If you catch them early. His plants look pretty beat up.
Whole plant curling up?
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JungleTime
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threw out those two infected fkers. rest of the plants look fine for now...
I went to the local grow store and they told me that forbid will kill them for sure.
http://www.amazon.com/ForbidTM-4F-Miticide-Bottle/dp/B005BYRVKW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1447027148&sr=8-2&keywords=russet+mite#Ask
Ima bite the bullet and treat the ones that arent infected with it yet...
Get a scope and check the plants that look bad. You will see them on the stem that connects to the left. If you see them check your other plants that look okay.
JungleTime
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Sounds good sir, I cant get a scope that fast but I just ordered one with the forbid, I heard forbid is literally the strongest thing you can buy and it WILL work. Only reason why it wouldnt is because the application didnt get good coverage. Ill soak them hot dog lookin mother fks.
Once forbid comes with the scope, I'll genocide them all and keep checking with the scope
Alienwidow
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Oh ya they do/did. Russets are the devil from what ive heard. Never had em yet. To the op, bleach the whole room like everywhere. Good luck killin thise fekers.
JungleTime
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I shall do, I'm making it my misson D:< thankfully I didnt flower yet... I guess they can wait another week or two for the forbid to work and for me to be able to sterilize the room before flowering. .
steezy wonder
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Don't throw them out mine where way worse and came back just took time. I did the medium strength only about 5ml in my spray bottle. MAKE SURE LIGHTS ARE OFF RIGHT AFTER YOU FINISH. Spray under and on top. Do it once let them dry. Again I'm evening, next day once and then 3 days later. Twice a week I spray my tent inside and out with nuke em, then switch to neem. Don't use just one thing. Good luck and let me know if you need help. My problem has yet to return.
JungleTime
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Yesir! I'm using that 200 dollar crap forbid along with nuke em. And too late I threw them out haha, I personally thought they were just holding all of it... Without the infected its just damage control now I guess. I did a spray with alcohol and honeslty it looks like it killed the remaining but I dont have a scope so I'm not positive. I know there are a shit ton of eggs on the leaves though.. hope the nuke em and forbid will take care of it.
steezy wonder
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Just stay in top of it weekly, spray the whole area, your storage area, anything going in or going out I mist over everything with a weak dose !
JungleTime
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I had a quick question when you say your mist over everything... I was thinking of how to sterilize the grow room and I'm kinda lost on how to go about it. Is it ok to just spray every inch of the grow room with forbid and nuke em? As in ceiling/walls/floors, then hit the floor with bleach after? I'm pretty sure its on the floors as well as I pick dead leaves, toss em on the floor then pick them up after I'm done pruning. Will the vapors from the bleach possibly hurt the plants? Thanks so much dude you been a life saver. I'm getting everything on Wednesday and then its war time..
steezy wonder
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In between harvest or about once a month I bleach water my floors, walls, anything I can. Once or twice a week I Spray neem or nuke em inside and out the tent. All over the walls, my res, the floor, the ventilation. Stil this is diluted cause there is currently no bugs. Only spray the plants as needed with light doses unless there are bugs still then hit every inch of the plant and repeat as I stated. I rarely spray my bud producing plants but hear if you have to use nuke em, maybe read into it more. I also use co2 in flower so that helps keep pests at bay.
steezy wonder
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Bleach vapors should not hurt, it does not take much bleach. Dilute it in hot water and just clean everything. Don't turn it into a toxic bleach room lol. Anything you spray on the plants turn the lights off and keep off till dry. I just turn on the room cfl never ther grow light. Also I vacuume anything up I can to keep dust out. I never thought I had gnats cause I never saw them until I hung a few yellow sticky traps and I caught 3 in a week. That's how the mites begin. I hung those and got better air movement over everything including my flood tables and now I don't ever see gnats on the traps.
JungleTime
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Sounds good sir, I'm really gonna clean/kill everything that crawls in my grow room and keep it clean from now on. No more throwin leaves in a pile and cleaning it the next day lol. Learned my lesson... I'm gonna buy the gallon size of the nuke em after I'm done with the 32 oz to spray often as you mentioned. So.. do you have to wear a suit or respirator?? I noticed the ingredients is just citrus acid lol. Fk these bugs, ruining my life and shit
Cl@rksville
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I have had this curling up myself but not the young foliage damage often accompanied to a mite infestation, I personally never found a single mite on any plant but sprayed them with Bayer and an aspirin solution for a week and they came good. Toxins are generally what cause this curling and the Russet Mite injects a wicked poison... Google the Aspirin solution for more information. Forbid is a good product I agree and I use it myself occasionally. Good luck man 
bird mcbride
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You might want to do a transplant to get rid of any infected soil.
steezy wonder
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I've never used forbid so idk. With nuke em I don't. I just spray tops till they drip and underside, the room and walls don't get soaked when I spray weekly just mist everything. Hit em hard the first week then back off and don't use as much when there are no bugs and you are just cleaning. Remember lights off if you spray the plant.
JungleTime
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Yea, I havent been spraying at all. I learned that I need to spray on a regular basis even if I dont have any bugs lol.I have had this curling up myself but not the young foliage damage often accompanied to a mite infestation, I personally never found a single mite on any plant but sprayed them with Bayer and an aspirin solution for a week and they came good. Toxins are generally what cause this curling and the Russet Mite injects a wicked poison... Google the Aspirin solution for more information. Forbid is a good product I agree and I use it myself occasionally. Good luck man
I was told that spraying the stock, top soil, and pot with forbid will be enough for sure as generally all mites from egg to mature adult will not live past a week without a host. But if they do live and make their way up to the plant which I highly doubt then there still gonna die. Having the forbid be systemic as in it travels throughout the whole plant and root system ensures that a good spray will have the mites vanished unless you have some crap laying in the corner just breeding them. Any mite or bug that does eat the treated plants within the 45 days its been treated will dry out and die due to the forbid drying them out by blocking out fat that they crucially need. Learned a lot about forbid...
Just sprayed with forbid with full suit haha. I'm talking about duct tape at the hands and feet, respirator, and face mask, some serious shit lol. I'll spray with the recommended dosage of nuke em for the first spray in a couple of days then back off and use a lower preventative dose weekly just to keep those fkers at bay from now on. I'm not going to ever stop spraying now, thankfully not all the plants were infected. Thanks so much haha I owe you one lol