Has anyone seen this before?

Chronic811 said:

Do you even smoke weed? Or just growing for money ?

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I smoke for several reason's.
Am a care giver
Almost 61.
Have been growing for almost 46 years now
Have a vast background in growing and education.
Run a large organic farm co-op as my retirement was boring
Born on, and grew up on, the farm I live in, and work now.

What do I know? I’m just the guy that diagnosed this problem on the first page while everyone else was asking for better photos. I’ve obviously been through this before but apparently I don’t know anything so I’m out. Good luck bullimic

i have seen literature describing clear times on a long list of chems and i have also seen reports about how much of our imported foods test positive for these chems even though the product may not be listed as safe in certain states or even the entire country.. so its true we are all being exposed to these toxins like it or not and most of them are approved for certain crops

i wouldnt suggest using it unless its veg or very early bloom, but it might just be easier to start fresh because if you have russet or broad mites its going to take several weeks to clear them using harsh chems and your about out of time
you could knock them down hard and then stop and ride it out but again, your likely to pass it to the next round of plants... unless you take a break

now on the other hand, if youve got predator mites that are feeding on thrips or youve got spider mites, or youve got aphids that youve mistaken as mites thats something different

broad mites and russet mites are not like other pests and theyre extremely resilient

ive personally never experienced white flies, root aphids can be a bitch

Chronic811 said:

What do I know? I’m just the guy that diagnosed this problem on the first page while everyone else was asking for better photos. I’ve obviously been through this before but apparently I don’t know anything so I’m out. Good luck bullimic

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Yup and the wrong mite too!

You can not see Broad mites with any 60X loupe! The Broad mite is 0.1 to 0.2 mm long. The Russet, you can but, it's hard as they are significantly smaller then a two spotted mite..So a 00X is more beneficial, and an PC based microscope is the rats ass....

Nothing can kill off Russet/Broad mites but the "Big Guns". Not even control well.

I'm about a week away from harvest and I am beyond happy to say that I eliminated the russet mites back with that week of treatment. I started by making the Nuke'Em about 20% stronger than the "strong dose" listed on the label, and applied it at lights out by drenching the plants with the fan on low for three days with about 2 days of non-application between each. after those 3 application days of Nuke'Em I didn't see any moving mites left but to be sure I sprayed the Forbid only one night and between the two I haven't had the mites come back at all. It's nice to be a success story against such a destructive mite due to collaboration on the forum... I really thought this grow was going to be a goner.