[The Bling]

PINE OIL+ LADY BUGGERSI ALSO BURN COPAL AND FRANKINSCENCE AND MYHRR

[nola]

Well fuck. I found the borg about 4 weeks from harvest.

I took my two plants and dipped them in a mild dish soap solution and then dipped them to wash off the residue (I hope). I also washed down the inside of my growbox and I'll do a more thorough job after these two are gone.

I can only hope they survive and the dishsoap doesn't ruin the harvest.

diluted alcohol spray
wait till dry

then sm90 (natural anti fungal and anti mite spray and deterrent)

wait till dry

then dont bug me (pyretherin spray)

let dry

put back into grow area and then spray outside of containers as well

respray every 2 to 5 days for 2 weeks to fully eliminate the mites


respray mothers every couple of weeks just for prevention


use this technique and only enter your grow area when completely clean, and the only thing living in your grow room will be the plants

[Care Free 1]

I have had good success in battling the "The Borg" indoors and outdoors. But not without cost.

In my area, you just take a plant outside for a few hours and there is a good chance that the red little suckers will find a vulnerable plant to latch on.

It appears if you want pest free plants, you have to spend countless hours of hand grooming to remove them, or use chemicals.

I chose the natural approach and use no foliar chemicals on my plants to rid them. I found that most times my infestations happen early in the grow during veg, so now I take the proactive approach and spend many hours each week just inspecting every plant top to bottom.

If mites (or other pests)are found, I will take the plant to an isolated area and set the pot on some laid out newspapers. I use a good light and a hand microscope to identify the infected area early in the infestation. I use spray can of those computer air dusters to blow off each infected leave top and bottom, and I continue this process daily until its over, or the next attack.

Also, there truly are mite resistant plants. I have several Thunk going outdoors right now that are mite free, while others are not so lucky.

I found it very easy to use a wide telescope eyepiece to inspect the plants for pests and other things. Just turn it backwards and it allows you to get in tight areas easy.

It's not really that much work to keep the plants pest free without chemicals if your garden relatively small. Lazyness and allowing pets in your indoor garden are a cause of many gardeners downfall. Stay on top of it early and dont let it get out of hand and you will get them through to finish.

[budsdoneright]

I have done some research on avid and its labeled that it can be used up to 10 days before the harvest, however as a smoker myself i believe i wont smoke or produce anything i wouldn't smoke myself. So i mix a 5 gallon bucket with avid+water and turn upside down and dunk the entire clone till about the rock wool edge and thats the best prevention method for me. (try to avoid dunking the rock wool/ oasis cube to avoid p.h. change from the avid.

Also your room should be the cleanest room in your entire house. Prevention is the best method!!. drain those dirty reservoirs too and avoid t hose fungus gnats. I HATE BUGS!!

[dtremayne]

I have 2 small seedlings that popped up about a week ago and it is my first outdoor experiment in the area. within the week i got tiny white mites. I dont know if they are bad or not, but im expecting the worse, so how do i get rid of them for cheap? they arent on the plants,but they are on my pot around the soil. i dont think the plants are big enough for them to feed from, only 4 leaves on each and about an inch tall. any ideas?

[Calimed]

Anyone try lemon juice spray? I read this is a natural method and have been trying it of only organic grow. It seems to have killed a lot, but there are some eggs still under the leaves. I am spraying them with water a few times a day as well and it seems to be helping. The got one of my plants pretty good but little to no spread on the others.

[SOTW GTR 3]

safer soap....


lemon juice is an acid, not good for your leaves.

safer soap is certified organic and @ $4 a bottle its a good investment. cleared up my infestation in like a week. took about 3 treatments.

peace
Goodluck

[GET MO]

Anyone got experience with predator mites and how well they work? was thinkin bout ordering some......

[AlwaysLearning]

I really do hate the Borg. They gave me problems for a while. I tried using Bang! and Neem oil but it seems they quickly became immune to it. After a large heat wave a few years back, I noticed an explosion of mites in my flower room seemingly over night. I had just tried Avid with success in my veg room but wasnt so sure about smoking the buds after being sprayed with these chemicals even if I was going to rinse them with water.

So, I took my biggest mother plant in the veg room and sprayed her down with a mixture of Avid AND Stirrup-M. Then I moved her to the flowering room and hoped for the best. Sure enough it worked. The mites were attracted to the Stirrup-M and the Avid did the rest. I moved the mother out of there after a few days to put her back in to constant light, then repeated the process a few days later after the mite eggs that were in the environment had hatched. I noticed that the mother had many bite marks on her but she recovered just fine with her growth not being stunted after returned to the constant light.

Since then I maybe have to spray for mites once a year if that. Using the stirrup M also makes it so you dont have to spray every square inch of your plants, tops and bottoms of leaves. Just a nice little spray over the canopy and the mites come crawling out like you're the Pied Piper.

Dont want Avid or Stirrup on any of your pot plants? Completely understandable. Simply buy a leafy house plant from the store and dose that up with Avid and Stirrup M then just throw it away when you're done.

I hope this story is useful to someone out there, mites have certainly caused me so much stress that if this information can help lower someone elses stress then I would be happy.

Here is where I purchased the products mentioned above: https://rosemania.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/page9.html

Best wishes,

Always Learning