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TheGrowBros

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I just recently realized that my plants are having a mite problem. Turns out after spraying them with neem oil, there may have been an unidentified outbreak of them and now I'm concerned.
As of recent, I seen a few on a leaf possibly feeding on a trichome and after foolishly spraying my plant with neem oil (about 4-6 weeks in flower), I came to find out that there are potentially hundreds of these per pot. Never noticed them around the pot area until now after further spraying saturating the plant with water. I have been using Root Cleaner for a good while now to try rid my plants of fungus gnats and never saw these in full force until now.
These don't appear to have caused any damage to my plants that I have noticed yet.
The don't hop or anything, just slowly crawl around.
Any help appreciated!!!
 

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yeah man, I'm not the guy to ask either. Wait for more replies.... bump for you and good luck.
 
MICHI-CAN said:
Just a thought and another bump. I use 1 tsp dishsoap, 1 tsp sesame seed oil to a gallon of water as a weekly spray to prevent bugs. So not that familiar.

Lady bugs are miracle workers for soft bodied pests though.

Best wishes and I feel for you.

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I switched to using sesame oil instead of neem a while ago. The only things I spray on my plants are things I already have in my kitchen or from plants growing in my yard like rosemary. If I can't eat it I won't spray it on my plants.
 
xtsho said:
I switched to using sesame oil instead of neem a while ago. The only things I spray on my plants are things I already have in my kitchen or from plants growing in my yard like rosemary. If I can't eat it I won't spray it on my plants.
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@xtsho is my mentor on the sesame oil. He is the pest.........................prevention go to guy. LOL. TY man.
 
MICHI-CAN said:
@xtsho is my mentor on the sesame oil. He is the pest.........................prevention go to guy. LOL. TY man.
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I didn't do anything other than read labels and then research ingredients. My goal was to use only bee and beneficial insect safe ingredients. So I went with sesame oil as a preventative, citric acid as a contact killer, and potassium silicate to prevent PM. The results have been exceptional. No PM on the squash, pumpkins, cucumbers, or roses. No aphids. No mites. All I see is spiders, ladybugs, and bees. I have bumble bees making hives in my yard, birds nesting and laying eggs, it's a safe haven for urban wildlife in a sea of toxic poison from people spraying crap in their yards that kills everything.

I had some caterpillars munching on my beets early in the season and some slugs doing a little damage but I can deal with a few issues. I will never spray poison in my yard. With one exception. I spray around the foundation and under the house a couple times a year with some yucky stuff. If I don't I'll be overrun with ants. But I'm experimenting with an organic solution. It involves clove oil and a few other things that are bee safe. So far it's proving to be as effective as the yucky stuff.

But if I get another Bald Faced Hornets nest in one of my trees I'm going to do what I did last time. Get a can of Raid and spray that sucker down early in the morning when they're not active. Those things were not just attacking me but they were going after my Hummingbirds at the feeder. That was the last straw. You mess with my Hummers and you pay the price. I'm not risking trying to get it in a bag and it breaking apart finding myself in the middle of a swarm of hundreds of angry Hornets. I've been stung by those suckers. It hurts real bad. Those Bald Faced Hornets are mean and have no fear. Don't mess with those nests unless you have some protective gear. I went out right before dawn and saturated the nest with a can of Raid. Under certain circumstances I'll break out the real poison. Bald Faced Hornets nests are one. If they left me alone I'd let them live. But those assholes come after you. We couldn't even be on the patio next to a Hummingbird feeder without them trying to get us. I wiped them out.
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xtsho said:
I didn't do anything other than read labels and then research ingredients. My goal was to use only bee and beneficial insect safe ingredients. So I went with sesame oil as a preventative, citric acid as a contact killer, and potassium silicate to prevent PM. The results have been exceptional. No PM on the squash, pumpkins, cucumbers, or roses. No aphids. No mites. All I see is spiders, ladybugs, and bees. I have bumble bees making hives in my yard, birds nesting and laying eggs, it's a safe haven for urban wildlife in a sea of toxic poison from people spraying crap in their yards that kills everything.

