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Spidermite Larva?

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Do I see webbing? What are the white strands in the pic?
 
#23
R Dawg said:
You can do as you will but just too warn you .....if you can see a few then every three days many more will appear. after a couple weeks you will be absolutely infested. The best of luck too you. I would look online for organic ways to treat. Like baking soda or dish soap at least. You just have to wash off your plants before harvest.
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Well said, if you see even a couple bugs (of any kind) on your plant more than likely there's hundreds or thousands hiding out.
 
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Wentworth said:
Doesn't really look like a thrip to me. Does it move fast? Thrips are quick little pricks- way faster than a mite or aphid. Got any pics of the damage it does? Thrips ll leave silvery patches w lil black dots. Careful applying anything oily too frequently it'll gack out your stomata slowing growth. Azamax is great it's the active ingredient in neem purified w way less oil- one of my favorite plus it anihilates thrips and mites never used it for aphids but I bet it works for those too. Is this plant outside? If so and it is aphids ants will transport the aphids around the plant farming them for their sweet exudes
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They move very slow if you touch them. Gonna go scope them for trails and black spots. Like I said the neem is knocking the down but I gotta get some spinosad or azamax like u said. And they are outdoors. 3 flowering have them but not bad been treating with neem and a whole room full vegging with the damn things!
 
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Wentworth said:
Doesn't really look like a thrip to me. Does it move fast? Thrips are quick little pricks- way faster than a mite or aphid. Got any pics of the damage it does? Thrips ll leave silvery patches w lil black dots. Careful applying anything oily too frequently it'll gack out your stomata slowing growth. Azamax is great it's the active ingredient in neem purified w way less oil- one of my favorite plus it anihilates thrips and mites never used it for aphids but I bet it works for those too. Is this plant outside? If so and it is aphids ants will transport the aphids around the plant farming them for their sweet exudes
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I just scoped them for silver trails or anything but nothing and they are very slow moving easy enough to follow with the naked eye
 
#27
Those are aphids - potato aphids to be exact. It seems that many growers have found them out of the blue. Haven't really heard of this species of aphid cross-migrating to cannabis but if it is that's some pretty bad news.

Get on top of controlling them -- alternating sprays of pyrethrum (pyganic) and neem oil extract (azadirachtin or a clarified extract that doesn't have solid in it) every four days will knock them back and control them, as will ladybugs and the predatory midge aphidoletes aphidimyza. ladybugs are difficult to order in quantity this time of year and aphidoletes systems can get pricy and are environment sensitive.
 
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R Dawg said:
They are probably is an aphid then.aphid and thrips are the only two i have never had the daunting task to fight.i did breed gnats for the better part of a year . Whatever it takes the best of luck.I would go with azamax I know it works
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Will do thanks!
 
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We Solidarity said:
Those are aphids - potato aphids to be exact. It seems that many growers have found them out of the blue. Haven't really heard of this species of aphid cross-migrating to cannabis but if it is that's some pretty bad news.

Get on top of controlling them -- alternating sprays of pyrethrum (pyganic) and neem oil extract (azadirachtin or a clarified extract that doesn't have solid in it) every four days will knock them back and control them, as will ladybugs and the predatory midge aphidoletes aphidimyza. ladybugs are difficult to order in quantity this time of year and aphidoletes systems can get pricy and are environment sensitive.
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Yes I've got to get something besides neem oil its helping but can't use it solo. There is potatoes fields all around were I live so that would explain it if that's what they are. I haven't found any that looks like them on google. Thanks for the info
 
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Here's some photos of them. They were on a client's crop last week - pyrethrum/neem will knock them back -- eradication is generally impossible with aphids.
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#32
katelyn said:
Exact same thing as what I've got. Pain in the ass I'm about to start spraying.could I mix a couple teaspoons of dish soap with a gallon of water mixed with 2-4 teaspoons of neem comcentrate ?
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shouldn't need the soap - I don't add soap but if you want to just use a drop or two per gal. Read the label but I'm pretty sure most neem products apply at 1 oz/gallon
 
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We Solidarity said:
shouldn't need the soap - I don't add soap but if you want to just use a drop or two per gal. Read the label but I'm pretty sure most neem products apply at 1 oz/gallon
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These girls were all infested I said screw it and mixed up a half gallon with 1/2 teaspoon dish soap and 2 tablespoons neem and doused the girls. Here they are they were infested its atleast knocking them down to were I can't find any
 

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We Solidarity said:
shouldn't need the soap - I don't add soap but if you want to just use a drop or two per gal. Read the label but I'm pretty sure most neem products apply at 1 oz/gallon
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I'd say soap helped I sprayed the hell out of them and just scoped the ones I found were all dead
 
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R Dawg said:
The soap dries them out.my grandma taught me that trick.it's old school.
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Hell yeah it worked I believe! Ill be able to tell tommorow, even sprayed my room and let it dry with the dish soap and neem haha
 
#36
The soap also breaks the surface tension of the water and makes it "wetter" so that it gets into every nook and cranny where the mites hide.
Has the added advantage of facilitating the emulsification of the neem oil for spraying.
That said, not all dish soap is equal.
I prefer Ivory liquid soap.
 
#37
Wee Zard said:
The soap also breaks the surface tension of the water and makes it "wetter" so that it gets into every nook and cranny where the mites hide.
Has the added advantage of facilitating the emulsification of the neem oil for spraying.
That said, not all dish soap is equal.
I prefer Ivory liquid soap.
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:) so glad I did that or I would have been in lots of trouble! Gonna spray my flowering 3 tonight. A ? Do you rinse your plant after?
 
#38
Yes, thoroughly.
Well, I used to that is.
Before I could legally grow outdoors.

Now I do prevention because it is so much easier, and I am very lazy.

I put 1/2" of worm castings on the soil surface, water it in, then cover the surface with Kirkland dryer sheets.
That eliminates Fungus gnats, Root aphids, thripps, and any pest that hunts by scent
That way I never need to spray anything, so I have lots of healthy predators to handle pest that do not hunt by scent, like mites.

I do still see occasional mite stippling on the fans, but when I turn the leaf over all that's left is husks. We have carnivorous ants here that patrol all day long.
It's good to have minions. :)

Aloha,
Weeze
 
#39
Wee Zard said:
Yes, thoroughly.
Well, I used to that is.
Before I could legally grow outdoors.

Now I do prevention because it is so much easier, and I am very lazy.

I put 1/2" of worm castings on the soil surface, water it in, then cover the surface with Kirkland dryer sheets.
That eliminates Fungus gnats, Root aphids, thripps, and any pest that hunts by scent
That way I never need to spray anything, so I have lots of healthy predators to handle pest that do not hunt by scent, like mites.

I do still see occasional mite stippling on the fans, but when I turn the leaf over all that's left is husks. We have carnivorous ants here that patrol all day long.
It's good to have minions. :)

Aloha,
Weeze
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Very smart idea. Im legal but in time I will have a much better set up. Costs big bucks. And grow season here is so short! Thanks for the help,
 
#40
How long before harvest would u stop using neeem,3 weeks about around flush time?
 
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