Spider Mites!!!

This is my first grow and I'm almost there! but I cant get rid of these spider mites I tried neem oil for 3 weeks straight and nothing, then I tried another spray and nothing so now I am trying a no pest strip. I ve done alot of reading and for the most part ive read its safe. Please any advice!!! I am at the last resort and 4 weeks into flowering I can not afford for them to go to waste. They are bad

amberrey21 said:

This is my first grow and I'm almost there! but I cant get rid of these spider mites I tried neem oil for 3 weeks straight and nothing, then I tried another spray and nothing so now I am trying a no pest strip. I ve done alot of reading and for the most part ive read its safe. Please any advice!!! I am at the last resort and 4 weeks into flowering I can not afford for them to go to waste. They are bad

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Here's what I have used with good results!
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Spider mites SUCK! If you have them on one plant chances are they are on all of them. So very small and difficult to see unless you use a loupe or magnifier(at least for me anyways). I had one harvest *almost* get ruined by the critters and then I fought back with technology...and won! I did not want to use and chemicals on my ladies so close to harvest, and ended up using...STEAM!

Bought a Rowenta steamer from Bed Bath &Way Beyond and it worked like a charm! Best way is to do this somewhat *safely* is to water your plants, wait an hour and then hit the plants EVERYWHERE with the steam. You cannot concentrate the steam in any one area for too long or you'll cook the poor plant! The neat thing about this is the temperature. The mites simply crumble and die as soon as the hot steam hits them! Again you HAVE to be careful or you'll cause more harm than good, but if you pay attention to what your doing, you can do this! After you have hit all areas thoroughly, let your ladies rest for 1-2 days then hit em again. The live mites die easily but the eggs may still hatch (nasty things). If you cannot control the mites after 3 steam treatments, you should abandon ship and chop em down, sorry. Good luck and let us know how you faired in this time of crisis.

Doctor Doom sells a good chemical remedy ,it is a .2% pytherian spray just for mites, this is a naturally made pesticide (from crystallum flowers or something of the sort) ,it biodegrades in 8 hours and is safe to use up to the day before harvest,it will slightly affect flavor if used too close to harvest, so I try to not use any for the last 3 weeks. Only use this product after lights out as it will wither your plants in direct light. Use doom once every 5 days for 3 treatments to break the hatching cycle. I have used this product with tremendous success. At 15 bucks a can it's a bargain. Cheers

ok if you need to google it ,I think it is spelled Doktor Doom and I get mine from my local hydro store.