How to deal with spidermites near harvest?

S. African grower

S. African grower

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So I'm nearing harvest and about 2weeks ago I noticed some eggs from spidermites underneath one of my plants fan leaf (this plant was furthest from the fan) I sprayed the unders of all the fan leaves in the grow with my organic pesticide and the next day everything was gone!.. Now I see on a few of the leaves sticking out the buds on that plant have eggs again.. I put it directly in front of the fan to discourage them, I don't want to spray anything near the buds so what the best option ?.. It's a very small infestation on only about 4 small fingers sticking out of the main cola..can I use something to wipe and kill them? Like bleach or alcohol wipe?
 
yes shop vac,put a little water in it also something on the exhaust so u dont blow them back in.
 
You can also always pick the leaves that are infested.

Best option is prevention, of course (I know it's too late this time) - but keeping a clean room, sterilized equipment, and not tracking in pests goes a VERY long way.
 
S. African grower said:
Not the trash can, it was only a few mites I wiped them with organic pesticide and got rid of them a week before harvest... Trash can...
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Your choice, but i don't smoke anything that's been sprayed with pesticides or has had bug/mold problems. My lungs are too important to me.
 
3% h202 sprayed directly on the leaves to kill the spider mites, their eggs and a vacuum to remove webbing and a shit losd of adults but be careful.

Check the h202 on a leaf for the first time to ensure it doesnt react bad but it shouldn't. Only spray after lights out or else you'll burn the shit out of your plants. I speak from experience that this does help but needs to be done every two to three days for a week or more

It also treats pwm as a bonus!

Incase you're worried about smoking h202 dont be because it completely evaporates over time. I do a complete dunk of all my harvest even if I don't see pwm or mites just to be safe.
 
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