spider mites solution

[quazoid]

what options do i have to get rid of spider mites without using chemical pesticides, do lady bugs work? any help would be helpful

 

[Mr Wacky Tobacky]

Lady bugs work well but you have to get rid of the mites quickly as they will suck your plant/s dry and can become a big problem as they love the juices.. I just used pesticide for spider mites you use on apple trees, etc. coz it's not like you get lady bugs all over the place unless you have plenty flying around..

 

[moonlightthug]

can a plant come back after being infested by spidermites?

 

[Chiceh]

The plant will survive if you kill the spider mites. Get a spray bottle, cover the bottom with dish soap ( i use the orange anti-bacterial kind), fill 3/4 with water, 1/4 white vinegar. shake gently and spray all over your plants, under all the leaves too cause this is where they hide. Leave this on over night then spray all off with clean water the next day. They should be gone. Good luck.

 

[bluetick]

Heres another natural way to rid them along natural ways to help out in many bugs, slugs and animals. Hope it helps.

Natural Pest Control

 

[headbandrocker]

Quazoid,If posible try washing the leaves in the shower! Then follow up with which ever cocktail you like.I use Soyanara which is a soy based spray that fights mites and pm.Good luck HBR

 

[moonlightthug]

i thank everyone for all the adv.im a newbie at this and it's a stressful job but with all the help and advise it makes it alot easier.keep on tokin...................

 

[Chiceh]

This mix I described below also kills aphids, thrips and gnats (the bugs not the larvae).

 

[MrFishy]

Whatever you decide to do right away, I suggest doing again in 2-3 weeks to insure any remaining eggs that hatch are dealt with immediately. Pyrethrum-based insecticides are relatively safe . . . used up to the day of harvest in gardening. I use "Eight" and it's worked excellent. I would NOT spray it on buds unless they are just starting. Could affect the taste at that point? Once dry, non-toxic to animals.
After you deal with the eggs, if it bugs ya, you can rinse the entire plant with a thorough wetting w/water.

 

[firebullet]

I'm infested as well as of today. I was checking the sex and these lil f@ckers are all over the place. I sprayed the big ones down, I'm worried it'll spread to the rest.

The thing about these mites are that even once you eradicate them, others hide in the medium waiting for the next change in the light and come out once you start flowering. I have been reading all day about solutions and so far I hear the best thing to use are No Pest strips, put one (depending on room size) in there to kill whats in there, and once you flower do the same thing to get the remaining hoard. I just bought one from lowes today, very cheap. This is supposed to be the best thing you can get, this knowledge coming from someone who battled them with everything they make for over 3 years. Including these temporary fix sprays and predator bugs (Mite Destroyer is the best, like tiny black lady bugs).

 

[Seamaiden]

The plant will survive if you kill the spider mites. Get a spray bottle, cover the bottom with dish soap ( i use the orange anti-bacterial kind), fill 3/4 with water, 1/4 white vinegar. shake gently and spray all over your plants, under all the leaves too cause this is where they hide. Leave this on over night then spray all off with clean water the next day. They should be gone. Good luck.

I'm not going to say you don't know your stuff about growing and all, but please don't use anti-bacterial soaps or anti-microbials, anywhere. The best they do for any of us is help breed superbugs (resistant bacteria).

 

[South Texas]

Liquid Seaweed People. Plant killer is orange oil, vintager & a little dish soap. BS Just add the right amount of seaweed to water, and spray.

 

[Chiceh]

I'm not going to say you don't know your stuff about growing and all, but please don't use anti-bacterial soaps or anti-microbials, anywhere. The best they do for any of us is help breed superbugs (resistant bacteria).

HHmm never knew, thanks. I do buy the no phoshates one, but never thought about the anti-bacterial one. What about all those hand gels they have everywhere? Same thing eh?

 

[Seamaiden]

HHmm never knew, thanks. I do buy the no phoshates one, but never thought about the anti-bacterial one. What about all those hand gels they have everywhere? Same thing eh?

Exactly. We have all these companies pushing these products, and they don't tell us that ultimately they'll make the bugs that people are so worked up about stronger. The vast majority of laypeople have no idea how quickly bacteria reproduce, mutate, and that the survivors can share the genes for success, even across species. I mean, it seems like no one ever thinks about what happened to that .01% that the stuff doesn't eradicate. Now we pay with our immune systems, immunological diseases (think allergies for instance), and we could very well create "The" superbug that wipes us off the face of the earth.

My stepson almost died from becoming infected with one of those resistant strains, although it was a Staph infection he likely picked up in the hospital. Good old soap and water, doesn't need to be anti-bacterial unless you're in a special situation (such as working with people whose immune systems are compromised) and then you won't be using those products available at the regular market.

Phosphates are an issue of your waste water goes into municipal treatment, but even then, if it's a good treatment facility, they know how to handle that stuff (biological filtration and the like). If you're on your own septic such as we are, then it's not such a problem.