Are these Thrips?

[Zenogears]

My plants are kind of infested with them, i was gone for a few days and boom, they are just everywhere. I bought some Monterey Spinosad spray in hopes that it will save them. They are about 1 weeks from switching the lights to 12-12. Does anyone have any information that might be able to help? should I move the plants into my other room and clean my grow room top to bottom and spray or... do i need to start over?

Any information would be very helpful, thank you so much.

 

[greenghost420]

yikes those are skeevy looking fuckers! looks like mites to me. can you get shots under the leaves...

 

[caveman117]

ya those are definitely spider mites. they are a pain to deal with. your best shot is to do research on their life cycle and choose two pesticides to alternate treatment with.

 

[greenghost420]

azamax knocked out mites for me, spraying every 3 days for like 10 days, i didnt have a bad infestation though.. thris are way more annoying than mites!

 

[Labs Dexter]

I had mites before and it was too late in flower... What I learned is clean clean clean, have two fans so it's like gale force or tornadoes if you like going off and you shouldn't come across em, allot of misting and cooler temps

 

[bbyb420]

yep those are definitely mites, thrips are fucking disgusting..first they are little brown lines ruining your leaves then they molt into what looks like baby cockroaches, super gross..theyre big too, about the size of my fingernail.
This is a thrip adult, the larvae look like little brown/green worms.


Also I would make sure to get rid of those mites before flipping to 12/12. Better for them to do their damage in the veg stage

 

[adower]

As others have said. Those are mites.

 

[Zenogears]

thanks you guys

 

[Zenogears]

do you think i should revert to veg until i can get rid of them?

 

[Dr.Pecker]

do you think i should revert to veg until i can get rid of them?

Its not a two spotted mite. Hot shot pest strips on a fan, neem oil (don't spray with the lights on), azamax, floramite It can get expensive. You want at least three kinds of pesticides. If you can flip the plant upside down and dunk them or wash them off in the shower. get rid of them before you flower. Spray every day for three days then every three days for at least two weeks. Don't clog up plant stomata or the leaves will die. You're in for a battle. Cooler temps will make it easier to deal with. good luck.

 

[greenghost420]

nah mites are easy, just stay on it, dont ut it off for a day, like he said every 3 days sray.

 

[Indacouch]

I use neem concentrate and azamax It's a combo I alternate between and it does wonders getting rid of the little devils quicker than any other two I've used ......azamax. Is a lil pricey but well worth it IMO. Like I said I've tried lots of different things and the neem oil concentrate and the azamax alternating between the two are my best results and what I always use to rid my girls of the devils we call mites. Good luck

 

[caveman117]

I had mites real bad once (two spotted) and it was a real pain to get rid of them. I controlled them with neem and habernero pepper spray. after that harvest I ahut down for six months or so and bleached everything in the room heavy. and since then I havent really had a problem, once in a while I'll see some mite damage and that plant gets thrown outside to die, just because I dont want to risk it (I just keep enough clones so if I have to trash one it won't mess up my cycle).

 

[Zenogears]

ok i just bought some Hot shot pest strips to put on my fans, some neem oil, monteray garden instect spray (it says to mix 1tbs to 1quart of water, should i do this or add more?) but the azamax is just too expensive for me at $100 a bottle.

I sprayed them all really well with the monteray before work today, i worked 9 hours, came home, and they are still alive walking around the little bastards.

Do you think it a good idea to take them out, put them in the shower and spray them down with my sprayer really good? I can do that tomorrow with each of them, i just have 6 plants, but they are really big. Any other suggestions boys? It would mean a lot, thank you so much, I put so much into these plants i would hate to see it all go to waste because of some pests.

 

[Alienwidow]

Garden insect spray wont kill them. Buy some nukem if that other stuff is too much. And ladybugs work too. You just have to seal the room with netting

 

[Zenogears]

It's $50 on amazon, is that worth it you think?

 

[Zenogears]

Do you guys think i should just start over? Cut my losses? And if so, what should i do to my grow room cleaning wise, to make sure they don't come back, and how long should i keep the room empty before putting more plants in it?

 

[Terry385]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MONTEREY-GARDEN-INSECT-SPRAY-W-SPINOSAD-Quart-/141416345865?hash=item20ed123109
works good.. maybe find local for about $20.. 2 oz to gal of water spray with http://www.ebay.com/itm/Chapin-20000-1-Gallon-Lawn-and-Garden-Sprayer-New-FREE-SHIPPING-/111713586975?hash=item1a02a60f1f real good under leafs for 3 days then spray every 3 days after that i use sm 90 and skunklabs also to mix it up

 

[Zenogears]

My plants are just so big, and the infestation is completely overwhelming, if it takes weeks to get rid of all of them, i might just want to cut my losses and start over on a clean slate. Anyone know the procedure to clean your grow room to make sure they don't come back on my next batch?

 

[Terry385]

my headband plant was infested Tuesday have 7 plants in tent sprayed all.. looked just now all good to go... my plant are from 2 weeks to 6 weeks in veg.