Bill Hayes
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milk bro milk
Spider mites just moved in, advice?
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Organics101
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So i dont want to water with it just spray with it? I just got back from the store with some ivory soap an made up a few gallons of mix
ehehe, was just joking.
For mites I used Azo and neem with no luck.
I used AVID and forbid then you can follow up with Azomax!
Neem wont do anything with an already established army of borg, other then nuke your plants.
One think I have learned is
1. Test a plant by spraying with what ever spray.
2. Use at 100% levels,.
If a product wants 30mil and you use 15 mil you can make the mites immune to the spray.
Bye!
PS: I did burn my willy when I was 10 by schredding my moms ornamental hot pepper plants then going to the toilet.
She had a room full of women and I just trucked out there holding my "Little man" in pure hell,
Organics101
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Hahah thank you bro, thats true soap isnt made for plants. Im also growing some peppers and i couldnt even think what my peppers would taste like full of soap
Organics101
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Hahahahah i was like what? Milk?... What?!?! Lol. Well im chosen not to use the soap, even tho i already bought some its all goodnow im stocked with dish soap ill be gravy on clean dishes for the next few months lol. But that sucks dude that shit musta blownnn, i can see some hot peppers burning the hell out of whatevver you touch after handling them, damn.. I couldnt imagen if u accidentaly rubbed your eyes, yikes!
a mongo frog
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a drop of ivory soap is what your supposed to use if your not using a wetting agent. a wetting agent helps the spray u r using absorb on the plant
and not bead off.
Organics101
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Your rote ive gottenfantastic advice so far, i outlawed the soap idea, and i got some ladybug spray on the way. Do you think if im using this ladybug mite killer spray, that it would be neccesary to try anything else? I know i first need to see how this lady bug spray works than ill know if i need to try a new methods. But Its alwayss good to have options though thats for damn sure so i thank you for that advice
Organics101
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I mite sound dumb here but work with me, ive never heard the term wetting agent before. What exactly would that fall under?
Organics101
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Just wanted to add thanks everybody for all of this fantastic advice, its always good to have options and all of you have been g ing me plenty of options. Im highly confident these damn mites will be gone in no time.
cues
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Use pesticides/insecticides and herbicides at the dilution rates recommended on the pack. They are there for a reason (i.e.That's the rate at which they,re most effective). Imagine trying to wash up with neat detergant out of the bottle with a cup of water added. Doesn't work 10x better does it?
Other organic tips for RSM's include vaseline on a yellow piece of card, a ring of vaseline around the stem, Pyrethrum Daisies or catching ladybugs and putting them in the grow room.
Personally, I would go with a multi-pronged attack.
Organics101
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Update!: i got mighty wash and ladybug spray on the way! Since that shits gonna take a few days im gonna head to the hydo store tomarrow Anyways for some more. I know i need to use just one of the two and originally i thought the ladybug shit would work best but now it seems as if mighty wash will work some myricals. I dont believe my local hydro store carrys the ladybug spray but i do believe they carry mighty wash. Fuck. Spider mites. Not only did they take over my bud plants they even took over my pepper plants! Those bastards just want to fuck all my plants up. But they invaded into the wrongg garden
a mongo frog
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wetting agents will make water molecules wetter, spreading them apart from one another. preventing blotching and grouping together of liquids.
using a wetting agent will deliver additives to a plant up to 300% better than just spraying alone.
using a wetting agent will deliver additives to a plant up to 300% better than just spraying alone.
cues
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Basically a detergent. Stops the water forming drops by breaking down it's surface tension. Aids in a more thorough wetting of leaves (by enabling the water to 'film' rather than 'bead' and helps water penetration and percolation into soils (particularly hydrophobic ones). It would technically fall under the classification of an 'adjuvant' which is a product designed to increase the effectiveness of a chemical.
gqiqdna
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I've had trouble with mites in the past. my experiences were that Neem clogged my plants causing them to wilt and was somewhat effective (but not totally which is what you need to control the bugs), hot pepper didnt touch the beasts, other permethrin based applications worked in the short term but the bastards became resistant to it. The big gun that I use is "Hot Shot No-Pest Strip". Its been the magic bullet in my experience, and perfect for grow rooms. It kills everything, and there is no application to the plants, and its safe to use in the grow rooms. I use only organics myself and sometimes its hard not to have the occassional pest come in, but with these strips everything is controlled. I recommend giving the ladies a bath in the shower to spray most of the critters off then putting the strips in. You can find them in the pest section at most hardware stores. Good Luck!
Organics101
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Ohh okay thats whatsup, well im not using any wetting agent so i would be okay to go ahead and use the soap until i can get my hands on this other stuff like mighty wash
Organics101
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Thanks bro im going to invest in some strips, will i be good to use the strips along with something like mighty wash?
a mongo frog
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no, u have to use a drop of soap with what ever spray u decide to use.
Organics101
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Oh well i feel dumb, so even if i want to make a mighty wash spray i need to add a drop of soap eh? Makes sense caus its the same with neem oil. But ive only ever used neem oil so i had noo idea. Thank you
B DUB
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I have not needed. The bottle of mighty wash says right on it ready to spray.
Organics101
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Hey bro i finally got around to spraying and there are zero signs of webbing. So pretty much these mites just moved in yesterday. My plan was to use mighty wash, along with hot shot strips. I believe Someone mentioned not to use the aza during flowering, or i may have mixed aza up with some other product that sounds the same. But what do you think? No pest strips along with mighty wash? Actualy its either mighty wash or the lady bug spray. I ordered both but i get this feeling that mighty wash will work better than the ladybug spray.
Also idk if this works for spider mites but could i add a layer of sand on top the soil? I know it works for gnats and aphids because they run to the top of the soil when you water, an since there so small the sand is practically glass to them. So they run threw a glass forest slicing them into peices. But idk cuz mites dont run to the surface when you water. Just a thought.
But lemme know!
Also idk if this works for spider mites but could i add a layer of sand on top the soil? I know it works for gnats and aphids because they run to the top of the soil when you water, an since there so small the sand is practically glass to them. So they run threw a glass forest slicing them into peices. But idk cuz mites dont run to the surface when you water. Just a thought.
But lemme know!