I was out checking plants yesterday evening when I noticed little white specks on some of the leaves. I pulled one off and put it under a magnifying glass and saw what I believe to be mite eggs, little clear amber bubble looking things on the underside of the leaf...so I panicked. After looking over some posts, I searched for my Neem Oil to no avail, so I used a combination of home remedies. First I mixed up some homemade insecticidal soap with dishwashing liquid and canola oil. Then I added garlic, cinnamon, and some HOT pepper juice from my garden. I went out and got on my hands and knees, and lightly sprayed the back of each leaf...I'm not kidding...of all 9 plants. While doing this I also saw what appeared to be small aphids along with the obligatory ants. My spray annihilated them on the spot. I had what was left of the peppers in my colander, so I went back out and dropped little bits of of hell around each plant. The spray was so hot that it burned my hand, and I'm not talking about temperature! I checked the plants this evening and saw no sign of insect life and the plants seemed to have survived my ministrations without injury. My only concern is that I avoided the buds entirely so I will have to keep a close watch for survivors. The payoff was that along with some dead leaves I decided to remove the small popcorn buds that were nearly at ground level on 3 of the plants. I removed three from each and put my oven on warm and dried those babies out enough to smoke. I have been out of weed for nearly 3 months now, so it wasn't hard to convince myself that these needed to be removed for the sake of "good air flow". Considering they are immature buds improperly cured, it is fantastic! I am pain free for the first time in weeks. Lovin' it!