Spider mites on unrooted cuttings

Hey yall! A buddy brought over some
Unrooted clones… this is a first for me, should I just chalk these up as losses? Or if I treat them would they root? Anyone with a similar issue care to comment? Thanks!

I would get them far from my grow room first. Unless they are some amazing strain I would toss them and kindly ask my friend not to bring over infested plants.

Hook Daddy said:

I would get them far from my grow room first. Unless they are some amazing strain I would toss them and kindly ask my friend not to bring over infested plants.

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He doesn’t know what he’s doing it’s not his fault. I warned him that he had them and he apologized luckily for me my grow room is ready for harvest in the next 24. But will do that’s what I figured I’d hear, the only issue is that the cuttings he gave me are an attempt at keeping a mother of a cut that I don’t have access too anymore.

_EQ said:

He doesn’t know what he’s doing it’s not his fault. I warned him that he had them and he apologized luckily for me my grow room is ready for harvest in the next 24. But will do that’s what I figured I’d hear, the only issue is that the cuttings he gave me are an attempt at keeping a mother of a cut that I don’t have access too anymore.

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I guess that’s why I added “unless it’s some amazing strain”. You could find an appropriate place away from any other plants and try spraying them to get rid of the mites. I have several strains I’d love to have a cutting from now they are gone, but I can’t think of one I would take if I knew it had mites. Then if someone brought a cut of rks or exo cheese I might change my mind and try to save them. Risk vs. reward, only you know if it’s worth the effort.

_EQ said:

Hey yall! A buddy brought over some
Unrooted clones… this is a first for me, should I just chalk these up as losses? Or if I treat them would they root? Anyone with a similar issue care to comment? Thanks!

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Dip it in ice water that should kill em it will shock the cuttings but if they make it win win I would keep it away from the rest of your plants however till you know it's clean

Hook Daddy said:

I guess that’s why I added “unless it’s some amazing strain”. You could find an appropriate place away from any other plants and try spraying them to get rid of the mites. I have several strains I’d love to have a cutting from now they are gone, but I can’t think of one I would take if I knew it had mites. Then if someone brought a cut of rks or exo cheese I might change my mind and try to save them. Risk vs. reward, only you know if it’s worth the effort.

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So specifically I took clones off some of my indoor plants and used them for my outdoor grow. Well the strain in question Crunchberry I could only get 6 to root out of 10, so I split them with my buddy for his outdoor grow. Weather, pests, and user error wiped out 2 of mine, so I have one now that I planned on using for clones but I’m having such a bad septoria problem that I might lose the only one I have left. He’s got 3 that are in good shape but he didn’t know that he had mites until I saw and told him. So I told him to get some spinosad and DE and to try those and hopefully within the next 2 weeks the mite problem will be handled enough that he can take new cuts that don’t have an infestation