Fukk my life

ok this grow was goin soo good. im about 7 weeks into flower of 24 plants. i just started a new job a couple weeks ago and been working 12 hour days..so been neglecting my plants a lil..not bad..just not checking them as i normally would. Well i get home from work tonight and decide to give them and look and a few leaves got this little speks alll over the leaves..i started lookin more and i think it might be mites!! its hard to tell cause the lights are off right now but under my green light i think i seen lil black mites . I heard to spray with neem oil. But i need any more suggestions..maybe something i can do tonight before i can get to the store to get shit tomorow?!? please help!!

u can give them a sponge bath lol, just take 2 sponges nd 1 on top of the leaf nd the other on the bottom nd just slide out make sure the sponges r moist, u def wanna get it under control

are they decent enough to harvest?

theyre not ready to harvest noo..i think i'll do that sponge bath trick once lights come on thanks..i also just ordered 1,500 ladybugs

lady bugs nice, try 1 drip soap with water , spray with that , or am i wrong?

idk really i just found some insecticidal soap concentrate in my shed that should be good for a spong bath huh?

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Hmmmmm ,O.O lol name?

its made by shultz its just called INSECTICIDAL SOAP CONCENTRATE

calm down a bit ey ul feel foolish if you got all those ladybugs and u dont even have a problem!!just wait til ur sure and then worry about it.i read mites dont like foliar feeding try that first give them a good drench in the bathroom it wont hurt will at least get them off the leaves until u can do something properly.

potlosophy said:

calm down a bit ey ul feel foolish if you got all those ladybugs and u dont even have a problem!!just wait til ur sure and then worry about it.i read mites dont like foliar feeding try that first give them a good drench in the bathroom it wont hurt will at least get them off the leaves until u can do something properly.

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well it COULD hurt..theyre pretty far into flower i dont want to get mold while trying to fight mites

simple, get sns-217 at your local hydro shop, its pricey but it will kill the mites and their eggs

For mites this stuff is what I saw a few other forums mention. Someone said it is insanely expensive but all he would ever use. I guess it works real well and stays with plants for over a month. I have never tried it myself but will try and find the forum I say it linked from. I just saved the webpage for the mite stuff and forgot to bookmark the forum discussion.

http://www.growersupply.com/av8ozmi.html

If I find the forum it was mentioned in I will link later. I hope it's not mites, but good luck with your grow.

Neem works but not 100% usually, wear gloves and spray tops and bottoms of leafs. Get your fan on high, they can't lay eggs when the leafs are moving, and they aren't fans of high humidity. What ever you treat them with make sure to do it again in a week or they'll just come back, or you could use avid once.

dude, try one part rubbing alcohol to one part water spray the plants very well and get the under side of the leaves. it will evaporate quickly so you probably wont get mold. or try 4 to 5 tbs dish detergent to one gal of water and spray lightly once a day for about 3 to 4 days, you could also raise the humidity level in your grow room. spidermites dont like humid places. after getting rid of them or signs of them, mist your plants LIGHTLY with water once a day and they will stay away. i use a humidifier, like you buy for dry rooms and use it until about 3 weeks before harvest, it works best to keep them away. then i remove it and use 2 ltr bottles filled with water and the tops cut off, i just let them sit in the grow room and change the water twice a week this helps too. just keep your eyes out for mold.

ok well im back from work and ready to start this battle..i couldnt do much last night. but im going to take the most infected plants (two or three of them) and put them in my bathroom to help stop the spread. Im going to use that insectcidal soap stuff i mentioned and maybe one of the prementioned home made recipes. How often should/can i spray them? i know the idea is to kill the lot then wait till the eggs hatch and spray again. but can i do it multiple times a day to be extra sure..obviously making sure the plants all dry before spraying again. I ordered a bunch of lady bugs too that should be in tomorow. So the idea is to kill as many as i can with the soap or other insecticides and then let the lady bugs loose to mantain or clean up the rest. I always read these things are impossible to get rid of and you just need to be relentless in your attacks, i really hope this doesnt ruin my harvest . any other info is greatly appreciated and i'll +rep all you guys that helped a lil later

sprayed with mite killing soap..waiting to see how it worked..i have a feeling i should move all my plants out the room and do a GOOD cleaning..but i have 24 big plants and that would be a huuge processs..im going to but some sns 217 tomorow..or maybe try to get the stuff to make my own rosemary extract spray..whatever i have time for