Spider Mites - 1 Month before Harvest

I'mma try mw and nuke em on my few plants that have em. Thanks for the Info

Thanks everyone!!

I wish I had the availability you guys have to all those great products- Mighty Wash looks like the real deal.. but I live in Israel where cannabis dedicated organic products verity is close to none so I have to find equivalent local products.

I'm on it, i'll post decisions/actions/results later (based on which organic products I can get).

It's priceless to know you have all that vast knowledge and experience behind you and to get straight up help without ego! Thx again y'all!!

Mighty wash .. get it online man. No biggie takes a gew days to ship. So keep um at bay till then.
http://www.amazon.com/qt-Control-Fo...F8&qid=1411315085&sr=8-1&keywords=mighty+wash

Where I am we already had a freeze this week. WAY too much moisture and cool days. No mites here...so far. I feel for you. We work hard and then crap like what is happening to you comes down. I wish you the best.

straincreation said:

Mighty wash .. get it online man. No biggie takes a gew days to ship. So keep um at bay till then.
http://www.amazon.com/qt-Control-Foliage-Solution-Industries/dp/B005T4IVT4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1411315085&sr=8-1&keywords=mighty wash

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I'll go for it, but I can't rely on our lazy ass post office and customs, and from my experience no way its gonna get here in a few days, plus its 60$ shipping. gonna try spinosad tomorrow.

royfree2grow said:

I'll go for it, but I can't rely on our lazy ass post office and customs, and from my experience no way its gonna get here in a few days, plus its 60$ shipping. gonna try spinosad tomorrow.

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Shipping is free here in the us. I should of figured it would be more where you are well it was worth a try.
Happy farmin;)
And BOL!

straincreation said:

Shipping is free here in the us. I should of figured it would be more where you are well it was worth a try.
Happy farmin;)
And BOL!

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thanks!

royfree2grow said:

Just figured out, hopefully not too late -I have some serious spider mites problems.

I spotted spiders on two out of 4 ladies currently in flowering, about a month before chop...

this is a micro pic of cheeto kush which is showing moderate signs of infestation, had to take a couple pics to shoot this bunch together...
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the other plant that's infected is wolverine kush, and it's showing what I believe to be advanced signs of infestation, don't ask me how I missed it, I fucked up not spotting it on time...

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Infestation doesn't seem to interrupt the plants from stacking up their buds nor with their crystallization, they both look and keep develop fine atm.

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I obviously wont spray anything on my buds at this point, so what can I do??

Thanks

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That's pretty bad, I've got to say. Isopropyl alcohol and water, I generally use a 1:1 ratio, every three days. Believe you me, you want to start spraying something NOW.

It will leave absolutely zero residue, you know exactly what the ingredients are, the alcohol also hastens evaporation while simultaneously killing the mites & larvae, and it will *not* "melt" trichomes.

You can also try using essential oils, but at this point you're playing a catchup game and the iso is just as good, IME.

Seamaiden said:

That's pretty bad, I've got to say. Isopropyl alcohol and water, I generally use a 1:1 ratio, every three days. Believe you me, you want to start spraying something NOW.

It will leave absolutely zero residue, you know exactly what the ingredients are, the alcohol also hastens evaporation while simultaneously killing the mites & larvae, and it will *not* "melt" trichomes.

You can also try using essential oils, but at this point you're playing a catchup game and the iso is just as good, IME.

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I was hoping you would reply Sea.
I almost told him to spray the Isopropyl alcohol and water,
I figured Id wait for you.. :)

@royfree2grow Do what Seamaidern said!..
I have used iso and water many times, the plants dont mind a bit!
You could probably spray it every day

caregiverken said:

I was hoping you would reply Sea.
I almost told him to spray the Isopropyl alcohol and water,
I figured Id wait for you.. :)

@royfree2grow Do what Seamaidern said!..
I have used iso and water many times, the plants dont mind a bit!
You could probably spray it every day

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Not in sunlight though! Wait until evening or early in the morning before the sun hits them.

No spider mites. It a product its organic

OctoberDee said:

Not in sunlight though! Wait until evening or early in the morning before the sun hits them.

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That actually doesn't matter in this scenario. I've never had a problem doing it in full sun, though that's the hottest time of day and what a pain!

Hey Roy, you can probably take some of the older damaged leaves off too.
That will get rid of some mites and make it easier to spray

The Iso could kill the spinosad..idk but,
Hit them with some Iso and water (1st) in the evening and then, spray the spinosad the next morning.
wait 2 or 3 days and do it again. That should help control at least

If it's applied first it would not. But there seemed to be a concern about residues, thus I say go with the iso.

Battle is over - They won:( I'm chopping early, I saw webs inside the buds on at least two of them so that's it..

Thank you guys...

Anything i should do/notice before/after chopping/during dry/cure?



I still gonna apply the spinosad and iso to the white widow currently in flowering as well but far from being ready..

On the up side, i tried some buds from the badly infested two and the smoke was premium, they're both on about 30-40% amber- i'm pretty sure i'm losing weight but still good enough for me.

plus all 11 plants i have in veg are infested too:depressed:, i caught a good spot of light on one of the fan leaves and actually saw the little fuckers walking around freely, so im gonna treat it with neem, should I also use pyrethroid and iso- i have a neem+pyrethroid product, good?

Hang the plants whole upside down. The mites will migrate to the "top." Take a cloth or paper towel, soaked in whatever you have that will kill them (hell, maybe even Windex? if not isopropyl alcohol) and remove as many as you can. I'd flush 'em down the toilet or burn them to make absolutely certain that the ones physically removed are dead and gone to the best of my ability, too.

This is why I don't like having plants packed tight, it makes physical inspection *very* difficult for me. And if you have to climb through plants to get to other plants, you're vectoring the pest or disease yourself.