Help Spider Mites

Found Spider Mites in both veg and flower room (3rd week of flowering) and cuttings are 4" - 6" in veg room. Only found 2-4 mites per plant in the flowering room. The veg room is much worse. For the most part it seems to be only one strain effected in both rooms, I have isolated that bunch.

I washed all Flowering plants with clean water, dipped them in clean water for about 5 mins and then applied Safers spray tonight.

A friend advised that Safers should be used with floramite, avid. Forbid, alternating the the latter two, to avoid resistance. I plan to start using one in the morning.

He also advised I leave the light off for 1-2 complete cycles in the flower room, keeping the temp between 45-55 F.
Interupting the light cycle is never good, but might the colder temps knock the mites back faster ? He swears by washing, submersing and treating the plants every other day or two. Anyone ever try this, or shutting down the lights for a couple of days ?
I have had success taking cuttings from flowering plants in the past. The leaves in the veg room are quite spotted, focus on saving the Buds and take more cuttings from the far less infested plants and scrap the Veg room ?
Your thoughts ?
Thanks

i just use neem oil first sign of mites, and reapply once a week for 3 weeks. seems to do a good job. i havent seen any mites in a couple months.

Hot Shot no pest strips.....available at Home Depo...work like magic.

For veg - Doctor Doom For Flowering plants - Neem tree oil.

what would really help you out is first to figure out how the bastards got in to begin with
...need to take care of that nagging detail before you have any chance of winning an all out war with em

your plan sounds pretty good, dunking does make a big difference. like chubby said, deal with potential re-infestation before trying to eradicate. a spider mite's reproductive cycle is governed by heat and humidity. warm and dry they breed fast, cool and humid they slow down. i find humidity has more of an influence than temperature, but im not an entomologist. you want to time your treatments to catch any bugs that hatch before they can lay new eggs. generally their cycle is 2-4 days, so by spraying every other day you should kill them. be aware that excessive spraying can leach nutrients out of your leaves, you may consider giving them a supplemental foliar feed after a few treatments.

Well it appears that the cuttings from a friend brought the Mites. My other plants are from seeds and have no where near the amount of leaf damage in my Veg room. So would you start using Neem or a combination including floramite, avid. forbid ?

Hot Shot no pest strips are evil even for humans yes?
I tossed all mine in the trash for fear of breathing in the shit.

everyone alread said it pretty muc.

azamax will destroy them. And anything else

redrum83420 said:

i just use neem oil first sign of mites, and reapply once a week for 3 weeks. seems to do a good job. i havent seen any mites in a couple months.

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what he said,and make sure u keep the gardens clean,scrub the walls with a disinfecting liquid if you have white walls,dust is unacceptable,dont come from the outdoors to ur garden by sweat becuz this will bring u mites and mold.

Hey everyone i need a little help on this transplant check out my thread.
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https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/427559-new-transplat-bubblicious-comment.html

oops this is the link,if neone wants to look

Been using No Pest Strips for a long tome and nuthings rong with me with me.

Idk if you've read j.cervantes' book he says the progressive control measures for spider mites (relative to level of your infestation) are ;
1)Cleanliness - Clean and disinfect room with 10% bleach solution. No animals in the grow room. No clothes from outside, in the grow room. Keep GR clothes or change into clean clothes
2)Create a hostile environment - Humidity= above 50%; Temperature= between 60 and 70 degrees F (or 15-21 C); Spider mites thrive in warm, dry climate. They reproduce every 5 days in temperature over 80 F. Spraying the undersides of leaves will physically blast eggs and mites off.
3)Create barriers - Tanglefoot is a glue/gel that you can smear on pot lids and stems to catch up mites. Sticky tape.
**this is my suggestion; before dipping** Organic pesticides - There are many good pesticides you can make with the stuff in your kitchen. Just need the recipies (pm me if you want them)
4)Dipping - Dip clones and vegitative plants in neem (Einstein oil is good), pyrethrum or horticultural oil bath
5) Remove damaged foliage - Remove anything 50% damaged
6)Predatory bugs - Release predator mites before things get out of hand
7)Chemical pesticides - Bug bombs when it's almost too late; strong mite-sides. Make sure that whatever you use is safe for fruits and vegetables and even then I'd make sure on the forum or online just to be safe.
8#) (lol damn smiley glasses) Water cure - If you dont want to completely lose a crop, then you could chop early and water cure it. The bugs will float out of the weed and onto the top of the water where you can skim them off.

Good luck man, and god damn the spider mite.
Bane of the indoor doja farmer.

I would get preditor mites let bugs kill bugs