spiter mites?

i posted some pics a week ago, i had spiter mites and i seen a few small round black bugs on the stems, i have been spraying neem oil on them every 2-3 days for the past 8-9 days. they seem to be getting worse. is this normal for the leaves to look like this? looks like the plants are getting the nutes sucked out, the dead leaves are curled up an the others are curled down. should i cut of all the dead an 60% dead leaves off?
thanks for all the help

I'm not seeing spider mites, although my eyes aren't the best. Did you read the instructions on the bottle of Neem oil? I can assure you it does not say to use it as much as you're using it. Re-check for mites. Either you don't have them or the pictures you have to not show them.

small round black bugs.
Take better pics.

I am having the same problem. If it is mites, whats the best solution?

I'm starting to be convinced that spider mites is not the problem. Google Spider Mites and click on 'images' above the results. There will be plenty of picture of what mites look like.

I have read so much about spider mites and could never understand what the big deal is.

They can be killed, the plants can be treated and they can be irradicated. The problem is it can be done over time with some elbow grease but no one ever seems to have any patience anymore.

THERE ARE NO IMMEDIATE SOLUTIONS!

Neem oil or Bang! are two types of products that work great with spider mites.

Here are some tips for spider mites:

1. Buy Neem Oil or Bang!
2. Follow the directions PRECISELY according to the bottle
3. Spray the tops and bottoms of the leaves. Use a pressurized spray bottle when spraying as it's difficult to spray upside down. You can't OVER spray them...but use common sense. You're going to need to do this again.
4. Clean up the room afterwards. It will be a wet mess.

Need oil suggests spraying every 2-4 weeks. The orginal bugs are now dead but unfortunately, the eggs are still viable. The idea, over time, is to keep up the treatment and kill the newly hatched eggs before more can be laid again.

Here's a great tip: DON'T SPRAY THE PLANTS WITH THE LIGHTS DIRECTLY ON THE PLANTS. If you're on 24/0 lighting then turn off the lights for a few hours until the neem oil dries.

This will keep your plants from getting burned with the water, light and heat generated from the lights.

In short, spider mites are a pest like any other plant problem but it can be treated and corrected.

Let me know if you have any specific questions.

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I'm starting to be convinced that spider mites is not the problem. Google Spider Mites and click on 'images' above the results. There will be plenty of picture of what mites look like.

I have read so much about spider mites and could never understand what the big deal is.

They can be killed, the plants can be treated and they can be irradicated. The problem is it can be done over time with some elbow grease but no one ever seems to have any patience anymore.

THERE ARE NO IMMEDIATE SOLUTIONS!

Neem oil or Bang! are two types of products that work great with spider mites.

Here are some tips for spider mites:

1. Buy Neem Oil or Bang!
2. Follow the directions PRECISELY according to the bottle
3. Spray the tops and bottoms of the leaves. Use a pressurized spray bottle when spraying as it's difficult to spray upside down. You can't OVER spray them...but use common sense. You're going to need to do this again.
4. Clean up the room afterwards. It will be a wet mess.

Need oil suggests spraying every 2-4 weeks. The orginal bugs are now dead but unfortunately, the eggs are still viable. The idea, over time, is to keep up the treatment and kill the newly hatched eggs before more can be laid again.

Here's a great tip: DON'T SPRAY THE PLANTS WITH THE LIGHTS DIRECTLY ON THE PLANTS. If you're on 24/0 lighting then turn off the lights for a few hours until the neem oil dries.

This will keep your plants from getting burned with the water, light and heat generated from the lights.

In short, spider mites are a pest like any other plant problem but it can be treated and corrected.

Let me know if you have any specific questions.

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thanks for that...+rep,,,

i have a question for you..i have just encounterd spider mites found them three days ago...
currently i have just root feed neem along with my nutrients.
i have over 300 plants though so therefore it would be inpossible for me to spray every plant top to bottom..

so what would you suggest i do..on top of root feeding neem..

my plants that are infested are on day18 of flower..so therefore i want all mites gone in 2 or so weeks

dam my bad diddnt realize this tread was that old..

lmao!! i do that all the time! bugs suck good luck op

I have spent hundreds of dollars to fight spider mites. Neem oil isnt going to cut it. And btw you spray the plant with neem oil not feed the roots. What you need is a miticide. After using about 10 different products the only one that worked is called Avid. Its prolly not easy to find. But it works good. Its pretty toxic so you dont want to get it on you. Only spray when the plants are in veg or maybe the first couple of weeks of flower. It has a 14 day half life. So it takes a month to go away. After 2 doses I have been mite free for a few years.