How long until spider mites die off completely???

[adam2706]

I have been battling spider mites in my most recent grow. After harvest, I am going to have an opportunity to fully empty my tent before my next grow. If I empty my tent and sterilize everything, how long will it take for all of the eggs to hatch and die of starvation if there are no plants present?

Trying to decide if I should wait it out before starting my next grow. Would this even work?

 

[Dontjudgeme]

After a deep clean and sterilization, I left the tent outside and open for a week. Afterward I vacuumed the entire inside and brought the tent back in. Haven't seen a spider mite since.

 

[Sofa King Smoooth]

After a deep clean and sterilization, I left the tent outside and open for a week. Afterward I vacuumed the entire inside and brought the tent back in. Haven't seen a spider mite since.

Dont recommend having tent outside. It could bring in other little bugs and bacteria, etc.

I have been battling spider mites in my most recent grow. After harvest, I am going to have an opportunity to fully empty my tent before my next grow. If I empty my tent and sterilize everything, how long will it take for all of the eggs to hatch and die of starvation if there are no plants present?

Trying to decide if I should wait it out before starting my next grow. Would this even work?

Read that the mites can live uo to 10 days without food in 80s with low humidity.

Eggs can take up to 20 days to hatch.

So without treatment after plant removal, a remaining egg to hatched bug could live as long as 30 days if the environment was ideal without food.

Alcohol will kill them. I have been bleaching then follow up with iso Alcohol wipedown of everything.

Then I still waited a week and wiped down again.

So far so good.

 

[Lenin1917]

I have been battling spider mites in my most recent grow. After harvest, I am going to have an opportunity to fully empty my tent before my next grow. If I empty my tent and sterilize everything, how long will it take for all of the eggs to hatch and die of starvation if there are no plants present?

Trying to decide if I should wait it out before starting my next grow. Would this even work?

Clean and sterilize your tent, wipe it down with rubbing alcohol first, let dry then spray and wipe with some chlorinated water. Tear down, clean the room your tents in, dust the rooms floor with diatomaceous earth wait like an hour, then vacuum, make sure to get the cobwebs in the corner of your rooms ceilings, dust with de again, vacuum again then setup your tent, clean it again as per first instruction and you should be good to go. Keep up with vacuuming(whole house) institute a shoes off inside policy and be strict about(shoes off inside also means no barefeet out unless washed with warm soapy water before entry) the shoe thing is important because your feet stay on the ground picking up pests.

other useful preventative measures: strip before entering grow room/tent’s room if you work outdoors strip when you get home, if you garden outside strip when you come in, if you have guests coming these gotta apply to them too.

 

[Dontjudgeme]

Dont recommend having tent outside. It could bring in other little bugs and bacteria, etc.



Read that the mites can live uo to 10 days without food in 80s with low humidity.

Eggs can take up to 20 days to hatch.

So without treatment after plant removal, a remaining egg to hatched bug could live as long as 30 days if the environment was ideal without food.

Alcohol will kill them. I have been bleaching then follow up with iso Alcohol wipedown of everything.

Then I still waited a week and wiped down again.

So far so good.

Fortunately I have a balcony and I'm not surrounded by tress and grass. I would assume the OP wouldn't just leave it outside for other little critters to crawl into.

 

[Synchronicity]

I have had spider mite eggs hatch up to 30 days at room temp in webbing in a petri dish on top of the fridge................ that is the most resistant stage.

If you can wait and keep temps up to 60 or 70 degrees F for a month with no hatch.......... then you are out of the woods.

Spider mites are no friends of mine. I have used clorox at a 1 to 4 dilution and it kills the eggs and everything else that lives on a small scale...

best regards against the little turds

 

[DrDukePHD]

I spray my legs/feet/clothes with mist bottle full of 70% isopropyl alcohol like 3x a day. Gonna need to buy more soon

 

[Rahz]

I have read 11 days, 14 days, and apparently eggs can hatch at up to 20 days.

However, I have in the past defeated mites with Doktor Doom, fogging the veg room and following up with a second fog three days later.

Perhaps the fog (pyrethrin) can permeate eggs? Or perhaps they typically hatch within 3 days when in ideal conditions (on a plant)?