Spider Mites!!! Pics

[cringer76]

Pretty much got spider mites when we had 3 weeks of 100F+ weather. Plants are about 3 to 4 weeks into flower now and i cant kill the spider mites off used pretty much everything Neem oil,Monterey Garden Insect Spray (Spinosad) . organocide and even got alot of lady bugs sence im in a green house.

Do u think sence the plants are so big and healthy ill be fine by time harvest comes?
As u can see im pretty much not able to get every single leave when i spray lol

If you look close in the pics u can see the spider mite damage

Anyways any help would be great thx
Heres some pics

CA Prop. 215, s.b. 420 compliant

 

[obijohn]

Neem oil or a pyrytheum sprays have always worked well for me. I can see that covering every bit of plant would be near Impossible, I've been in the same boat in the past.

Long as I sprayed weekly, I was able to keep them at least under control, they pretty much stayed on the very lowest leaves and the population remained small. Neem is always good, but mix up any other sprays so they don't get resistant to it.

Question about spinosad, I had used it for budworms and it worked great. Do you have success at all with other critters, like the mites, or whiteflies?

 

[Dyna Ryda]

That sucks, those are really good looking plants. Never had mites, so don't really know what to tell ya. Just keep spraying.

 

[cringer76]

Nothing i have tryed even spinosad so far isnt working on the mites. I pray that sence the plants are so big and healthy they will make it thru the mites there pretty much half way thru flower .

 

[Xub420]

Nice lookin Crop ya got there. I think u went thru the right techniques, or at least for control. They look super, Heres to ya getting the quality to help you perhaps forget all about the mites this year. HAPPYHARVEST2012

 

[bullwinkle60]

crop before last I had mites right up until harvest. No problem maybe a bit less yield but you don't look like you'll have to worry about that.

 

[chrishydro]

try Einstein oil and a wetting agent works for me every time.

 

[Geronimo420]

Use Liquid Ladybug
or make your own
Recipe to make you how liquid Ladybug
5ml Lemon Grass Oil
2ml Geranium Oil
1 drop natural soap
1L water

it will not eliminate the problem but simply control it & make it possible to make a decent harvest despite the pest, When you harvest hang the plants upside down the mites will climb all the way up the stem where they can be pick-up with a mini-vacum

 

[Geronimo420]

you can spray with Liquid ladybug until the day of harvest

 

[Geronimo420]

when you start the next grow in this set-up at 12" high spray the plants with Floramites a chemical witch cannot be use during bud stage only in veg and only at least 6 weeks before any plant material is consume all mite will die of hunger as the stuff prevent them from feeding

 

[jcmjrt]

Use your greenhouse to your advantage and get however many low value pyrethrum bug bombs that you need. The aerosolized pyrethrum will get on every surface. You'll need to do it twice in order to stop them. I used this technique last year and the mite's were gone.

 

[cringer76]

Use your greenhouse to your advantage and get however many low value pyrethrum bug bombs that you need. The aerosolized pyrethrum will get on every surface. You'll need to do it twice in order to stop them. I used this technique last year and the mite's were gone.

Are pyrethrum bug bombs Safe for the buds?

 

[cringer76]

Heres a Close up of the Spidermite Damage. So do you think it will mess up my buds before harvest there about 4 or 5 weeks along?

 

[VICTORYGARDENSHYDRO]

managed to get a out break under control by using a atomizer or paint sprayer with mighty wash, every 4 days, after the 3 fog, nothing is moving and plants look great.

 

[cringer76]

managed to get a out break under control by using a atomizer or paint sprayer with mighty wash, every 4 days, after the 3 fog, nothing is moving and plants look great.

What Fog did you use?

 

[VICTORYGARDENSHYDRO]

What Fog did you use?

Mighty Wash, it turned every bug and egg into a white skeleton.

 

[wheezer]

crop before last I had mites right up until harvest. No problem maybe a bit less yield but you don't look like you'll have to worry about that.

yea if you don't mind smokin spider mite bodies, and mite poop and eggs......yeuck! pop pop popop crackle sizzle.....ew