can these fuckers be eradicated when budding.im afraid to spray or do n e thing cause i dont want to hurt the buds.im in like my fifth week of flower.im thinking all i can do is wait it out or what...??
reply sounds like you are in a shitty situation...Do not spray the buds with any sort of chemical...neem oil would work thoa! Just a little...and do not saturate the buds! Honestly...I just wouldn't spray them.
Too late to kill them. So all you can do is disrupt their lifestyle. Take a sponge, soak it in rubbing alchohol, and start gently wiping the undersides of every single leaf on the plant(s).
Go to walmart & get a Hot Shot No Pest Strip $6 let it stay in your grow room about 10 days then no more spider mites -Bud
Ladybugs You can buy lady bugs at most nurseries really cheap. They will start to knock them down. Like Useless said it is too late to kill them but you need to control them. Lower your temps. Paying attention to the leaves wiping and rolling on the bottoms. Remove heavily infested leaves. Clean your room. Be vigilant and control them then clean all green matter out of the room, and do your sprayin of Neem, Bang, SMC, FF Dont Bug Me, on the weekly bases in veg with lots of fresh water and you wont get them when you go into flower. Switching up your sprays are vital. I saw those no pest strips, but read they work by releasing a vapor in a sealed area. Thinking of fogoponics and how plants can absorb thru there leaf matter, it kind of turned me off.
My spider mite solution. Get rid of them the first time. Go to Home depot or and hardware store, and pick up a bottle of Garden Safe Insecticidal Soap spray. Remember the company that makes it is Garden Safe. You can buy the already made formula or buy the concentrate and mix your own. I did both, and made a stronger solution, to really kill the spider mites. The Garden Safe Insecticidal soap spray kills many other bugs as well, and is safe to use all the way the the day of the harvest!!! I would just quit spraying 1 or 2 weeks before the chop. Remember the Insecticidal Soap spray is a kill on contact. After spraying them with the soap spray, then put in a Hot Shot No Pest Strip, you can find them at Home Depot or any hardware store. The No pest strip is one skunky told me about and it works like a damn charm. After the first 5 days to a week, the spider mites pack up their sh*t and are gone. Use the soap for a really quick fix to stop the mites, and to keep them from coming back, use the no pest strip. Thoes mites can be a real pest! Hope this helps.
tell me why i got the hot shot strip for my white fly problem and it didnt do shit to kill them or make them leave.. I have spidermites on my clones and the hot shot strip isnt doing anything for that either..
Well, HSNPS are better for prevention than treatment IMO. If you're not too far into flowering drop a Pyrmethim Bomb (2oz. size) and use some SMC or Floramite Powder every 3 days. SO, P-Bomb, wait 24 hours, rinse leaves, 48 hours, SMC/FM, 72 hours later SMC/FM, another 72 hours and SMC/FM. Then use as needed. They will all be dead. Honest Injun.
keeping the place clean is the key. sprays and chemicals help, but you need to keep it under control, or they can get resistant. I was lax this year, and I payed for it. I had thrips and mold last month. I cleaned the room, neemed the plants, used a hotshot (I use a hotshot, only, when needed), and I added a new fan. Now they look beautiful. It takes WORK. A dirty four litter word, I know, but it must be done. You my need to rotate the insectisides. Listen to useless and you won't go wrong. peace.
I would like to point out a known fact among nursery's. If you keep other plants in your house, stay away from the pretty ivy plants that you can buy in stores, because they are known for having spider mites..
