spider mites won the war arrrrr

fishman3811 · #1 (**permalink**) 11-02-2006, 11:34 PM

ok ive battled spider mites for the past year and a half.ive tried everything from oils,soaps to avid and they just keep coming back fuckers.anyway i just cleaned out my indoor grow room of plants .im just wondering how long should i wait before i can start up again now that there is no more plants will they just die of?please can anyone help...........

GrowBot · #2 (**permalink**) 11-02-2006, 11:55 PM

seal it up and set a bug bomb in there and leave it overnight. that ought to do it.

fishman3811 · #3 (**permalink**) 11-03-2006, 12:20 AM

hi growbot my growroom is in the furnace room soo i dont think it would be wise too do that....soo how long should i wait?

Ganja Guerrilla · #4 (**permalink**) 11-03-2006, 12:44 AM

Dont wait them out!

this evil pestilance can hibernate, soons as conditions are right again, they can return.
if the area permitts, spray with 50/50 solution of bleach and water every couple days for a week or 2 & get back to work

try a preventative spray next time around...of dish soap, and garlic tea, or tobacco tea (be sure to boil to kill tobacco pathogens)

fishman3811 · #5 (**permalink**) 11-03-2006, 03:54 AM

Hi Ganja Guerrila why would they hibernate when the room is inside my house and im still leaving the HPS lights on.If they cant find a food supply wont they just die thanks....??

GrowBot · #6 (**permalink**) 11-03-2006, 04:03 AM

i don't see how shutting the door in the room is gonna make a diff. don't you shut it at lights off? a bug bomb is not gonna blow up or anything. no, they will not just go away because you're not growing. they're in there waiting for you to come back.

Ganja Guerrilla · #7 (**permalink**) 11-03-2006, 04:05 AM

Most spider mites spend the winter in the egg stage

they dont need food when they hibernate, just like any other plants or animals that hibernate,

do a google search on mites

fishman3811 · #8 (**permalink**) 11-03-2006, 05:03 AM

Hey guys they have a very short life span and if there is no food supply for them wont they just die?I dont plan on starting up again till xmas so wont that be long enough to get rid of them??Ganja Guerrilla spider mites hibernate when the temperature gets colder, in my grow room and house its 80 so why would they hibernate???Thanks guys for the response

jhoppa · #9 (**permalink**) 11-03-2006, 05:25 AM

Dude, how many people need to tell you that you can't just wait it out before you get that you can't just wait it out?

Ganja Guerrilla · #10 (**permalink**) 11-03-2006, 05:32 AM

ok you have battled them for a year and a half so I guess you have more experience with them then we do

....jeeesh

seriously why did you come here, you dont even want to listen, clearly you dont have a fuckin clue how to deal with them............. A YEAR AND A HALF

gluck dude

fishman3811 · #11 (**permalink**) 11-03-2006, 06:03 AM

Ok guys what kills the eggs then?what can i do now?

Ganja Guerrilla · #12 (**permalink**) 11-03-2006, 06:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fishman3811

Ok guys what kills the eggs then?what can i do now?

go back to the beginning of the thread and re-read it slowly, skipping your posts

Id also add that you need to throw away any soil from your last grow, including any new unused soil, mites can winter over in soil and that may infact have been your source.

wash everything you can with bleachwater , the room, the cracks in the room, baseboards whatever is there, pots tools anything that those microscopic eggs could be on

then turn off the heater and blow a couple bombs that contain pyrethreum

use preventative sprays next grow , if they reoccur start off with the weakest form of pest controll working up to the strongest, I Also believe NEEM OIL is the best if infested

-mu · #13 (**permalink**) 11-03-2006, 07:00 AM

One tree to bind them all...

Neem

-mu

-mu · #14 (**permalink**) 11-03-2006, 07:11 AM

By the way, in real, living, breathing soil-

cut to me last week, I see mites in my soil (200 Litres of magic) and later, Black beasties that seem to devour the mites. It's a jungle down there.

Cut to the mites returning. Me gasping, Googling.
These are soil mites. Not the same thing.

-mites are a good thing, apparently. I had to read a bit to get it, but basically, soil mites are an indicator of good, healthy living soil, a part of the food web. Not the same species as the ones that atttack our ganja, of course.

I haven't had to use Neem, and I hope I never have to; believing that a truly healthy plant in a healthy soil can hold its own. But I'm fairly certain that my faith will only go so far, so I have a bottle of Neem in the sidelines, just in case, foliar only, cuz my soil sings and dances! Apart from thips (I think it's thrips, my experience of infestations is, admittedly, zero) Neem is the nastiest thing you can do to an insect, for sooo many reasons.

I didn't know that the nasty kind of mites could over-winter in soil (thanks GG). I bet money they couldn't over-winter in my soil, the black beasties would get them, for sure.

-mu

fishman3811 · #15 (**permalink**) 11-03-2006, 07:46 AM

OK Ganja ill do that clean everything with bleach water then use bombs after..Ok i dont have soil just hydro ..when do u think itll be ok to start up again i just ordered some Jack Herer from a seed bank in england and itll be here in Canada in about 4-6 weeks so hopefully those fuckers wont return ....

