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Hello have been gardening many years but never found a good miticide. Have tried azatrol, green clean and smite. Just looking to get rid of them what has worked for you?
I am a 'no pesticides' kind of guy but one thing I have heard over and over when fighting mites is that you need to rotate products. The mites build an almost instant resistance so rotating from one pesticide to the next is highly recommended. And, repeat spraying is also an absolute. they breed so fast and most poisons don't kill the eggs. So, repeat spraying is required.
I am fighting mites right now and I am experimenting with fighting them with sound, UV and IR light, ozone, CO2, smoke, and as a last resort, I am going to try non-stop rap music. LOL
So far, ozone looks like the winner for effective and complete eradication of mites. Be very careful with ozone. It is deadly to humans (and your dog) just like it is the mites.
please elaborate?
Sulfur spray in veg for sure. Do that and when your in flower you wont see them. Burn sulfur in a burner in the flower room to sanitize it before moving the plants into flower. Sulfur after their in bloom is not ok though, then I use green cleaner or plant therapy (something with plant oils and non toxic and organic certified).
Sulfur also helps prevent mold and mildew. I use a cheap hand sprayer indoors and an atomizer outdoors. If the plants are huge indoor and I am worried about coverage I use the atomizer as well but only if the plants are huge. I typically prune or defoliate some before spraying if there are mites but usually if I do maintenance sprays of sulfur I don't get the mites, thrips or russetts. Sulfur is a very safe material to use on cannabis and it kills by breaking down the exoskeletons of soft bodied bugs......therefore they cannot get resistant to it.
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Hello have been gardening many years but never found a good miticide. Have tried azatrol, green clean and smite. Just looking to get rid of them what has worked for you?