Battling spider mites with predator mites.Anyways wondering how I got them in the tent .Running a 5000btu window ac ducted to the tent nodought that's how I got them?Ac in the window is well sealed thinking on rigging a hepa filter somewhere on the intake vent.Do home tent growers bother to do this?
Spider mites entrance
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CaliRootz88
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DrDukePHD
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I've been bathing my legs/feet in Iso 2x a day for 3 months & I never once thought about the fact my dog could just bring them in my room, so basically i might as well not waste the Iso lolol
Put the predator mites in 24hr ago looks worse now.100 per pack and eat 6 spider mites a day,maybe should have doubled up.Dont really want to spray there are more aggressive predator mites but these I can get local.Also put diatomaceous at the intake and various places will do merv11 fiber as a filter in line.This is my first grow don't want it to be a failure. Lol
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Moflow
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It's not instantaneous, it takes a while for the predatory mites to get on top of the problem.
As the mites are cheap - 1.25cdn per packet buy more over the next few weeks and keep adding them in.
Never used that type before. I have used phytoseiulus sachets in the past to control them.
I always went nuclear and got the 2000 mite pack
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