spider mites...Help!

[Evan Duffy]

Based on what evidence? You're still new to this, so I'm going to make some assumptions, especially if, based on those photos, you ever thought and still think you have spider mites going on.

So, I guess my advice to you is to go and learn.

Sorry man I've forgot to upload photos when I asked you that lol, based on this here. I've done a fair bit of homework on the bastards, gonna order myself a magnifying glass etc. I know they suck chlorophyll out of the plants but does it resolve in an actual bite patch? I've seen the yellowing sort of patches they leave on plants and I'm not sure if it's what I have cause I've never seen it all first hand yeno?

 

[Seamaiden]

Yes, the plants become stippled with the bites. It's very easy to make out and is quite distinctive. Again, I see absolutely nothing on your plants that indicates spider mites. However, the real place to look is under the leaves, where the mites live and breed.

Have you searched our site for spider mites? How about Googling spider mites on cannabis? <--- some nasty images in that there link, but it's time you were introduced. And not via the hard way.

 

[HouseOfWojo]

lol, ya evan, not even close to mite dmg. i agree that it is nute dmg, or could be hard water droplets being left on the leaves. not mites though man.

as for the OP, i resorted to removing all vegetation from my room for two weeks while I kept lights on at many times of the day, also cooled the room down to 60-70ish degrees for those two weeks. mites like dark and warm, they left and I haven't had them back yet (knock on wood).

 

[Capfan]

so far i lost all my vegging plants. had to cut my harvest early due to these pests taking over my grow. im in desperate need of some safe organic soloutions that work to get rid of these spider mites. anyone have any suggestions?

Are you stuck on the organic route? .... * Only in Veg * Spray Avid or Floramite, and follow up with one more spray 3 days after, i believe floramite kills the eggs aswell... I havent dealt with mites in so long... Used to spray neem oil / safer soap ever 3 days or so... No thanks.

 

[fukwitit]

well heres a update. and the verdict is...i still have mites! i just threw away 3 more laidies. this is killin me guyz. ive had every pest u can think of n managed to get rid of all except 4 these dam mites. i been dunking my laides fully submerged in a soapy soloution and they still survive . this shit is gnna make quit growin alltogether. i cant harvest anything..sux!

 

[TSTEW313]

Floramite if you are in veg will kill all them little monsters dead but it is a pesticides if you don't mind using that.

 

[Seamaiden]

It'll kill them unless they're already resistant. It's a single site mode of action miticide, IIRC. Has limited number of uses/season and high probability to cause resistance, has already been observed. ;)

 

[TSTEW313]

Just make sure you rotate different pesticides so bugs don't become resistant to the to the pesticide but again is he using pesticides I would suggest you use it during to vegetative stage.

 

[KiLoEleMeNt]

There are also different type's of mite I had this problem a while back and after much research buying a microscope and doing more research I found that not only did I have mite but I had broad mites these stinkers suck (pun intended ) I have never seen an infestation like this before and had tried every killer I could think of or find on the market I even went as far as a T50 tobacco pesticide that has not been used since the 70's but once I had found what they were the problem was simple but really shitty to fix these lil bastards are immune to everything we can throw at them that is plant safe you could try 99% iso at 50/50 with water but this will most likely kill your plants so the only solution I found to this was kill everything that's rite all of it sry man then you gotta tear down and bleach the whole room and all your equipment wait a week for it to dry out and keep the room cold and light as someone else said already then start over and this time be sure to do a weekly preventative spray as even tho they are immune to most things they wont get near hot pepper sprays (capsaicin) and tend to turn from soaps and pyrethrin's as well but once they like your room and plants they aint leaving NOW in conclusion to this I would also like to say this was just my experience this dose not mean this is what you have or what you must do it just sounds really similar to my problem and if you don't want to waste anymore time and money trying to fix them then this is most likely the way you should go about it
IMO

 

[md1010]

This is advanced spider mite infestation. Killed this whole crop due to it. Have not had them since then, knock on wood! (As said previously, preventative maintenance is the best defense.)

 

[Seamaiden]

There are also different type's of mite I had this problem a while back and after much research buying a microscope and doing more research I found that not only did I have mite but I had broad mites these stinkers suck (pun intended ) I have never seen an infestation like this before and had tried every killer I could think of or find on the market I even went as far as a T50 tobacco pesticide that has not been used since the 70's but once I had found what they were the problem was simple but really shitty to fix these lil bastards are immune to everything we can throw at them that is plant safe you could try 99% iso at 50/50 with water but this will most likely kill your plants so the only solution I found to this was kill everything that's rite all of it sry man then you gotta tear down and bleach the whole room and all your equipment wait a week for it to dry out and keep the room cold and light as someone else said already then start over and this time be sure to do a weekly preventative spray as even tho they are immune to most things they wont get near hot pepper sprays (capsaicin) and tend to turn from soaps and pyrethrin's as well but once they like your room and plants they aint leaving NOW in conclusion to this I would also like to say this was just my experience this dose not mean this is what you have or what you must do it just sounds really similar to my problem and if you don't want to waste anymore time and money trying to fix them then this is most likely the way you should go about it
IMO

Bolded and underlined--no it will not kill your plants. This is the method I regularly use for treating spider mites, along with JMS Stylet if my issue is outdoors. If you don't saturate the soil with the iso, you're fine. There is also no way they'll build up resistance to either of these treatments, whereas they're known to already be resistant to the three more popular miticides, Avid, Forbid and Floramite. Also dichlorvos (No Pest Strips).

