So I figured I would do a controlled-ish test of this stuff..The growshop owner cut me a deal if I would "report" back as he just recently brought it in as a new alternative to spider mites. He said nobody has bought due to the price and he hasn't sold a bottle since it arrived.
I took 5 fan leaves that had adult thru egg types of infestation..
5 seperate baggies.
1 Fan leaf no treatment
1 Fan leaf misted with straight water
3 Fan leaves misted with mighty wash
the 4 leaves that got treatments were allowed to dry...
Initial results...
1 hour later.
Fan leaf with no treatment.....critters chomping
Fan leaf with H20....critters chomping
3 fan leaves with mightywash.....All movement stopped, eggs still visible. I swear the adult mites legs were gone....just little bodies left...I might dig out my microscope after work to take a closer look.
It includes a surfactant....But you still need to mist heavily to get the undersides covered....I use a pump sprayer and it was a still pita.
Shame it is so expensive otherwise I would say you could use it as a dunk. That being said since it is stable even if opened and IF it WORKS on the eggs I would probably try and swing a deal for 7 gallons to fill my dunking container for smaller veg.
I have my doubts about it killing the eggs tho but everything I have read says it will.
NOW it WILL put a SHEEN on your leaves, and it smells mildly of carwax (at a coin op type place).....
I took 5 fan leaves that had adult thru egg types of infestation..
5 seperate baggies.
1 Fan leaf no treatment
1 Fan leaf misted with straight water
3 Fan leaves misted with mighty wash
the 4 leaves that got treatments were allowed to dry...
Initial results...
1 hour later.
Fan leaf with no treatment.....critters chomping
Fan leaf with H20....critters chomping
3 fan leaves with mightywash.....All movement stopped, eggs still visible. I swear the adult mites legs were gone....just little bodies left...I might dig out my microscope after work to take a closer look.
It includes a surfactant....But you still need to mist heavily to get the undersides covered....I use a pump sprayer and it was a still pita.
Shame it is so expensive otherwise I would say you could use it as a dunk. That being said since it is stable even if opened and IF it WORKS on the eggs I would probably try and swing a deal for 7 gallons to fill my dunking container for smaller veg.
I have my doubts about it killing the eggs tho but everything I have read says it will.
NOW it WILL put a SHEEN on your leaves, and it smells mildly of carwax (at a coin op type place).....