All my lady bugs died in Six hours. SHIAT!

So I bought 1500 lady bugs, and they all died within six hours!

I had sprayed with insecticide soap like four days ago, and I am thinking that is what killed them so quickly. I am curious how I can fix that problem, I really don't want to spray the plants with water (and to be honest not 100% sure which ones were sprayed) but I am hopeful the spray with evaporate or something? I am also bombing with pyrethrum tomorrow, and then figured I'd wait 3-4 days before trying again with the lady bugs.

I am almost six weeks into flowering, and I want to take these ladies down at eight weeks... I just don't want loads of bugs all up in my shit when I take em down..so I need that army of lady bugs tho I fear they may not be able to live in the room due to the fact that I sprayed with the soaps.

Any comments?

Also, can I run my d\h while bombing or should I turn it off just as I do the ventilation?

Where did you buy the lady bugs?

Local garden store... I don't believe it was the quality of the lady bugs, I think it was just the insecticide soap. When I used to spray some of it would get into the soil, and I actually don't water to 10% run off so I am wondering if I can't use lady bugs for the rest of the run because of traces of the soap?

i released the last of mine last night. about 2 or 300 hundred. i reached over and grabbed the spray bottle to mist them. they love water when they first come out of the fridge. so i spray away, they are drinking up, i glance at the bottle.... it's "don't bug me"!!!!! they were drinking it. 5 mins later the floor was covered with SCREAMING, SPINNING ladybugs. i'm still crying. I AM SO SORRY.

bug killer and ladybugs DO NOT MIX!!!!

I suppose that was a little oopsies by you eh? I read maybe putting a little bowl of water in there might help them out. I have to assume eventually there will be no traces of the soap in the room anymore...but I'd like to hear your opinions on this.

McGruppsMonsters said:

I suppose that was a little oopsies by you eh? I read maybe putting a little bowl of water in there might help them out. I have to assume eventually there will be no traces of the soap in the room anymore...but I'd like to hear your opinions on this.

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i've never used soap but i imagine it lingers for awhile. wait a week or so then release a few and see if they spin on the floor or not.

Gonna bomb the shit out of that room tomorrow with some Pyrethrum, give it a week and then throw the lady bugs in there for the last week and a half of growing time. Hopefully they can take care of the job for me.

wat da heck does lady bugs have to do with growing marijuana...please inform me im interested

They prey on spider mites and aphids. Right now I'm having a mite problem so I was going to try to see if the lady bugs might eat them fuckers up

you know the first time i realeased predatory mites i had already poisioned the entire room you cant use pesticides if your going to use predators

and to give you a idea i used a pco fogger 6/22/07 it still kills every june bug that steps foot in the room , these can linger a long time

So Maybe I can't even use the lady bugs this run through then. I am going to bomb tomorrow w. some Pyrethrum, that took care of the problem for a little while last time but they def. came back.