Trazzer
Active Member
I want everyone to know of this, I feel that it is not told to enough growers and should be known.
When treating for mites alternate your method of attack with different products, this will avoid contributing to a constantly evolving group of super mites.
What is a super mite you say..
it is the creation of a pesticide resistant mite, therefore undefeatable, its already happening in mendo and BC. What happens is; a grower gets mites, he attacks with azatrol this kills every mite but maybe 2 or 3, they breed and you see them and the process starts over, he sprays again with azatrol. After the mites have servived a few sprays and bred with other survivers, this creates an azatrol resistant mite. The grower now moves to a new product and proceeds to make his already mutant mites even stronger by making them immune to each insecticide one by one. Then these mites hitchhike on the grower or a clone and breeds into other gardens.
So Please Dont contribute to the SUPERMITE gene pool!!!
When treating for mites alternate your method of attack with different products, this will avoid contributing to a constantly evolving group of super mites.
What is a super mite you say..
it is the creation of a pesticide resistant mite, therefore undefeatable, its already happening in mendo and BC. What happens is; a grower gets mites, he attacks with azatrol this kills every mite but maybe 2 or 3, they breed and you see them and the process starts over, he sprays again with azatrol. After the mites have servived a few sprays and bred with other survivers, this creates an azatrol resistant mite. The grower now moves to a new product and proceeds to make his already mutant mites even stronger by making them immune to each insecticide one by one. Then these mites hitchhike on the grower or a clone and breeds into other gardens.
So Please Dont contribute to the SUPERMITE gene pool!!!