Spider mites

[MATESSSX]

Hello guys, I just found some mothafakkaz they are small and making something like spider nets on lower leaves... I have 4-6 weeks to harvest and iam killing dem manually every day so, should I be worried and keep on killing or I must use some chemicals? Trying to keep it bio and Chem free know what am saying?
Some advice?

 

[Ronin]

Azamax
That would be my recommendation.
All organic and OMRI listed.

 

[MATESSSX]

Thx for advice but I can't buy this in Czech Republic....
Are they able to survive with just everyday manual reduction?

 

[Ronin]

The plant may survive, but not thrive.
You'll want to eliminate the bugs.
Otherwise you'll be smoking them and their poop when you harvest.
Nasty thought.. but the truth.

You can try and wash them away with a good washing of water.
A spray bottle should work.
Add a drop of soap to break up the waters' surface tension.
I'm not sure what organic pesticides are available to you in the CR.
A quick check at your local nursery/farmstand may lead to a local organic pesticide source.
Otherwise you may have to resort to chemical methods.
Best of luck.

 

[MATESSSX]

I have ordered some shit, they said it's bio and greasy so application hand only on leaves only...

 

[Ozone69]

I had a problem with the little dudes when I was trying out a clone I got from a random friend (never again after that bug fest). One of the interesting solutions I found but never got to try myself was to use predator mites to kill the spider mites. Similar to using lady bugs, but supposedly the predator mites are more effective. From what I can remember, it can take a little while to get the predators established and killing off the others so may not be a good "quick fix".

Haven't tried it myself, buy here's another trick I found that sounded like it could help:

Another organic solution to spider mites feasting on your marijuana plants is to take a hand held vacuum and suck them off the leaves. This will take some time, but will remove the damaging pests. When finished, empty the contents of the vacuum into a plastic bag and freeze. Spider mites thrive in high temperatures, thus will die from the cold. Discard the bag on garbage day.

Probably going to take a combination of things. Smashing 'em as you spot 'em is not likely to be effective on it's own because they are so small and hard to spot it's almost impossible to get them all.

 

[Nuggz]

Man, I feel for you. If there's anything I hate, it's bloody spider mites!

I read a comment recently on another grower forum that sure might give you a quick fix to the bug problem. The guy said "Coca Cola. It works like a charm every time."

I got to thinking about it, and it actually makes sense. The dentists warn you away from coke and tell you "it'll eat the enamel right off your teeth." If Coca Cola (I'm assuming the "classic" regular kind, not the diet) can dissolve tooth enamel, I'm pretty sure it could dissolve the exoskeletons of spider mites too.

It sure couldn't hurt to put some in a spray bottle and give it a try. I figure the worse that could happen is your buds would taste like Coca Cola. And frankly, that'd probably be preferable to them tasting like neem oil...

 

[Egzoset]

Salutations MatesSsx,

I have 4-6 weeks to harvest... Trying to keep it bio and Chem free...

Spider Mite activity accelerates as heat rises up so i'd recommend keeping temperature under 23 °C, maybe even as low as 18 °C in webbing scenarios... I dunno about how your plants would like it but this is 100 % free of chemicals and may buy some time to think it over, if it's not too late!...

The plant may survive, but...

Pretty much what he says.

Good day, have fun - if/when you can defeat The Borg before it assimilates YOU!...