Please Help me Fight the Mites!

Long story short I have fought mites this grow. I think they came in on a clone, but they're here now. I currently veg in a rubbermaid container I threw together and flower in a closet. I'm preparing to move and will be lucky enough to have an entire extra bedroom to grow in. I plan to set up the closet for mothers, veg in a DIY tent, and flower in the room.

I plan to triple clean the new room, wiping down walls and all, before moving anything in. I also plan to clean and sterilize all my equipment before moving it and have been thinking I will drown my ladies in Neem oil since the best solution of just holding a little funeral and crying for them isn't an option as I have a few patients that rely on me to supply their medicine and this would be too big an interruption in the cycle.

I REALLY don't want to move mites into my new room but is it really avoidable for me at this point? I mean they are worse than roaches about being able to hide in the tiniest of places and hitch a ride to where ever you take them. Suggestions or ideas PLEASE?

So i've been reading up on predatory mites. Would this be a good idea?

plant vitility plus would work a treat my man if you can get your hands on some 1 hit and you done bro trust me

predetory bugs will control not remove all look for END ALL or bug be gone
you could even look for home an garden Raid

Predatory mites will remove all. Predatory mites breed twice as fast as spider mites, so you should notice a gradual increase in their population. They will eat all of them.

So maybe a couple foggers in the room before I start? Let it air out well and clean even better? I like the idea of predator mites. But do you end up smoking them as well?

Plant vitility+ and END ALL. I'll definitely check them out. I think the predator idea would be a good preventative, yes? Again provided I'm not smoking them?

Look into Zero Tolerance. Recommended to growers by LA dispensaries.

Totally organic.

I like the idea of predator mites, and lacewings.

Foggers are out for me.

Lacewings too? I hate those things when they won't leave my ear alone!

Now I guess my question is:
I know spider mites will kill my plants and are not fun to smoke. Their webs make a mess and collect pollutants as well. Do predatory mites also nest or make webs? And lacewings? I know ladybugs leave alot of crap *literally* on plants. I also know that when ANYTHING is grown outside it has all these pests as well so my tomatos and squash have them as well. I can just wash them a lot easier. Do predators end up getting smoked? Do you give them a period of time to leave the plants after harvest?

Going to google zero tolerance right now too. Thank you and +rep to all!

dr doom fogger. 1-3 hours later you can re-enter the room and it seems to works, its made from chrysanthemum extract.

my question is , after the predator mites have eaten all the spidermites and are starving to death.....won't they turn on humans? or maybe the family dog?

dbkick said:

my question is , after the predator mites have eaten all the spidermites and are starving to death.....won't they turn on humans? or maybe the family dog?

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O LOL'd until I almost pissed my pants!

budlover13 said:

Lacewings too? I hate those things when they won't leave my ear alone!

Now I guess my question is:
I know spider mites will kill my plants and are not fun to smoke. Their webs make a mess and collect pollutants as well. Do predatory mites also nest or make webs? And lacewings? I know ladybugs leave alot of crap *literally* on plants. I also know that when ANYTHING is grown outside it has all these pests as well so my tomatos and squash have them as well. I can just wash them a lot easier. Do predators end up getting smoked? Do you give them a period of time to leave the plants after harvest?

Going to google zero tolerance right now too. Thank you and +rep to all!

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Ladybugs tend to burn up in the lights. I don't use poison, period. Or nerve gas (no pest strips). It's too easy to drive mites away with volatile oils they can't stand. Peppermint oil, lavender, even cilantro (coriander or chinese parsley), etc. are intolerable to mites and will drive them out. Zero Tolerance has a mix of volatile oils and works very well according to what I've read. I bought some, but haven't had to use it yet. I just mixed some diluted peppermint oil with a few drops of Dr. Bronner's lavender soap and sprayed in on as a preventative. I also cut up an oranic flea collar impregnated with various oils, put a ring at the base, and a couple of pieces I hung from stems. No sign of mites.

I'm germinating coriander for companion planting, and am going to do the same with chives...mites hate chives, as well.

edit: I forgot to mention: Someone said they were so desperate they sprayed a little bit of Febreze air freshener in the air above their grow, and haven't seen a mite since. Pretty wacky, and not organic, but you can't argue with success. I think they said it was Apple Spice scent, or something like that.

