spider mites while flowering!!! help=rep

so this is my first week of flower on my first grow and i found the little yellow dots and the mites under the leaf. ive read about the pest strips u can hang but they are a chemical and i dont want to use it on my organic plants. what is the most effective organic method u guys know about?ive read i dont have much time since they multiply so fast. thanks 4 the help, i appreciate it guys

If you have an enclosed space you can use a pyrethrum fogger. Use twice one week apart. Works for me. Also organic.

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Best of luck to ya.

what about Takedown Garden Spray? has anyone tried it?

I'd go with neem oil or lady bugs. Best is to keep your area clean and keep the temps down. preventative is the best fix.

Foliar feeding with a diluted nutrient will take care of spider mites sometimes, they dont like the fertilizer.

spray with neem oil if not to far into flower and after it drys up realease up to 100 lady bugs and cut all leafs that are infested. keep up the lady bugs for as long as possible and spray again 4 days later

thanks for the help everyone. im goin with some takedown garden spray (a pyrenthum spray), and i wanna release some predator bugs. i sprayed the plants this morning, let u guys know how it does

You guys have a very strange idea of "organic"...and Pyrethrum does not do the trick for mites...hence "miticide"

Pyrethrum is a synthesized chemical that is structurally similar to chrysanthemums...be very careful with the fogger...just a few light sprays leave a HEAVY pesticide odor...DO NOT get it on any skin...treat it as POISON cuz it is...I grow in my bathroom and could feel the chemical trough my feet from walking on the carpet...kills thrips and FG's though (this is not for the liquid sprays that contain some pyrethrum)

imlegal said:

thanks for the help everyone. im goin with some takedown garden spray (a pyrenthum spray), and i wanna release some predator bugs. i sprayed the plants this morning, let u guys know how it does

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Wait 2 weeks minimum or you will kill your predators.

i am using a liquid spray that contains some pyrenthum. its not exactly organic like i wanted but i dont think it will affect it too much. am i wrong?

Hayduke said:

Wait 2 weeks minimum or you will kill your predators.

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Pyrethrins half life is less than 24 hrs. Within 48 hrs it has completely brokendown and dissapated. 3 days is plenty to wait for release. Oh ya, pyrethrin is a naturally occuring and organic substance.

cowboylogic said:

Pyrethrins half life is less than 24 hrs. Within 48 hrs it has completely brokendown and dissapated. 3 days is plenty to wait for release. Oh ya, pyrethrin is a naturally occuring and organic substance.

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thanks for the reply. so should i spray it about every 3 days till mites are gone? it shouldnt affect my flowering will it? im trying not to spray the buds but thats almost impossible

try insecticide soap for fruit bearing plant its organic and worked good for me

You got it. I would fog the growroom the first time well. Then every 3 days right before lights out give the tops of the plants a nice dusting so too speak. Repeat this 3 times to break the breeding cycle and you should be good too go. And as stated, keep the temps down. Never wear clothes you have worn outside or around other plants into the grow area. Prevention is the best cure. But dont sweat it, mites are easier to control than you are lead to believe. PD. I really like Doktors Dooms foggers. Then the Knockout spray to follow. Works great.

Pyrenthum, not 100% organic. Pyrethrin, 100% organic.

cowboylogic said:

mites are easier to control than you are lead to believe.

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I wish this were true

cowboylogic said:

Pyrenthum, not 100% organic. Pyrethrin, 100% organic.

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yeah, I think this is right...I have a can of Pyrethrum TR...it is nasty.

Try the 'Doom Hayduke. The stuff works great. You can use it right up until harvest. You can go two routes with it. Just get a couple of foggers or fog and spary. If you just get the foggers, use one as directed for the first app. Then use the second one every three days, but just by being gentle and only releasing a few second blast over the tops of the plants just before lights out. Do this 3 or 4 times and mites are gone!

cowboylogic said:

Try the 'Doom Hayduke. The stuff works great. You can use it right up until harvest. You can go two routes with it. Just get a couple of foggers or fog and spary. If you just get the foggers, use one as directed for the first app. Then use the second one every three days, but just by being gentle and only releasing a few second blast over the tops of the plants just before lights out. Do this 3 or 4 times and mites are gone!

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Thanks..."mite" have to try it...they are back! Do you have pets?