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#1 (permalink) 11-02-2006, 11:34 PM
fishman3811 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 86	spider mites won the war arrrrr ok ive battled spider mites for the past year and a half.ive tried everything from oils,soaps to avid and they just keep coming back fuckers.anyway i just cleaned out my indoor grow room of plants .im just wondering how long should i wait before i can start up again now that there is no more plants will they just die of?please can anyone help...........

#2 (permalink) 11-02-2006, 11:55 PM
GrowBot Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,491	seal it up and set a bug bomb in there and leave it overnight. that ought to do it.

#3 (permalink) 11-03-2006, 12:20 AM
fishman3811 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 86	hi growbot my growroom is in the furnace room soo i dont think it would be wise too do that....soo how long should i wait?

#4 (permalink) 11-03-2006, 12:44 AM
Ganja Guerrilla www.ganjaguerrilla.net Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,822	Dont wait them out! this evil pestilance can hibernate, soons as conditions are right again, they can return. if the area permitts, spray with 50/50 solution of bleach and water every couple days for a week or 2 & get back to work try a preventative spray next time around...of dish soap, and garlic tea, or tobacco tea (be sure to boil to kill tobacco pathogens)

#5 (permalink) 11-03-2006, 03:54 AM
fishman3811 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 86	Hi Ganja Guerrila why would they hibernate when the room is inside my house and im still leaving the HPS lights on.If they cant find a food supply wont they just die thanks....??

#6 (permalink) 11-03-2006, 04:03 AM
GrowBot Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,491	i don't see how shutting the door in the room is gonna make a diff. don't you shut it at lights off? a bug bomb is not gonna blow up or anything. no, they will not just go away because you're not growing. they're in there waiting for you to come back.

#7 (permalink) 11-03-2006, 04:05 AM
Ganja Guerrilla www.ganjaguerrilla.net Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,822	Most spider mites spend the winter in the egg stage they dont need food when they hibernate, just like any other plants or animals that hibernate, do a google search on mites

#8 (permalink) 11-03-2006, 05:03 AM
fishman3811 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 86	Hey guys they have a very short life span and if there is no food supply for them wont they just die?I dont plan on starting up again till xmas so wont that be long enough to get rid of them??Ganja Guerrilla spider mites hibernate when the temperature gets colder, in my grow room and house its 80 so why would they hibernate???Thanks guys for the response

#9 (permalink) 11-03-2006, 05:25 AM
jhoppa Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: kansas Posts: 260	Dude, how many people need to tell you that you can't just wait it out before you get that you can't just wait it out?

#10 (permalink) 11-03-2006, 05:32 AM
Ganja Guerrilla www.ganjaguerrilla.net Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,822	ok you have battled them for a year and a half so I guess you have more experience with them then we do ....jeeesh seriously why did you come here, you dont even want to listen, clearly you dont have a fuckin clue how to deal with them............. A YEAR AND A HALF gluck dude

#13 (permalink) 11-03-2006, 07:00 AM
-mu me+cannabis=me Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Above ground, where the buds are. Posts: 1,106	The nasty locusts devoured every tree except one. hmmm... One tree to bind them all... Neem -mu __________________ pH 1 = Low pH = Acid. pH 14 = High pH = Alkaline.

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#11 (permalink) 11-03-2006, 06:03 AM
fishman3811 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 86	Ok guys what kills the eggs then?what can i do now?

#14 (permalink) 11-03-2006, 07:11 AM
-mu me+cannabis=me Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Above ground, where the buds are. Posts: 1,106	By the way, in real, living, breathing soil- cut to me last week, I see mites in my soil (200 Litres of magic) and later, Black beasties that seem to devour the mites. It's a jungle down there. Cut to the mites returning. Me gasping, Googling. These are soil mites. Not the same thing. -mites are a good thing, apparently. I had to read a bit to get it, but basically, soil mites are an indicator of good, healthy living soil, a part of the food web. Not the same species as the ones that atttack our ganja, of course. I haven't had to use Neem, and I hope I never have to; believing that a truly healthy plant in a healthy soil can hold its own. But I'm fairly certain that my faith will only go so far, so I have a bottle of Neem in the sidelines, just in case, foliar only, cuz my soil sings and dances! Apart from thips (I think it's thrips, my experience of infestations is, admittedly, zero) Neem is the nastiest thing you can do to an insect, for sooo many reasons. I didn't know that the nasty kind of mites could over-winter in soil (thanks GG). I bet money they couldn't over-winter in my soil, the black beasties would get them, for sure. -mu __________________ pH 1 = Low pH = Acid. pH 14 = High pH = Alkaline.

#15 (permalink) 11-03-2006, 07:46 AM
fishman3811 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 86	OK Ganja ill do that clean everything with bleach water then use bombs after..Ok i dont have soil just hydro ..when do u think itll be ok to start up again i just ordered some Jack Herer from a seed bank in england and itll be here in Canada in about 4-6 weeks so hopefully those fuckers wont return ....