Lots of tips for getting them off moms already, but here's one for fixing the room before new clones go back: cook it. You don't need chemical or nuclear weapons, they can't survive good old fashion heat. Neither can your plants of course, but once the room is empty seal off the ventilation and heat it to august in death valley levels (120F or better) and all stages of the little buggers will die. It's supposed to kill them even faster if your co2 levels are up when you do the heat treatment.
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Spider mites at early stage with mid flowering plants
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I completely understand your frustration.
Anyone looking to increase their spraying coverage, I recommend getting a mondi sprayer, or a backpack model if you have more/larger plants. Cover the root zone and thoroughly drench. No wiping, but it is a lot of spraying. With the root zone covered you can spray all you want. Undersides, stalks, down into new growth clusters, pump them up and spray a solid and continuous mist.
Thanks for the tip, I just ordered a 2L Pressure sprayer (Solo) it's got a telescoping wand attached.... I can definitely see how one can achieve far better coverage. I had been using a trigger type sprayer.
I look forward to reading your thread on STS/Fem Seed making.... I plan on trying that out after I've eliminated the borg. I've tried the Colloidal Siver method which was pretty tedious, it worked I got male flowers and some pollen (which tuned out sterile).... STS looks like the way to go. Thanks for posting the info.
this is so 90's...
Since you haven't been keeping up, and haven't done the research despite the warnings, the strips are really bad poison AND they penetrate everything they are exposed to and "time release" for years afterward.
Enough to show up in residual tests on continued plantings, so imagine the growers lungs...
Yes indeed popta. I will ask my wife to have a look for it when she goes shopping but I’ve not heard of it here in the UK. Thanks.
Edit - Just been informed we have some in the cupboard. Apparently it’s used for making gravy around here. Who knew right?
How long of clean ups are you used to? I’m sure 2-3 days of a no pest strip in an empty room that’s about to be bleached from floor to ceiling isn’t going to have any residual effects
Douglas.Curtis
Autistic Diplomat in Training
Give it up.
ANY exposure is not good, especially if you're using cannabis plants. Phytoremediation actions in the cannabis plant are not just root based.
Do everyone a favor please. Please Stop using the no-pest strips, or stop bringing it up online as an option. Nobody cares what you do with cannabis you are not sharing with others.
not in uk mate, you can get it off ebay if ya need it.
just dont put them in your living space.
No Pest Strip Update...
No Pest Strip Update...
Update:
I had 100% success with the No Pest Strips. After 7 days in the closet 100% of mites, nymphs, and eggs are dead. This stuff worked GREAT and there was no fuss or muss.
I would not hesitate to use them again. NPS are a highly effective fumigant, they completely eradicated the Spotted Mite infestation I had.
If you are able to follow the label directions for their use, (I was, more or less).... then I would highly recommend them.
Dichlorvos has not been shown to accumulate in either plants or animals. It has a very short half-life (between hours and 2 days depending on the study)... it is readily and rapidly metabolized in mammals, it has not been detected in animal (including humans) urine, blood, tissue, milk, etc.
There is a lot of info summarized, and many references to source studies, in the EPA document outlining their decision to re-register it as an approved pesticide:
https://archive.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/web/pdf/ddvp_red.pdf
No Pest Strip Update...
Update:
I had 100% success with the No Pest Strips. After 7 days in the closet 100% of mites, nymphs, and eggs are dead. This stuff worked GREAT and there was no fuss or muss.
I would not hesitate to use them again. NPS are a highly effective fumigant, they completely eradicated the Spotted Mite infestation I had.
If you are able to follow the label directions for their use, (I was, more or less).... then I would highly recommend them.
Dichlorvos has not been shown to accumulate in either plants or animals. It has a very short half-life (between hours and 2 days depending on the study)... it is readily and rapidly metabolized in mammals, it has not been detected in animal (including humans) urine, blood, tissue, milk, etc.
There is a lot of info summarized, and many references to source studies, in the EPA document outlining their decision to re-register it as an approved pesticide:
https://archive.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/web/pdf/ddvp_red.pdf
Douglas.Curtis
Autistic Diplomat in Training
Ok, you're missing the point completely.
Where is your link to the study regarding cannabis and dichlorvos? This is the one which will show you how strongly cannabis protects it from breaking down, and why you don't want to use it.
Oh... wait... it doesn't exist yet. So, the best course of action is to treat it like all the others which have been tested with cannabis. Avoid it until it's tested and proven safe with cannabis.
Why? Because time, and time again, cannabis has shown to be very unlike many plants and the "safe" studies end up not being applicable to cannabis. It holds things and preserves them from breaking down very well.
