Used dish soap on plants, almost dead

RonaldinhoChristiano1917 · May 12, 2021

I planted 3 seeds 2 and a half weeks ago. So they’ve been growing for about two weeks now. It’s my first time growing so I’m just growing outside with sunlight. On some of my other plants I have spider mites so as soon as I found them on my seedlings I wiped them with dish soap. Stupidly I didn’t dilute the soap and almost immediately my leaves fell limp. I tried to remove any soap from the leaves but it was too late. My smallest plant looks terrible and it’s been 2 or 3 days now and I just tried flushing the soil to see if that’ll help. Will my babies die? Do you guys have any experience with this and have tips to save them?

BigCube · May 12, 2021

All you can do now is ride it out. Try not to over water. Next time you water, spray the leaves themselves to wash off any excess soap.

About all you can do now is wait and see.

ComfortablyNumb · Jun 11, 2021

Using regular soap on plants is bad, here's why;
Plants have pores just like people do. Plants sweat just like people. If they can not transpirate (breathe), the plant suffocates.

I would give it nothing but pure pH balanced water (6.3) and if possible, clean the plant with pure pH water and a soft microfiber cloth.
Be extremely gentle.

Since the plant is so small, it would be easier to plant a new one.

In the future, try the product: Lost Coast Plant Therapy. It's made to kill bugs and some diseases.

Ponky · Jun 11, 2021

https://www.kerneliv.dk/en/biological-control/2257-spider-mite-control-phytoseiulus-persimilis.html treat those spider mites. Clean the whole house. You don't want them to become a forever problem.

BionicKroniK · Jun 11, 2021

ComfortablyNumb said:
In the future, try the product: Lost Coast Plant Therapy. It's made to kill bugs and some diseases.

*Sorry guys, I tried to upload a pic of the bottle/label, but the site keeps giving me an error, I'll try again later, maybe.

BionicKroniK · Jun 12, 2021

BionicKroniK said:
*Sorry guys, I tried to upload a pic of the bottle/label, but the site keeps giving me an error, I'll try again later, maybe.

Lets try this again...

Terilee · Sep 22, 2021

RonaldinhoChristiano1917 said:
I planted 3 seeds 2 and a half weeks ago. So they’ve been growing for about two weeks now. It’s my first time growing so I’m just growing outside with sunlight. On some of my other plants I have spider mites so as soon as I found them on my seedlings I wiped them with dish soap. Stupidly I didn’t dilute the soap and almost immediately my leaves fell limp. I tried to remove any soap from the leaves but it was too late. My smallest plant looks terrible and it’s been 2 or 3 days now and I just tried flushing the soil to see if that’ll help. Will my babies die? Do you guys have any experience with this and have tips to save them?

I did the same..only my plants were in bloom -I sprayed them until there was no sign of soap left - I cut and trimmed and cut more and more leaves off...A Live trim for real !
I believe
I damn near killed every 1.. Or so I thought..
To my surprise they came back with a vengeance. It's Almost harvest time and they are amazing. I wish you the Best of luck

LexLuthor · Sep 22, 2021

I would start new seeds asap, if these somehow survive, awesome, but I wouldn't bet on it.

ComfortablyNumb · Sep 22, 2021

I'm glad your plants came back. If you spray them too heavily, they will need to be rinsed.

mancorn · Sep 22, 2021

Man you all have some crazy soap! Sprayed a plant yesterday (when I saw a few mites) with 1/2 cup peppermint & 1/2 cup tea tree (per gal) of Dr Woods Castile soup (during the day) and besides the lingering peppermint smell can’t say I see any damage.

LexLuthor · Sep 22, 2021

mancorn said:
Man you all have some crazy soap! Sprayed a plant yesterday (when I saw a few mites) with 1/2 cup peppermint & 1/2 cup tea tree (per gal) of Dr Woods Castile soup (during the day) and besides the lingering peppermint smell can’t say I see any damage.

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He used 100% dish soap on baby seedlings, so I don't think that is a fair comparison lol.

Bud looks great, what strain is that?

mancorn · Sep 23, 2021

LexLuthor said:
Bud looks great, what strain is that?

Amherst Diesel. Have two of them and they’re completely different phenotypes. This one looks more sativa and has much thinner buds (which is way better for my environment.)

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