Spidermites - 10 days before harvest. please help

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GanjaPowa

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Hi everybody, this is my first post and I a really desperate for some help. as the title says .. I am about 10 days from harvest and i noticed that i have spider mites on a few leaves of my plant .
It is my first grow and it is ONLY 1 plant , i have spent quite a lot of cash and time to get my room up and running. I will post some pics and hopefully i can get some help. My main concern is to save the buds ( have seen only 2 buds infected so far )
I don't live in the US and at this point I don't have time to order any chemical or non chemical product to kill them.
Is there any other way?
Can I harvest while infected?
Can you smoke a bud that was infected by those little bastards?
This is Before the attack:
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Then this happened :
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Thanks in advance for any help.
 
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GanjaPowa

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Thanks Fungus Gnat.
I will check that out. Are these as bad as Spider-mites?
Will my buds be affected?
thanks again man
 
mtgeezer

mtgeezer

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Yep, they's aphids. If you have access to ladybugs, get some, they love aphids. Also, it never hurts to keep a sprayer of bug killer like pyrethrum around for emergencies. It's organic and can be used almost up to harvest, costs about $12 for Fox Farms brand "Don't Bug Me".
 
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GanjaPowa

Member
Thanks for the replies but I live in Cyprus not in the US so all those products are kinda impossible to find..lady bugs I wish... . i saw somewhere on another post that a solution of soap + hot water + olive oil ( or vinegar )is supposed to work..
I have a closed grow room but i had issues with high temperatures ( over 28 Celsius ) and I opened it a few times, Maybe they go in from the garden that is 10 meters away..
I will wipe them off with water and paper towel like Gnat said, then i will spray this solution and hope it works.
If you have any more suggestions please feel free to share.
Also if anyone could answer the other questions in the initial post, would be great. Thank y'all!
 
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GanjaPowa

Member
Update - I tried out a Soap+olive oil+ Tabasco +hot water solution that seems to work, took me some time to go through all leafs but it seemed to work. After 24h i spoted burnt aphids and removed them from the leafs.
I hope they wont come back, will apply the solution one more time in a few days just to be sure.
 
sandiegojack2

sandiegojack2

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order no pest strip on line won't hurt plant's or bud's kill mite's apid's ect.....say's to use in empty spaces .....work's jack...3rd week flower mite's all gone two day's....looking good now! 3 and one half week's left plant's bulking up! G13/haze!! jacklook behind!!.jpg
 
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GanjaPowa

Member
What a beauty Sandie... i wish mine would look like that. this is my first grow and i don't know when i will plant again since my GF is coming back from a 4 month absence..need to find a proper place. definately learnt many things on the go while i thought i had it all figured out before i started. ( I spent a few weeks researching and actually studying the basics ). Can anyone tell me by looking at the pics of my plant how much yield iI can expect ? thanks
( I will definitely order pest strip for my next grow . thanks )
 
sandiegojack2

sandiegojack2

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Don't be too concerned with yield quality is much more important!!Grow stelth my wife doesn't know I grow?? you can do it if you want...wishing you the best!! Your grow looks substantially better than mine did!!keep growing and enjoy the grow!!
 
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GanjaPowa

Member
the house i live in is small...o way i can hide such thing. That's one of the reasons I will move within the next 6-12 months, wanna get a bigger place with garden and maybe a "tool" shed or smth :P
you think it looks good? did the mistake to plant only 1 as try out, also tried to do my best but the buds are not fat and the plant is relatively small 75 cm.. next time will be much easier for sure :)
 
TwistedEvil

TwistedEvil

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sandiegojack2 said:
order no pest strip on line won't hurt plant's or bud's kill mite's apid's ect.....say's to use in empty spaces .....work's jack...3rd week flower mite's all gone two day's....looking good now! 3 and one half week's left plant's bulking up! G13/haze!! jackView attachment 2221923
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Do u use it with the fan/filter going? Keep out of tent for certain amount of time etc? I have one, unopened just in case..but haven't yet asked how others 'properly' use it.
 
Po boy

Po boy

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being so close to harvest, possibly you could spray off the bottom of the leaves with a stream of water and then dry, dry, dry - GL
 
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GanjaPowa

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I did cut a few leaves the day i got rid of the aphids. I got 1 week left, gonna water last time today then let it dry then harvest...
 
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