is that a concentrate that u mix up? I’m gonna go to the hydro store tomorrow before work and pick some up
Don't waste your cash on any products for the mites. They won't do the trick and you will more than likely damage the plant which defeats the purpose. Every Spinisad product I've gotten from the grow store has damaged my plants before doing nothing to the mites.
I'm am currently mite free.
You want to continue with your grow, clearly because you wont be able to get plants going again until november, which is not ideal.
Having spider mites is not the end of the world unless you let it be. If you don't do some manual labor to disrupt the spidermites then it could be a lost cause, but thats not you. You don't PLAY GAMES. Not when it comes to your boo thang Mary Jane!
Before you spray and pray, see what you can do manually in terms of brushing off or crushing mites from each plant. If you can decrease the populations 75% buy just manual efforts (no sprays), then that is going to make you feel a lot better about dealing with the issue at hand.
I don't want to make this too long but I'll show you a technique I use for my plants.
1. Check each plant for damage.
2. Start with the plants most effected by spider mites.
3. Get comfortable where you can sit down with the plant, and go through each branch systematically, pinching leaves and crushing mites, or use a more general technique in grabbing the branches at their base, one at a time and running your hands on the under sides of the leaves to the top of the branch (cola, shoot, you get it).
4. Once the plant has been gone through you can put it back, and move on to the next plant. This does not have to be perfect, and is just a method of disruption.
The method here is not to eliminate the mites right away, but to decrease the pest pressure to a point that is sustainable and where the plant will not suffer more damage and pest pressure than it can handle.
What most people don't realize is that the plant can detect when its being attacked, and natural defenses can be activated which will act as a natural pesticide, and allow the plant to regain its strength, vigor, and immune defence. It's very rewarding to see this take place, where the plants fight off the pests just as much as you do.
I've done this to a 20'x15' room in a few hours, repeat weekly.
Like I said, you don't need to eliminate the bugs completely, but just bring the pest pressure down to an acceptable level to where the growth of your crop outperforms the weight of pest pressure.
Help the plant out with the manual labor, if you need a video I can post one of the technique I use to disrupt the bugs. Neem is a 100% no no during flower.
Spinosad will damage your leaves and destroy your plant if you dont use it in a dilute enough form. And when you dilute it, it just does not work at all, and still may damage your new growth to the point where your plant is now stunted completely.
It should pay to keep this plant going and minimize any products you spray on the plant, as there are safer methods that produce just as good results.
I'll watch this thread and see how it progresses. In the mean time maybe a picture from further back to see the scope of what we are dealing with here, and maybe we can come up with a more suitable regimen to keep the pest pressure down. Comprimises here and there.
I hope you decide to tough it out and see what you can do before grabbing a product to try and treat the plant. Better to be safe than sorry.
