I haven't went through the whole thread, just the first few pages. A few thoughts:
No Pest Strips work well, but you MUST be able to shut off the airflow to/from the room during the treatment, this is important as you're basically gassing them with dichlorvos(sp). If your shades are air-cooled and well-sealed from the rest of the room, go ahead and run the fans that cool them off. I've used them for multiple types of bugs, works against damn near anything.
Predatory mites work great! I got the Borg in my garden, chopped down the flowering ones, and worked on the veg; I bought a few thousand of the "triple-threat", three different types of predator mites, they came in a sawdust I sprinkled on the plants. Some of them thrived in higher temps/humidity, others in lower. Some were voracious eaters, one wouldn't eat alot, so the ones with big appetites died after the food source ran out, while the others survived times of no food long enough to catch any eggs hatching or mites hiding. After I was fairly certain they were all gone, I moved EVERYTHING out of the growroom and sprayed the walls and floor with a 5-7% bleach solution, and wiped down everything with the same solution before reintroducing the equipment and stuff back into the sterilized room. I now *always* clean all pots and stuff with a bleach solution, just to be sure.
Haven't had mites for years and years, even though I've been medical for a couple of years now, and have acquired many cuts. Quarantine quarantine quarantine!!!
One more thing, I cut down all the rose bushes around my house. Roses are either natural carriers of mites, or are pretty damn attractive to them. I've seen infestations of varying degrees on every rose bush I've ever looked at....
I've seen people use CO2, and the principle is sound. You must have the room well sealed to do this though.
IMO, it's much easier and better to get rid of any pests/problems in veg. I would NEVER put a plant with an infestation into flowering.
Hope that helps, take care... :bong2:
