Spider Mites late stage flowering

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Playk328

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I hate all sap sucking lil fekers.. They are so annoying, you put in all this work to have them come along and try to play spoiler.

Ive been preventive spraying this year a lot, the plants are starting to flower now and I was going to hit them one more time with Dr Dooms 3-1 Premium spray.. Then hopefully shit stays away from here on.. If need be I have some purecrop Ill spray with but I also dont want to spray anything in flowering.
 
FirstCavApache64

FirstCavApache64

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Grow_man731 said:
Should I spray once again now when its cooler? Or wait till to tmorrow morning as it hasnt been long since the first spray
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If you don't see any pistil burn I'd increase the rate some and hit them again. My whole focus would be to stop them from laying eggs and not so much worrying about how the harvest is going to look. If you wait too long to get rid of them the plants are going to be un usable because of all the mites, webbing, eggs and poop. It really will be better to burn some pistils and kill all the mites then to try and protect the buds and keep letting them survive. I'm just giving you my opinion and i can understand why your hesitant to spray anything on them. Letting it continue however is a bad game plan. Hope it kills them off and you can salvage some decent buds.
 
Grow_man731

Grow_man731

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Just checked on it, the mfs are dead :DDD they are all fried up, and other than some pistol damage here and there and small parts of sugar leaves are burned, the bud are looking well :)
Should I do another hit in a day or two?
And how long should I wait before harvest or that probably doesnt matter since i am going to wash it anyway

Thanks a lot my brother.
 
FirstCavApache64

FirstCavApache64

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Grow_man731 said:
Just checked on it, the mfs are dead :DDD they are all fried up, and other than some pistol damage here and there and small parts of sugar leaves are burned, the bud are looking well :)
Should I do another hit in a day or two?
And how long should I wait before harvest or that probably doesnt matter since i am going to wash it anyway

Thanks a lot my brother.
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Glad it worked, I'd check again each day as their eggs can be tricky to spot and unless you got every one you might see a few more. Give the plant a chance to catch it's breath and focus on it's health. Give it some good water and if you're using nutes don't push it too hard. As long as they are dead you can wait until it's ready for harvest and let it ripen properly. Then just do a good bud wash with doc Buds method or something similar and dry as normal.
 
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Grow_man731

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Small update, I've just did like a semi full check up on the plant, oh man, I never experienced or saw something like this. While using the small microscope, I saw like dead bodies (spider mites xD) everywhere, fried up. Damn, its like they had their own world/community in there, and I burned it to the ground.

They were there for sure a long time ago, I just didn't "see them".
I saw a couple a still alive, I will do another hit tomorrow probably, the plant looks tired. I was wondering if i should remove all leaves already :neutral:
 
FirstCavApache64

FirstCavApache64

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I'd hit again every 3 or 4 days after the first time for about a week to ten days. It just depends on how bad they were. You for sure want to hit them in a few days after the first time so you can interrupt the life cycle of the ones that were eggs that could have been missed. It's okay to take a few leaves to try and open up the plant a little for more airflow but just remember it needs leaves for energy to continue flowering and try to heal. So I wouldn't go defoliation crazy if it were mine.
It does feel good to see them all dried up and dead, I try to live and let live but those things are evil. I lost a crop of really nice plants awhile back to them and I still remember the feeling.
 
Grow_man731

Grow_man731

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Damn, I didn't know they could totally destroy the plant. That for sure sucks I imagine. I mean I was afraid I lost my summer crop. But I must say, I did learn a couple of new things by growing outdoors.

And I am still amazed by how small these lil bastards are, and how many.
 
Grow_man731

Grow_man731

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I would be too afraid to use a Vac on a my plant at this late stage of flower xD
Harvest is in 10 days MAX bongsmilie, gonna wash it thoroughly, never preformed a plant wash before though
 
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Clk55r1d3h

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No pistols were damaged, just make sure ur not using high powered spray or anything like a fogger. That's how I damaged the pistols last time, too strong of a spray basically. This time all good.
 
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