Best organic ways to remove spider mites (Advice)
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Spinosad
Rasta Roy
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Attention! Most organic solutions are preventatives. And you wanna avoid pesticides. There is a hot pepper spray that a lot of people like, you can dunk them in dish soap water, there's neem oil.
The mites can't live once they've been knocked off the plant. Doing the dish soap water dip twice a day for a few weeks is the sure way to get rid of an infestation.
The mites can't live once they've been knocked off the plant. Doing the dish soap water dip twice a day for a few weeks is the sure way to get rid of an infestation.
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whitebb2727
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Spinosad will wipe them out.
Boil garlic in a quart of water for 10 mins, take off stove let steep over night. Strain. I then add 40 drops of essential oils. 10 each of thyme, peppermint, clove, and rosemary. I take that quart and make 2 gallons of spray. You can also add hot peppers with the garlic boil.
2 day soaks of cilantro, mint, or lavender work well too. I do 1 pound of herb, in one gallon of water. Strain and Dilute to 10% and use. Soak herbs separately, if you want to combine them later you can.
Peace!
2 day soaks of cilantro, mint, or lavender work well too. I do 1 pound of herb, in one gallon of water. Strain and Dilute to 10% and use. Soak herbs separately, if you want to combine them later you can.
Peace!
Hi crazii
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Which dish washer soap do you use, I was aware of neem oil, but Was hesitant the fact I thought dishwasher soap wasn't organic.
Hi crazii
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I like the sound of that, might give it a shot. So I'm guessing the main ingredient is garlic. And the rest is too to take the smell away lol.
Hi crazii
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Thanks for posting a pic off it, I'm just cautious the fact it's not registered organic.
Haha it is a little stinky. From my understanding the garlic acts as a pesticide and fungicide. The essential oils are all from plants that have natural pesticide properties in them as well.
Peace!
Peace!
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Rasta Roy
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Dawn, nothing scented or antibacterial or extra strength. Just plain boring blue dish soap. It can also be used as a wetting agent for your soil medium. It does not harm microbes. But spider mites have a hard time hanging onto the leaves when you apply it, especially if you mix it with neem oil. And if they can't hang on they'll die off, you just need to repeat the process so you catch all the egg cycles as they come back. After two to three weeks they'll run out of generations and you're in the clear. I've used this technique with neem oil to get rid of a broad mite infestation as well.
whitebb2727
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Omri listing really means nothing.
Omri inspectors vary and what one will allow another may not.
Feel free to research it. It is a bacteria not toxic to humans. I've even posted a link where a person drank a whole bottle. I don't feel like finding it.
I've read through a lot of literature on it.
whitebb2727
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I make insecticidal soap.
1/4 naptha laundry bar shredded with cheese grater and melted in a quart of water. That makes the concentrate. Use one teaspoon of concentrate to quart of water for insecticide soap.
Hi crazii
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The conclusion Im coming too is thease spider mites are so strong that the only way to combat them is with chemicals. All thease natural ways are too me are like hit and miss. I personally think some people can actually make things worser with home remedies if not used properly. Thinking there natural they might end up with burnt leaves or a bubble bath. But as some stated they have had great results.
I do think we need to talk about preventative steps, and also how do they get eradicated in nature? Maybe introducing spider mite predictors which also can be affective untill harvest. the foliar spray application are risky in flowering . but might be effective if used properly In veg.
I don't trust bottles, why can't companies make specific products for cannabis. Instead labelling them for food crops. Cannabis is not washable like fruits and veg. Cannabis being sticky and what ever you spray on it will end up in your lungs. My lungs are not a food crop or a ornamental plant.
I do think we need to talk about preventative steps, and also how do they get eradicated in nature? Maybe introducing spider mite predictors which also can be affective untill harvest. the foliar spray application are risky in flowering . but might be effective if used properly In veg.
I don't trust bottles, why can't companies make specific products for cannabis. Instead labelling them for food crops. Cannabis is not washable like fruits and veg. Cannabis being sticky and what ever you spray on it will end up in your lungs. My lungs are not a food crop or a ornamental plant.
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Rasta Roy
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Even pesticides can be useless against mites, they can develop a tolerance to even avid after a few generations of treatment. The only effective method is persistence. Most soap type methods will work great as long as you do them constantly. The soap residue disappears under the lights. Systemic treatments are the ones the leave behind residue.
Hi crazii
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Hi Rasta boy I liked your last posts where you have suggested using the hot peppers sauce and water, also mr knotty suggested the garlic, and white by 2722 thanks for your input. Well thank you all for sharing your advice to helping me
the main reasons why I'm staying away from bottles or dish washer soap is because the cannabis is grown for somebody who has cancer. I want to give them the most cleanest oil or vape. And will only use pure organic methods. But all the ideas above have helped each other and the main thing is we're all here for each other, that's the main thing 
Well I've learnt from Rasta boy that they will die if there not on the leaves,
Welll I've made my mind up I'm going to use this product, made by a reputable Dutch company. And it's organic. And lady bugs to keep all pests limited.
BioBizz Leaf Coat is an all-organic foliar spray made from natural latex. It was primarily designed to limit evaporation. However, Leaf Coat will also help strengthen your plants and increase their resistance to pests and moulds - Insects really can’t stand the stuff.
Leaf Coat comes ready-to-use in a spray bottle and takes effect a few hours after application. It works by forming a very thin elastic layer (about 1.5 microns) around the leaves of your plants. This natural latex layer protects your plants without making leaves lose their permeability, so that all-important air and light can still make its way through.
In hot and humid growing environments (around 28 degrees Celsius and higher), Leaf Coat’s protective layer will stop your plants from sweating and losing water. In cooler environments, the added protective layer will help shield your plants from the cold. Because of this, Leaf Coat can be great at reducing stress when transplanting plants between environments with different temperature and humidity levels.
Leaf coat can be used throughout the whole growth cycle and degrades naturally roughly two weeks after application, leaving no nasty residues or harmful products on your plants. It is a great, natural, eco-friendly alternative to pesticides and insecticides.
Ladybugs are voracious killing machines designed by nature to clean your garden of over a dozen pests, especially aphids and spider mites. They will also eat a broad range of soft bodied insects including beetle and moth larvae.
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Hi crazii
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Garlic OG lol.
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once i introduced predatory mites, i became reluctant to use essential oils or doc bronners sprays for fear of harming the beneficials. it's worked out great. i'm able to spray exclusively to foliar feed now so, it's not tricky to balance scheduling IPM w/ foliars.
now, i see a balance. there's a little pest pressure from time to time but easily mitigated & always minimal. it actually seems like some of the predators may have naturalized & continue. but, i still replenish them after a winter.
now, i see a balance. there's a little pest pressure from time to time but easily mitigated & always minimal. it actually seems like some of the predators may have naturalized & continue. but, i still replenish them after a winter.