I had some caterpillars munching on my beets early in the season and some slugs doing a little damage but I can deal with a few issues. I will never spray poison in my yard. With one exception. I spray around the foundation and under the house a couple times a year with some yucky stuff. If I don't I'll be overrun with ants. But I'm experimenting with an organic solution. It involves clove oil and a few other things that are bee safe. So far it's proving to be as effective as the yucky stuff.

But if I get another Bald Faced Hornets nest in one of my trees I'm going to do what I did last time. Get a can of Raid and spray that sucker down early in the morning when they're not active. Those things were not just attacking me but they were going after my Hummingbirds at the feeder. That was the last straw. You mess with my Hummers and you pay the price. I'm not risking trying to get it in a bag and it breaking apart finding myself in the middle of a swarm of hundreds of angry Hornets. I've been stung by those suckers. It hurts real bad. Those Bald Faced Hornets are mean and have no fear. Don't mess with those nests unless you have some protective gear. I went out right before dawn and saturated the nest with a can of Raid. Under certain circumstances I'll break out the real poison. Bald Faced Hornets nests are one. If they left me alone I'd let them live. But those assholes come after you. We couldn't even be on the patio next to a Hummingbird feeder without them trying to get us. I wiped them out.
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I also have an organic oasis in the midst of a poisoned, manicured concrete jungle. I have a few new cans of wasp and hornet spray. The chicken leg over a bucket of soapy water takes too long for yellow jackets.

And I planted a very heavy seeding of marigolds around my foundation. No ants or most other crawling invaders. Just a thought. But effective.
 
The main criteria I use when deciding to apply anything to plants in my yard is whether it's Bee Friendly. If it's not I won't use it.

People need to start taking the survival of the Bee's more serious. When the pollinators go then so does agriculture. Without agriculture the food supply goes. When the food supply goes so does mankind. We are destroying the things we need for our survival. Sure they can manually pollinate. But that would never come close to what the Bee's and other pollinators do.

Sure we can all start eating grain but when the bees go so do most fruits and vegetables. Like you're almonds?

Some products people use like Spinosad are highly toxic to bees. Yet I see people growing organically and not even giving a thought about using it. Sure the label might say organic but anything that kills bees should be avoided. Then you have the people spraying it indiscriminately on everything in their yard including the flowering plants that Bee's frequent in their quest for pollen and nectar.

I wish more people would consider what they're doing to the environment when they use the poison so many purchase from the big box stores. Don't just look at the label and read "Kills X and X and X" "Prevents X and X and X". Look at the actual ingredients, take a few minutes to look them up. Do you really want that crap in your yard? Have kids? The early development is critical. Do you want to expose your children to toxic chemicals that have been shown to cause cancer, birth defects, and other issues?
 
TheGrowBros said:
I just recently realized that my plants are having a mite problem. Turns out after spraying them with neem oil, there may have been an unidentified outbreak of them and now I'm concerned.
As of recent, I seen a few on a leaf possibly feeding on a trichome and after foolishly spraying my plant with neem oil (about 4-6 weeks in flower), I came to find out that there are potentially hundreds of these per pot. Never noticed them around the pot area until now after further spraying saturating the plant with water. I have been using Root Cleaner for a good while now to try rid my plants of fungus gnats and never saw these in full force until now.
These don't appear to have caused any damage to my plants that I have noticed yet.
The don't hop or anything, just slowly crawl around.
Any help appreciated!!!
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Looks like a MOULD MITE aka CHEESE MITE aka FLOUR MITE aka Tyrophagus putrescentiae
 
Thanks for the reply all. Unfortunately, I went ahead and tossed the plants.
Went from one crazy battle with eliminating fungus gnats straight into another with these. I finally decided it is not worth the time, effort and money to keep trying to rid myself of these issues. Plus, as these were indoor plants, the last thing I want are to have these things in our living space.
This was a hard lesson learned from drying my coco coir and perlite mix outside for reuse.
 
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