Help!! Spider mites!!! Have pics

skronix · #1 (**permalink**) 02-24-2009, 11:35 PM

so i got my clones from a friend at 2 weeks of age.i have had them for 3 weeks so there 5 weeks old. I have had many problems but seemed to get threw most of them. I now have run into my ultimate problem.spider mites!!!! I have been using neem oil to maintain the situation and it does help but its getting very ugly! The leaves are all going to crap and my plants in general just arent growing! They have only grown about a half an inch since i have had them.and they are 5 weeks old.im very clean and my grow room is very clean as well! I just cant get rid of these spider mites and im afraid its too late. Any help!

What type of medium; soil or hydro?
What brand and type of soil? MG
Indoors or outdoors? INDOOR
What strain? WHIT WIDOW
How old are the plants? 5 WEEKS
What type of lights and how many watts? 4 T8 FLOURECENT LIGHTS(2 DAYLIGHT-2 FLORA GROW)
How far from the lights?5 IN
What, how much and when was it fed? NPK? EVERY 4 OR 5 DAYS I WATER THM JUST GAME THEM 1/4 STRENGH NUTES
What is the medium/runoff pH? 7-8
What are the temps and humidity in the room? 72-73 NIGHT 76-79 DAY HUM-60-70%
What size pots? HALF GALLON
Any bugs? Look real close.SPIDER MITES
Any other pertinent info?BEEN TREATING THEM WITH NEEM OIL

chunkdaddyo · #2 (**permalink**) 02-25-2009, 01:50 AM

Go to Lowes or Home Depot and buy a HOT SHOT NO PEST STRIP or two for about 6 bucks each. Follow the instructions on the package, and you should be bug free overnight. I haven't had mites since last June, thanks to no pest strips. It is one the best pieces of advice I have gotten on these forums. Good luck.

skronix · #3 (**permalink**) 02-25-2009, 07:37 AM

yeah man i have been hearing about that! i just went and picked one up today hopefully ones good enough!if not ill put another one in in a couple of days. and once these bastards start dying do i just let them fall in my soil? or should i take a top layer of soil off?and also do these plants look about right for being 5 weeks or should they be bigger?im patient,just wondering though. thaks alot

Leapfrog · #4 (**permalink**) 02-25-2009, 07:39 AM

I don't fart around when it comes to pests:

http://forum.grasscity.com/sick-plan...ml#post3603220

skronix · #5 (**permalink**) 02-25-2009, 11:05 AM

i think i should be good for now! lots of positive info.,just want to know if its cool for all these dead mites to fall in my soil?does that effect my soil?my plants?and what can i use (light?)(maybe more nutes?)to make my plants get a boost of life and to grow quicker?i feel that they are very stunted

LumperDawgz · #6 (**permalink**) 02-25-2009, 04:32 PM

skronix

Leapfrog's link is what you need to stop the live ones from breeding.

You still have the life-cycle of mites to contend with, the eggs are resistant to attack from Pyrethroid and/or other pyrethrin-based products.

In the past when I've had an invasion of spider mites, usually from cuttings that I've received at one of the clinics, I use a product similar to Leapfrog's suggestion and then religiously apply neem seed oil 2x per week and seaweed extract 1x per week. The neem seed oil impregnates the leaves with an agent which kills any number of invaders like thrips, white flies, red spider mites, gnats, et al.

Seaweed extract has agents which inhibit the eggs from hatching. Both products are not poisons and feed the plant while protecting it at the same time.

At the end of the day it's all about prevention, prevention, prevention - having to react to an infestation is a tiresome process. The plants are weakened, diminished yield (big time) and in general a sick plant can't do its thing as well as a healthy one. Horticulture 101

HTH

LD

skronix · #7 (**permalink**) 02-27-2009, 09:27 PM

ok im pretty sure those bastards are done for but are they all suppose to just fall off once there dead because i still have dead ones chillen on my plants i kinda just wipe em off but theres kinda alot! my plants look healthier already thanks