You might want to look at We Solidarity's thread on RAs, broads, etc. @We Solidarity -- just go to his profile page and look up his postings, he's got some truly golden nuggets of information in the thread(s) I'm thinking of. Others have used heat to deal with broads.

For those who are wondering, why does Sea always see spider mites? Because her toyon are spider mite nurseries, and ain't no way I'm gonna go around treating every plant I see on the property with spider mites. Ain't no way.

 

[HouseOfWojo]

For those who are wondering, why does Sea always see spider mites? Because her toyon are spider mite nurseries, and ain't no way I'm gonna go around treating every plant I see on the property with spider mites. Ain't no way.

I hear ya Sea, the more plants around the more (volume and diversity) bugs you will have. We have such a quick gardening season that we start almost everything inside way before it needs to go out. That is always the time of year that bugs are the worst. Thankfully however some bugs only like one species of plant, but others are no fun. Then, plant everyhting outside, treat the veg plants once with dont bug me and like magic, no big bug problems the rest of the year.

 

[KiLoEleMeNt]

@We Solidarity has a privet profile and I cannot see anything it says he limits who can see his knowledge and powa perhaps he will chime in here or open his books for me cuz id love to here what he says

 

[We Solidarity]

I've never had experience with broad mites (they haven't gotten too out of control in colorado, unlike russets which are everywhere), but I've successfully fought off just about every other bug out there at one point or another.

https://www.thcfarmer.com/community...gnats-and-other-fun-bugs-id-pics.55071/page-3

there's a write up I did on spider mites, not sure if I put any prevention/treatment methods in there but my best prevention is foliar sprays every other day in veg, with a tea foliar once a week. I don't have any problems right now but any time I do I'll use a combination of Kapow oil based spray and pyrethrum bombs and repeat it again 4-5 days later. Again, by spraying my plants every other day with either light nutrients (they love beneficial biologics products, I use almost the entire line) or just plain H2O I'm making it extremely difficult for any living things to colonize my plants.

 

[Capfan]

For those who are wondering, why does Sea always see spider mites? Because her toyon are spider mite nurseries, and ain't no way I'm gonna go around treating every plant I see on the property with spider mites. Ain't no way.

Hire someone to do it ;)

 

[Oregon Grown]

Can the 50/50 ISO mix be used in flower or will it act as a solvent on trichomes? I just spotted them on one of my plants in a scrog after 2.5 month veg and 2 weeks 12/12. The plants are under a 4x8 screen so they will be hard to get at with a vacuum.

 

[Seamaiden]

You can use straight ISO in flower and I have yet to see it melt trichomes. I mean, I suppose if you really went to town with it, then you'd melt trichomes, but not using the 1:1 mix.

 

[redlife530]

OK I have had russet mites on my outdoor last year that were pure hell and way smaller then regular spidermites. And then I just handled a spidermites breakout in my grow room in late flower, webs on the top of the buds and everything. They were easily handled with avid. I have avid, flora mite, and some other nuclear shit. I know what u are gonna say OMG what about the patients!? Well I'd rather save a crop and sell it then to try to fight a loosing battle with hippy remedies and watch my crop die. If u want a sure fire quick fix get avid and flora mite and cycle em for 2 weeks and I promise they will be gone. U might not wanna smoke it but at least u won't loose u r crop. I and I don't grow for med patients if I did I wouldn't use the harsh shit in late flower but my herb goes to people that don't care customers it's no more harmful then cigs or the charcoal burn out u r grilled chicken sandwichs

 

[Seamaiden]

OK I have had russet mites on my outdoor last year that were pure hell and way smaller then regular spidermites. And then I just handled a spidermites breakout in my grow room in late flower, webs on the top of the buds and everything. They were easily handled with avid. I have avid, flora mite, and some other nuclear shit. I know what u are gonna say OMG what about the patients!? Well I'd rather save a crop and sell it then to try to fight a loosing battle with hippy remedies and watch my crop die. If u want a sure fire quick fix get avid and flora mite and cycle em for 2 weeks and I promise they will be gone. U might not wanna smoke it but at least u won't loose u r crop. I and I don't grow for med patients if I did I wouldn't use the harsh shit in late flower but my herb goes to people that don't care customers it's no more harmful then cigs or the charcoal burn out u r grilled chicken sandwichs

You have fucking GOT to be kidding me! You let the mites get so bad you had webbing, then you hit what you're going to call "meds" with fucking Avid? Oh, wait, AND Floramite and some other nuclear shit??

Greedy doesn't begin to describe your focus. We don't need members giving this kind of advice here, go peddle your poison somewhere else.

 

[redlife530]

Haha that's rich peddle my poison why don't u peddle u r ignorance somewhere else. There is no evidence that avid is poison to spray u nut I have seen extensive studies on the subject and on eagle 20 as well. So what will happen to my "patients" when they smoke it? Just cut the state of cali says it is harmful doesn't mean much and a good example is the fact that they have warnings at chicafila customers the chicken has charcoal burn on em so I guess my "patients" shouldn't eat grilled chicken either miss small minded fear mongering sea maiden