious about this concept though...seems to be a very logically sound technique, especially for our applications.

PROPS TO THE OP!

 

[RottenDawg]

Now are we talk'n tobacco or the shit cigarettes are made of? That is the question. Peace...........RD

 

[SkareCrow]

interesting


too bad I quit smoking cigs lol

 

[foomar]

Did some tests first on a small scale on individual plants and different exposures in a huge carton a TV came in.

If a plant discolours from chemical sprays it will probably mottle and leaf curl after a good smoke but the shortlived cosmetic damage is a whole lot less than untreated mites.

The room described was in full flower on most plants and humidity was already too high to risk any kind of spray , red mites and webbing was visible to the top of some plants.

Under the microscope no live adults or juveniles were found and i saw hundreds of dead ones.

Unfortunately it has little or no effect on the viability of the thousands of eggs present and the first few live adults are seen again in 7 - 10 days.

Will repeat every seven days and see if i can break the cycle.

One huge advantage is that the main killing component is nicotine which acts similar to a nerve agent and it should not be possible to build resistance against it over time.
Back in the fifties nicotine sulphate was sold as a white powder for use as insecticide and was banned after a spate of suicides and lethal exposures when spraying.
No insect could survive that spray and it was commonly used in glasshouse tomato cultivation till the last week.

The only reason i had the mites is they are now resistant to idimacloprid which worked perfect till this summer.


Its not going to win the war but might win a few battles along the way.