Confirm Russet Mites?

[Capfan]

Weird growth, first time dealing with them, anyone have some first had experience with this ?

 

[Mr.jiujitsu]

Need a scope to know before. I have had what I swore was russet mites, scoped and never saw a thing- treated anyways- in the end I had a few Phenos that just didn’t deal well with higher heat. In your case hard to say with out a min 60x scope

 

[Capfan]

Getting a fresh picture now, was installing driver for scope, BRB!

 

[Capfan]

Cant see these from the naked eye, look like a minature version of thirps

 

[Capfan]

k

 

[Capfan]

hard to zoom in on these things.

 

[Capfan]

Here we go.

 

[Capfan]

Here we go.View attachment 823410

http://www.marijuanatimes.org/the-eleventh-plague-hemp-russet-mites/

 

[Mr.jiujitsu]

Yikes!

 

[NHWhites]

Umm, burn that mf down pronto

 

[Capfan]

Umm, burn that mf down pronto

i can cut the affected ones out, but the problem will still be there, and we are start of stretch ...

Hoping Pyrethium safer soap can slow these buggers down ..

 

[Burned Haze]

Grandevo( if you can afford it it, remember you have to IPM spray so it will last awhile unless big crops: botianguard 22wp ,pfr97 mixed with it would make it a super defense ), venerate xc & flying skull nuke em ( Optional 3rd but great knock out, first two are a must)

* Rotate at full strength every 3 day

If all fails, in veg use Pylon than the IPM products afterwards to guarantee

 

[CaliRooted]

Yessir that is Russet Mites! Sorry Dude

 

[Capfan]

Thoughts on water soluble sulfar spray ? will rinse off few days later.

 

[CaliRooted]

Sulfur is your best bet in not in flower and you do not have rinse off, been doing sulfur for years

 

[Capfan]

Ended up using Grandevo + Pyganic 5.0 And rotated with Venerate XC ----


End Result is i slowed them down, see some fried ones but Ultimately I see some running around, probably 40% i killed .

Its a fucking pain in the ass to spray a field of this size, used about 1000 gallons total.


Preventative measures next year.

 

[CaliRooted]

Sulfur next year from day 1 up to flower and you'll be completely fine. Weekly is key.

 

[Midsallday]

yeah i guess sulfur is the answer

 

[statefarmz]

I just dealt with a huge infestation of Russet Mites in my commercial grow. The only thing that was able to really kill them has been Sulfur mixed with DE. There is simply no combination that will work as well as this. I have used everything mentioned above and I repeat nothing worked as well as this.

Stop feeding your plants for a week because the Russet Mites feed off Nitrogen. Mix Sulfur (2 tablespoon per gallon) with DE (pour enough DE that will make your mix a milky consistency) I used soap as a wetting agent - APPLY AS A FOLIAR SPRAY. The DE works after it is dry, the sulfur works on impact. Repeat this spray every two-three days. The results will be immaculate.

Keep in mind that this cannot be applied if you have sprayed any type of oil. In the case, that you have sprayed something with oil, such as Mantis, you will have to wait two weeks to spray this