I think I got spider mites!!!

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Jsay805

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How would you go about killing these fuckers. I have ten plants in small containers. All flipped to 12/12 on July 1. It’s my first grow and just scared to do anything to the plants since they’re already budding I think. Any help would be awesome. I’m growing in my open basement so containment might be hard. Here’s some pics. I see one plant that looked like more black spots under leaves than the rest. Only a couple on some of leaves in other plants. How would someone go about handling this. I’m very new so I appreciate all suggestions
 

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Hi

I use predatory insects that I purchase at a local bio protection store. It is cheap, effective and you dont need to worry about smoking your buds like or you use chemical insecticides. Also you should wash the leave manually with q-tips or papertowel, water and a little bit of dish soap. Best way for next grow is to apply foliar spray with biological insecticide soap like method 1 PPS from Kootenay Biological Soils once à week. Foliar spray aerated compost tea weekly could also help against pests.
 
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It has always amazed me how much one will put into growing, but then they put hardly no effort in preventing the inevitable! And natures provides the perfect defense for all of us growers, and wherever we may live, and for free, in the form of the "minute pirate bug". Just plant some sweet clover, either the yellow or white, around your plants, or as a companion plant, and never worry about pests again! And the sweet clover plant is awesome for your plants as its roots secrete super beneficial bacteria that produces enzymes that naturally repairs even the most nutrient depleted soils!
 
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Hate those fuckers. One infestation is all it took for me to learn prevention. For years now, I've kept a hot shot no pest strip in my veg tent and DE to sprinkle on my medium. Haven't had any more spider mites.
If you get'em, just make sure your smoking buddy takes the first hit so you can hear the crackle when those fuckers explode.
 
piratebug said:
It has always amazed me how much one will put into growing, but then they put hardly no effort in preventing the inevitable! And natures provides the perfect defense for all of us growers, and wherever we may live, and for free, in the form of the "minute pirate bug". Just plant some sweet clover, either the yellow or white, around your plants, or as a companion plant, and never worry about pests again! And the sweet clover plant is awesome for your plants as its roots secrete super beneficial bacteria that produces enzymes that naturally repairs even the most nutrient depleted soils!
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Like white Dutch clover?
 
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