Lights Off For Killing Mites

[MANUTD21]

ive had some one tell me that this method worked wonders for him and killed 80 to 90 percent of all his mites.
basically he told me to add cold air to my grow room untill temps fall drastically to 50 farenheith 10 degrees celcius which is very low and turn lights off for 24 hours and just let the room sit in darkness and very cold temps to kill em off.
now i know this can interupt my light cycle in flowering but dont think missing 12 hours of light will upset plants to much over not getting light for 24 hours,i know it takes days of light cycles being wrong to take affect so thats least of my worrys.
my only worry is can the air being that cold damage my plants or buds at all and do people think this method will help or have yas tried this method yaself.thinking of trying.got a crop there 6 weeks in to flower but then again being to cold for 24 hopurs shouldnt harm my plants to much.
what you guys think.

i cant spray them theres far to many leafs so thats out the question now and also fogbombs dangerous to buds so lights off and cold air seems only option.
also having temps so low will send humidity thru the roof but then again it only for 24 hours just to kill mites off.
any help be apreciated

 

[G gnome]

That aint gonna do shit

 

[the rrock]

that aint gonna kill em justn slow them down till temps go back again,.Why not just put them in the fridge or freezer if thats the case

 

[G gnome]

that aint gonna kill em justn slow them down till temps go back again,.Why not just put them in the fridge or freezer if thats the case

U will kill ur plants if u put em in the freezer

 

[the rrock]

hopefully the mites would die before the plants

 

[Dbear180]

hopefully the mites would die before the plants

Stick to smellin what's cookin ya jabroni! lol sorry I couldnt help it :)

 

[CaliRooted]

If this worked everyone would be doing it and I would have saved a ton of money. Green Cleaner, Safer Soap, Grandevo, Nuke em take your pick really. Preventation is Key. Happy Growing

 

[Dbear180]

I agree 100% prevention is key. A clean room is a happy room. Don't bring anybody else around & dont work outside then come inside the room with same clothes on. Sensei was unintentionally infecting my rooms with mites from his spot everytime he came over to check up on me. After he passed on a few years ago, I've never had mites since lol. I used forbid for a few years & one time said ef it ima see what happens... still no mites to this day.

 

[tifosi]

Vacuum them once a day,it should help a bit

 

[MANUTD21]

nice one guys i had to ask as its not sumot ive seen mentioned before lol ya reckon a course of mighty wash used twice will slow em down.dont need get rid of em all guys just enough so they dont cover my colas in shit loads of webbing

 

[MANUTD21]

but also if i keep temps at 60 f lights off and 70 f lights on this should stop them getting worse what ya think

 

[DemonTrich]

Mites will hibernate in cold temps

 

[sixstring]

nope,temps wont do a thing to bugs.otherwise we would not have bugs because the cold woulda killed em all.

 

[MidwestToker]

The eggs will lay dormant until the right conditions arise and then they hatch. They survive the 45 days of below freezing temps in the midwest outside here so I can't see cold temps as a cure.

 

[MANUTD21]

ok ya think cold temps can stop more eggs hatching as what i have found is theres 1000s of eggs.what temps will eggs usually hatch.

 

[MidwestToker]

Sure , cold temps will slow down the hatching but it will also slow the plants down. Soon as the temps rise again they'll be right back.

 

[Junk]

U will kill ur plants if u put em in the freezer

It makes 'em frostier HA!

 

[MidwestToker]

If your doing single runs then when harvest is finished, clean your room then set your temp to 85 degrees for 3 days then bomb spray and do another through cleaning. The high temps will allow the eggs to hatch and then the bombs and sprays will eliminate most of the hatched mites.

 

[MANUTD21]

Sure , cold temps will slow down the hatching but it will also slow the plants down. Soon as the temps rise again they'll be right back.

well only got 3 weeks left bro so supose if i can run lights on at 22 celcius and 15 celcius lights off ill be laughing hopefully wont get a crazy infestation last 3 weeks if keep temps low

 

[MANUTD21]

If your doing single runs then when harvest is finished, clean your room then set your temp to 85 degrees for 3 days then bomb spray and do another through cleaning. The high temps will allow the eggs to hatch and then the bombs and sprays will eliminate most of the hatched mites.

do this whilst there drying ye mate