FEBREEZE!!! lol.. Prob. just a company rep trying to start a trend .. like avon skin so soft... I hosed the infected plants with 50/50 rubbing alcohol&water.. cheap! And then hung two Hot Shot pest strips in the room for two days.. haven't seen them since... once A week I put the strips in for about 2hrs.... I hang them on the fan to distribute the chemicals faster.... i also use a respirator and get in and out fairly quick... I let the room vent well before entering again... ,, The plants are bigger and I wacked off the lower leaves that had eggs on them... KILL EM>>> KILL EM ALL!!!!

I used a process to eventually rid myself of mites.....i raised humidity(way higher than normal), increased foliar watering(under and top side), and fungicide 3(under and over leaves) at lights out....after 2 weeks no more mites still keep high humidity and foliar watering but have stopped the fungicide 3 spray....worked for me....good luck them fuckers are persistant!!!!!

frogster said:

FEBREEZE!!! lol.. Prob. just a company rep trying to start a trend .. like avon skin so soft... I hosed the infected plants with 50/50 rubbing alcohol&water.. cheap! And then hung two Hot Shot pest strips in the room for two days.. haven't seen them since... once A week I put the strips in for about 2hrs.... I hang them on the fan to distribute the chemicals faster.... i also use a respirator and get in and out fairly quick... I let the room vent well before entering again... ,, The plants are bigger and I wacked off the lower leaves that had eggs on them... KILL EM>>> KILL EM ALL!!!!

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I used Avon Skin-so-Soft in the jungles of Costa Rica, and I can tell you it worked better than anything, for bugs.

I laughed about the Febreze claim, too. But it was no company rep.

Insecticide is a lousy way to go. IMO.

It may sound a little goofy coming from a man, but my preference for chapped, dry hands is Neutrogena. I work outside in all types of soil and my hands getted horribly, bleeding cracked if I don't use something. Corn Husker's Oil and Bag Balm are also very effective but don't last as long.

I'm completely amazed at the options I've heard for fighting these mites! My wife has already spoken and let me know that companion planting(cilantro, peppermint, and lavender) is the route I'm taking. I do plan to fog or otherwise fumigate the room and crawlspace under the house. I'm trying to find organic or semi-organic solutions for that. My wife has also let it be known that we will be having fresh tomatos year round and I figure I'll throw in some peppers and we can make salsa!

again, dr doom , made from flowers. you can enter the area 1-3 hours later.I had like 3 mites on a plant(I'm sure there may have been more but I certainly didn't see any) It was in fairly early veg, I sprayed the doc doom directly on the plant, the plant was fine with it and no sign of mites afterwards. defeat the locking mech on the fogger and just spray what you need, the shits good and cheap

I have successfully "cleaned" a variety. It is not quick, cheap or easy. Step #1 take clones and get them rooted. #2 Flouramite every 3-days for 21-days. #3 take new clones from flouramited baby-sized "moms". #4 kill and throw away old moms. #5 put new clones in trunk of car while you spray your rooms with a clorox/water mix. #6 Then when dry, set off a bug bomb in the empty room. #7 Then when clear, move new cuttings into that room to be rooted. Once rooted, repeat the process. Your new rooted clones will be mite free. They are your new moms. It takes about 6-months to fully "clean" yourself, but I've done it a few times in the past 13-years. It worked every time in my case. Good luck with your project.

Wow Hum! That's exactly what I was expecting to hear. Of course I want the easy solution, but in the end I definitely want it to be the right solution. How many times in 13 years have you had to do this? I plan to build up a "backup" supply of meds for my patients as soon as I get into the new place so that any unforseen problems(pests, power failures, etc) can be tolerably weathered by those that need the meds the most.(Of course I consider myself to be one of those!)

This post(the car trunk specifically) gave me the idea to build a seperate tent or convert the back porch pantry and keep my mothers and clones completely seperated from the rest of my grow. I LIKE it! Now I gotta sell my wife on the idea.

dbkick said:

my question is , after the predator mites have eaten all the spidermites and are starving to death.....won't they turn on humans? or maybe the family dog?

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shit i fell of my chair reading this lmao cant stop chucklin fuck you hear somethings but come on you cant expect not to laugh with 2 questions like that.
should win post of the year with them mate fairplay