Sterilizing Your Room After A Bad Grow

what do you guys do for sterilizing after having a battle with mites? i was thinking of blowing off a couple dr.doom bombs 3-4 days apart then whiping the walls down with bleach/water. any other suggestions

BLEACH, BLEACH and some more BLEACH lol

i was lucky enough to have my grow closet in a chicken brooding shed so i could take a water hose to it. i started by spraying it top to bottom with a malathion mix everyday for a week. after that it got a good scrubing with bleach. the little bastards have destroyed a few of my plants over the years. good luck with them.

mrduke said:

what do you guys do for sterilizing after having a battle with mites? i was thinking of blowing off a couple dr.doom bombs 3-4 days apart then whiping the walls down with bleach/water. any other suggestions

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Your halfway there. Vacuum the grow area and any pathway to it and empty in outside bin . Scrub the walls floor cracks, gaps etc with bleach/soapy water. Finally apply miticide in the same areas, then re apply.
If u do it half assed they will fuck your plants again. Stubborn mite to kill so get to it asap.

is neem oil a good thing to spray all over the room once deemed clean??

mrduke said:

is neem oil a good thing to spray all over the room once deemed clean??

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Neem Oil is a bit too oily to be spraying all over the room. You could, and it would probably work just fine, but I wouldn't suggest it.

Pyrethrin based products are a little bit better for this method, as they are usually not as thick and oily. Letting off a Pyrithrin bomb and not cleaning it up is what a lot of people do. This way the spray gets in every little crevice.

After that just use the Neem Oil on your plants as a preventative measure against spider mites, gnats, powder mold, etc...

mrduke said:

is neem oil a good thing to spray all over the room once deemed clean??

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no it would not work. A miticide is a must or they will keep costing u money.

I know neem will cloud up mylar, I'm have to wipe mine down like once every 2 weeks

Put a couple Hot Shot No Pest strips in there for a couple days. If the smell doesn't bother you, leave 'em in until you're ready to flower again. A week should be enough to get rid of them though.

Forget the bullshit. When it comes to mites, there's nothing that beats No Pest strips.

The bleach is good.And the bombs also.....can't really go over board in this area.I have also used azamax to spray things down.

No Pest strips stay in veg......once in a while i'll toss one into flower at night and shut down ventilation for a few nights in a row.

I've never used the No Pest strips myself, but after doing a Google search and finding the following article on the first page, in the 5th position, it would scare me away from ever using them.

http://www.nader.org/index.php?/archives/1293-Dont-Buy-No-Pest-Strip.html

A few quotes from the article:

"Don't buy No Pest Strips unless, that is, you be*lieve a product which vaporizes a nerve poison 24 hours a day in your bedroom, living room or family room is a necessary ingredient of modern living."

"The strips are almost entirely composed of a vaporizing chemical called DDVP. This pesticide was originally registered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1963 over the objections of USDA pharmacologist Dr. Thomas Von Sumter."

"Dr. LawÂ*rence R. Valcovic of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, told the EPA:

"There is sufficient evidence from non-mammalian systems to indicate that DDVP has the intrinsic potential for inducing genetic alteration . . . I would recommend that human exposure be avoided if possible.""

Another quote from Wikipedia about DDVP..

"The United States Environmental Protection Agency first considered a ban on DDVP in 1981. Since then it has been close to being banned on several occasions, but continues to be available. Major concerns are over acute and chronic toxicity. There is no conclusive evidence of carcinogenicity to date, however a 2010 study found that each 10-fold increase in urinary concentration of organophosphate metabolites was associated with a 55% to 72% increase in the odds of ADHD in children.[1] DDVP is absorbed through all routes of exposure. since it is an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, its overdose symptoms are weakness, headache, tightness in chest, blurred vision, salivation, sweating, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal cramps."

1/4 cup Baking Soda
1/2 cup Apple Cider vinegar
1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
2 drops dish detergent
1/4 Teaspoon Epsom Salts

Take a cup of very hot water and desolve the epsom salts,take rest of ingredients and place in a clean 2 liter bottle and let work out. Add epsom solution. Add water to fill to 48ozs(3/4 full).Shake well.

TO USE: Cover soil/medium with plastic,with lights off mist plant all over,especialy under leaves,
Wait 20 mins,then spritz off with clean fresh water shaking as much water off plant as you can.
The fresh water spritz rinse will remove the solution along with the desolved remains of the mites and their eggs.

this definitely works. use it all around you house, walks, etc. they won't be able to get close.

Murfy said:

1/4 cup Baking Soda
1/2 cup Apple Cider vinegar
1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
2 drops dish detergent
1/4 Teaspoon Epsom Salts

Take a cup of very hot water and desolve the epsom salts,take rest of ingredients and place in a clean 2 liter bottle and let work out. Add epsom solution. Add water to fill to 48ozs(3/4 full).Shake well.

TO USE: Cover soil/medium with plastic,with lights off mist plant all over,especialy under leaves,
Wait 20 mins,then spritz off with clean fresh water shaking as much water off plant as you can.
The fresh water spritz rinse will remove the solution along with the desolved remains of the mites and their eggs.

this definitely works. use it all around you house, walks, etc. they won't be able to get close.

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I have used this recipe........don't forget to rinse them off.It works but i had to use it quite a bit to get the results i was wanting.

just mix to a little stronger solution-

omitting the epsom will result in a mix that can be applied to outdoor plants without rinsing. you may have to tweak it a little, but it's a lot safer.

Was at full throttle bro......some bugs ain't no joke!

Mendocino meanies?-

After I remove my plants from my grow area I spray full strength vinegar, then I come back and spray 3% hydrogen peroxide.

Wrong coast.....

You ever hear of any talk about that recipe messin with PH?

yes-

that's why it says cover the pots.
the super mite is common, but not limited too, cali.

i'd clean up really well, vacuum the area. spray the walls with a soapy bleach water solution, mop up, then wait a few days w/o the room temp normal for a week or so. let the mites kill themselves out.