femaleowned
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just curious if theirs any other way to get rid of spidermites other than neem oil..something round the house..thanx
i have spidermites
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boxofstankay
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I'm sorry to hear you're having trouble with those little fuckers. I could never kill em. I always had to either take and kill infected plants or completely start over and bug bomb my house. Neem oils helped but slowly and surely they'd be back around. Honestly nothing worked for me. I guess it could have been the strain[skunk#1] was really susceptible to pest but who knows.
cutman
Well-Known Member
i have them to damit. i started treating the other day. they are like cock roaches just dont go a way. but from what a read, there life span and egg cycle. is the best attack. kill the bugs and then treat the eggs that they laid.break the cycle and it will slow them down. i got some doktor doom spider mite spray, and some doktor doom bomb, treated the plant, then bomb and then in a week do it again. good luck
nlarr81
Active Member
i also have them and i'm NOT killing my girls i spray the leave 3 or 4 times a day with water
the first time i spray is when the lights come on and the last time is 2 hours before thay go out
is seems to keep them under control but keep in mind that i am going to bomb 2 or 3 times between grows
the first time i spray is when the lights come on and the last time is 2 hours before thay go out
is seems to keep them under control but keep in mind that i am going to bomb 2 or 3 times between grows
MacGuyver4.2.0
Well-Known Member
Lot's of folks have been hit by the BORG of insects, Spidermites and feel your pain. Surrender IS NOT an option. Fight the lil beaties to the very end. Lots of good tips in this thread and my personal method has worked for me.
Spider mites SUCK! If you have them on one plant chances are they are on all of them. So very small and difficult to see unless you use a loupe or magnifier(at least for me anyways). I had one harvest *almost* get ruined by the critters and then I fought back with technology...and won! I did not want to use any chemicals on my ladies so close to harvest, and ended up using...STEAM!
Bought a Rowenta steamer from Bed Bath &Way Beyond and it worked like a charm! Best way is to do this somewhat *safely* is to water your plants, wait an hour and then hit the plants EVERYWHERE with the steam. You cannot concentrate the steam in any one area for too long or you'll cook the poor plant!
The neat thing about this is the temperature. The mites simply crumble and die as soon as the hot steam hits them! Again you HAVE to be careful or you'll cause more harm than good, but if you pay attention to what your doing, you can do this! After you have hit all areas thoroughly, let your ladies rest for 1-2 days then hit em again. The live mites die easily but the eggs may still hatch (nasty things). If you cannot control the mites after 3 steam treatments, you should abandon ship and chop em down, sorry.
Good luck and let us know how you faired in this time of crisis. 
Spider mites SUCK! If you have them on one plant chances are they are on all of them. So very small and difficult to see unless you use a loupe or magnifier(at least for me anyways). I had one harvest *almost* get ruined by the critters and then I fought back with technology...and won! I did not want to use any chemicals on my ladies so close to harvest, and ended up using...STEAM!
Bought a Rowenta steamer from Bed Bath &Way Beyond and it worked like a charm! Best way is to do this somewhat *safely* is to water your plants, wait an hour and then hit the plants EVERYWHERE with the steam. You cannot concentrate the steam in any one area for too long or you'll cook the poor plant!
The neat thing about this is the temperature. The mites simply crumble and die as soon as the hot steam hits them! Again you HAVE to be careful or you'll cause more harm than good, but if you pay attention to what your doing, you can do this! After you have hit all areas thoroughly, let your ladies rest for 1-2 days then hit em again. The live mites die easily but the eggs may still hatch (nasty things). If you cannot control the mites after 3 steam treatments, you should abandon ship and chop em down, sorry. Good luck and let us know how you faired in this time of crisis. 
GrowingfortheGold
New Member
Steam will work. However if you want another alternative try sprayings of 50/50 water/alcohol. That should keep them at bay until you can knock them out.