Help! Hemp Russet Mites are KILLING me

MonsterRobot

MonsterRobot

Member
Has anyone heard of hemp russet mites? Does anyone know of any effective control or way to eliminate them? I have tried Azatrol, AzaMax, Neem oil, and using a sulfur burner. Those methods have reduced the number of mites, but i can't seem to completely eliminate them... They have even made their way into my veg tent... They started at the bottom of my plants and just started moving up and stripping my plants of all of their leafs and they also eat pistils!!!!

This is my first post and any help would be greatly appreciated...
 
MonsterRobot

MonsterRobot

Member
rbregn

rbregn

Active Member
To put it gently, your fucked. Kill everything and incinerate everything. Sterilize everything with bleach and high heat "steam". The little fuckers get into everything including seeds.don'tlet them spread
 
V

vallilynn

Active Member
if you have used all those chemicals, rbregn is right, you need to burn them, bleach your grow rooms steam does work really well, dont let those bugs get to the northwest please
 
L

LKDBLM

Member
MonsterRobot said:
Has anyone heard of hemp russet mites? Does anyone know of any effective control or way to eliminate them? I have tried Azatrol, AzaMax, Neem oil, and using a sulfur burner. Those methods have reduced the number of mites, but i can't seem to completely eliminate them... They have even made their way into my veg tent... They started at the bottom of my plants and just started moving up and stripping my plants of all of their leafs and they also eat pistils!!!!

This is my first post and any help would be greatly appreciated...
Click to expand...

- BONIDE - Eight Insect Control worked for me, twice a week segregating the crops. Be sure to use a respirator, (has odor of paint thinner) some nasty shit. Also drop your humidity as low as possible, they cannot survive without it, below 20% if possible.
 
hotrodharley

hotrodharley

Well-Known Member
I would suggest fumigation as well since most insects can survive in wallpaper, cracks in plaster/sheetrock, carpeting and so on. Those "pull the pin and run" Black Flag units work well but READ THE INSTRUCTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Leave the room sealed as long as possible to allow penetration of the fumigant into walls and other hiding spots. ALL bugs will then be history.
 
shaggydog365

shaggydog365

Well-Known Member
Yup, ur screwed. I had them last year, got them from clones. Had to cut everything down and bleach everything. I didnt even grow in the same room. I was moving anyways so i just waited to set up shop again at my new house. I had them so bad they looked like dust build up on all the base of the leaves. I would wipe it off and the dust would move right back. Very creepy. Looked under microscope and there was millions of them. Learned the hard way. Not sure what kills them, i just threw away and moved. I never want to get them ever again. I dont bring anythig in my grow room before i look at under microscope from now on. Good luck, you'll need it.
 
KapnKirk

KapnKirk

Active Member
The brand GardenTech makes a product called Worry Free. Cannot say enough of this stuff. I spent almost 2 years trying to kill those things off and it was nearly impossible and once i thought i had em theyd go unnoticed and colonize again until they were visible. I used neem oil, azamax, no spider mites, promis, captain jacks deadbug among others, and none of them worked, only slowed it down. Finally i read up on Worry Free and tried it, i submerged every plant i had in veg (everything except the roots) and did my best to keep it under control in flower. Its now been about a year and a half and not a single one popped up since.

I recommend doing the same. Go scorched earth in veg. The gestation period is 3 days, so spray eeverything down the first two treatments and on the third dunk whichever plants are small enough. 100 percent coverage is key! They lay eggs and the bottom of the leaves that will go unnoticed and in 3 days they be back to colonizing.
Good luck! Those things are little demons.
 
U

ULEN

Well-Known Member
KapnKirk said:
The brand GardenTech makes a product called Worry Free. Cannot say enough of this stuff. I spent almost 2 years trying to kill those things off and it was nearly impossible and once i thought i had em theyd go unnoticed and colonize again until they were visible. I used neem oil, azamax, no spider mites, promis, captain jacks deadbug among others, and none of them worked, only slowed it down. Finally i read up on Worry Free and tried it, i submerged every plant i had in veg (everything except the roots) and did my best to keep it under control in flower. Its now been about a year and a half and not a single one popped up since.

I recommend doing the same. Go scorched earth in veg. The gestation period is 3 days, so spray eeverything down the first two treatments and on the third dunk whichever plants are small enough. 100 percent coverage is key! They lay eggs and the bottom of the leaves that will go unnoticed and in 3 days they be back to colonizing.
Good luck! Those things are little demons.
Click to expand...

how would you apply in flower or would you just take it as a L?
 
KapnKirk

KapnKirk

Active Member
ULEN said:
how would you apply in flower or would you just take it as a L?
Click to expand...
Depends how late in flower imo, up to 3 or 4 weeks should be fine, but past that id try not to spray em to avoid budrot and leaving residue on fully developed buds. If your early on in flower id say hit em with the WorryFree three times, once every 3 days, then after the last treatment rinse the plants off with water to get that residue off (as long you you dont have a PM or humidity problem). If your too late into flower id chalk it up as a loss, and be extra careful getting rid of the plants, you dont want to transfer the bastards anywhere near your setup. Any more questions lemme know. Good luck.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top