last resort for spider mites

600w

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Its not looking good aye. spider mites have swarmed my plants.
Ive used this organic spray specialized for them however it sucks. (DON'T BUY SPRAY SAFE).
i need a guaranteed solution. can i use fly spray and just wash my plants before i switch them to flowering?
or what about those automatic spray things that spray a mist ever 5 to 10 minutes.....?????????????????????

there looking like shit and all droopy (however its partly because they haven't been watered for some time)
 

DannyGreenEyes

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Something else you might try is Mite X by Bonide. It's organic, designed especially for Mites, costs less than $10, comes premixed in a spray bottle, and the botonist at my local Nursery recomended it over another one that was twice as expensive.

We have a bad problem with Mites here because of the dry air, the botonist is responsible for taking care of the plants on the property, and she said they tested it for the first time over the summer on some kind of flowering bush out front that was infested with Spider Mites at the time and it worked with only 1 application.
 

Night Claptoman

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I got a garlic and something else spray, which is organic, and got rid of them.
Just get something else if your didn't work. I've heard neem oil do the trick as well.

Take into concideration that where-ever they came from is probably the way they will come again. If its from a plant on your window near your grow (like I had) get rid of the plant. If its from outside you'll just need to keep spraying every week to keep them at bay.

If your looking for a total whipout, get a chemical thing in the small medicine bottles. They are really nasty shits, they harm the plants, harm you if inhaled and all that, but they kill stuff really good.
Hate using them unless I absolutely have to.
If the mites came from somewhere you can eliminate, you might consider using thoes. If your uncertain, don't use it. Using it each week is terrible.
 

Roland

Active Member
One drop of dishsoap in a half gallon will knock down the mites (a 50% solution of alcohol and one drop dishsoap works good .. but I think the alcohol melts the trich's ) .. be sure to spray the bottoms of the leaves .. repeat once every 2 or 3 days days for a week .. then once a week /or if you see signs ... and change temp and humidity .. I think mites like warm dry air .. try to keep temp below 60 deg. and humidity near 50% to disrupt them reproducing .......
 

herbose

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If you're organic try Azatrol. It's an extract of neem oil without the oil. I used it on 40 outdoor plants and one bottle ($65) lasted the whole season. No bugs this year.
If you're not organic and have an enclosed space try a fogger like this ($8). Fog twice.... a week apart. I use that indoors, solved my mite and fly problems.
Where'd that smiley face come from? Was supposed to say $8.
 

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