Help From You Guys Who Know

i i have been gorwing my plants and they dont look a long way off from being done (2 weeks maybe) but i have realised that i have them spider mite motherfuckers. i dont get paid til a weeks time so i was wondering how much damage will they do in that time, the damage they actually do do and if the bud will be alright to smoke after them fuckers been a my shit. proper new to this put i seem to be taking the long way round as is only when i mess up that i learn ( i kept reading people saying keep the grow room clean and never listened but now i know why.
Thanks lads hope you can advise.

It really depends on how bad you have them. Are there webs forming already? I've known growers who get infested with mites and still chop and smoke the meds with a little crackle. If it hasn't hindered their growing then they should be fine. I don't think I'd hit em with anything so close to harvest, but one thing I've been doing as a preventative is using my detachable shower head and spraying the undersides of the leaves with water. Beads right of the buds and has worked better than any sprays I've found.

they dont look that bad but mind you, my plants are frigging tiny. i bought the lowrider ganja dwarf and seriously fucked them up along the way with heat, nutes, you name it!( started with 5 )so ill probably only get about and 8th off each plant but i think i know what im doing now and i put some pakistani valley business in a week ago and them guys are coming along nicely under the 600w hps. i read though that they hide in the buds and do they eat the thc, cos i wanna get high?

Mites feed on the chlorophyll inside the leaves and don't ted to mess with the buds unless they are creating webs. The stress factors you mentioned could very well be what lead to the mites. They'll typically stay away from a healthy garden. Temps, pH and feeding schedule, dial all those and you should do fine.

This stuff is $5, fixed my Fungus gnat problem :



•0.2% Pyrethrin, 0.20% Piperonyl Butoxide, Technical
•Insect spray is a general purpose spray, ideal for all houseplants and indoor gardens
•Kills on contact
•Use indoors and outdoors
•Kills on contact
•Controls mites, thrips, aphids, mealybugs, whiteflies and other listed insects
•Made with a botanical insecticide from the chrysanthemum flower

Kills most harmful insects including, but not limited to: ants, aphids, armyworms, bagworms, beetles, caterpillars (including tent), chinch bugs, clover mites, crickets, cutworms, earwigs, firebrats, fruit flies, grasshoppers, green bugs, green fruitworms, green June beetles, Japanese beetles, lace bugs, leafhoppers, leafminers, leafrollers, maggots, mealybugs, millipedes, mites, moths, pillbugs, rootworms, sowbugs, spittlebugs, stink bugs, thrips, tomato hornworms, webworms (including garden, sod), weevils, whiteflies

Regards,

-Honkeycorn

cool lads, much help. do they sell that in the uk and can that be sprayed on to the buds ???

You cant spray anything on the buds at this point, you'll poison yourself/your customers trying to smoke it. Spidermites in Flower are a shit buzz, much easier to deal with in Veg. I guess you have to make a judgement call at this point, Id chop early to avoid anymore damage. If you've got webs your talking a seriously progressed infection.

EDIT: If you insist on spraying something on now, make sure its food safe.

jubbs1 said:

cool lads, much help. do they sell that in the uk and can that be sprayed on to the buds ???

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Yes, may be under a different name there, but look for plant bug killers with Pyrethrin and/or Chrysanthemum on the label, if they are designed to be used on your veggies they are safe for buds!