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#1 (permalink) 02-24-2009, 11:35 PM
skronix Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: TEXAS Posts: 140	Help!! Spider mites!!! Have pics so i got my clones from a friend at 2 weeks of age.i have had them for 3 weeks so there 5 weeks old. I have had many problems but seemed to get threw most of them. I now have run into my ultimate problem.spider mites!!!! I have been using neem oil to maintain the situation and it does help but its getting very ugly! The leaves are all going to crap and my plants in general just arent growing! They have only grown about a half an inch since i have had them.and they are 5 weeks old.im very clean and my grow room is very clean as well! I just cant get rid of these spider mites and im afraid its too late. Any help! What type of medium; soil or hydro? What brand and type of soil? MG Indoors or outdoors? INDOOR What strain? WHIT WIDOW How old are the plants? 5 WEEKS What type of lights and how many watts? 4 T8 FLOURECENT LIGHTS(2 DAYLIGHT-2 FLORA GROW) How far from the lights?5 IN What, how much and when was it fed? NPK? EVERY 4 OR 5 DAYS I WATER THM JUST GAME THEM 1/4 STRENGH NUTES What is the medium/runoff pH? 7-8 What are the temps and humidity in the room? 72-73 NIGHT 76-79 DAY HUM-60-70% What size pots? HALF GALLON Any bugs? Look real close.SPIDER MITES Any other pertinent info?BEEN TREATING THEM WITH NEEM OIL __________________ GET ON MY LEVEL!!!! Last edited by skronix; 02-24-2009 at 11:43 PM.

#2 (permalink) 02-25-2009, 01:50 AM
chunkdaddyo Middle Age Medicine Man Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 1,839	Re: Help!! Spider mites!!! Have pics Go to Lowes or Home Depot and buy a HOT SHOT NO PEST STRIP or two for about 6 bucks each. Follow the instructions on the package, and you should be bug free overnight. I haven't had mites since last June, thanks to no pest strips. It is one the best pieces of advice I have gotten on these forums. Good luck.

#3 (permalink) 02-25-2009, 07:37 AM
skronix Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: TEXAS Posts: 140	Re: Help!! Spider mites!!! Have pics yeah man i have been hearing about that! i just went and picked one up today hopefully ones good enough!if not ill put another one in in a couple of days. and once these bastards start dying do i just let them fall in my soil? or should i take a top layer of soil off?and also do these plants look about right for being 5 weeks or should they be bigger?im patient,just wondering though. thaks alot __________________ GET ON MY LEVEL!!!! Last edited by skronix; 02-25-2009 at 07:40 AM.

#4 (permalink) 02-25-2009, 07:39 AM
Leapfrog Banned Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Weed Alley Posts: 4,548	Re: Help!! Spider mites!!! Have pics I don't fart around when it comes to pests: http://forum.grasscity.com/sick-plan...ml#post3603220

#5 (permalink) 02-25-2009, 11:05 AM
skronix Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: TEXAS Posts: 140	Re: Help!! Spider mites!!! Have pics i think i should be good for now! lots of positive info.,just want to know if its cool for all these dead mites to fall in my soil?does that effect my soil?my plants?and what can i use (light?)(maybe more nutes?)to make my plants get a boost of life and to grow quicker?i feel that they are very stunted __________________ GET ON MY LEVEL!!!!

#6 (permalink) 02-25-2009, 04:32 PM
LumperDawgz On the road to find out.. Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: PNW Posts: 241	Re: Help!! Spider mites!!! Have pics skronix Leapfrog's link is what you need to stop the live ones from breeding. You still have the life-cycle of mites to contend with, the eggs are resistant to attack from Pyrethroid and/or other pyrethrin-based products. In the past when I've had an invasion of spider mites, usually from cuttings that I've received at one of the clinics, I use a product similar to Leapfrog's suggestion and then religiously apply neem seed oil 2x per week and seaweed extract 1x per week. The neem seed oil impregnates the leaves with an agent which kills any number of invaders like thrips, white flies, red spider mites, gnats, et al. Seaweed extract has agents which inhibit the eggs from hatching. Both products are not poisons and feed the plant while protecting it at the same time. At the end of the day it's all about prevention, prevention, prevention - having to react to an infestation is a tiresome process. The plants are weakened, diminished yield (big time) and in general a sick plant can't do its thing as well as a healthy one. Horticulture 101 HTH LD __________________ "The answer is never the answer. What's really interesting is the mystery. If you seek the mystery instead of the answer, you'll always be seeking. I've never seen anybody really find the answer -- they think they have, so they stop thinking. But the job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer." - Ken Kesey

#7 (permalink) 02-27-2009, 09:27 PM
skronix Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: TEXAS Posts: 140	Re: Help!! Spider mites!!! Have pics ok im pretty sure those bastards are done for but are they all suppose to just fall off once there dead because i still have dead ones chillen on my plants i kinda just wipe em off but theres kinda alot! my plants look healthier already thanks __________________ GET ON MY LEVEL!!!!

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