unfortunately spinosad is not effective at all on mites. it is an eraser bomb for thrips, but not for mites...
prevention is the key in pest menagment. it is always a fight, constant, continuous against all insects that want to eat our precious crop kept in an equatorial enviroment with no enemies which is the growroom. sort of cradle for pest...
that sucks.
a strategy in prevention is to use neem oil and essential oils to spray every week till the appearence of calyxes and resin.
if I have an infestation going I use agricoltural oil, pine oil, neem oil and rosemary and lavender organic extract. I mix it with soap and a few drops of alcool to emulsify better. (check ph as many soaps tend to raise a lot ph, and it would make neem oil ineffective.)
ll the room smells beautiful.
this kills by suffocating all the mites and eggs, plus neem oil fucks the growth hormone system of mites.
don't overdo with spray strenght, spray both sides of the leaves and stems. protect roots with some foil.
don't let the root be suffocated as well.
this solution takes effect when it evaporates and dries up the victims or their eggs. (mites eggs are well exposed to this and die fast, thrips's eggs are hatched inside the leaf, sort of protected from sprays)
this happens with temperature. avoid sudden drop of temps when applying oils, it will prolong time needed to evaporate and helps oil toxicity to the leaf.
so I don't turn off lights completely, I just take the highest in the room and turn off the half of them.
next, after evaporation took place, I was leaves and everything with act and a bit of kelp to restore the life on the plant and help to neutrilize the harm Im doing to the plant.
this is the time to increase humidity and let the plants feed and bacterias and fungi replicate in the dark in an humid enviroment. so I turn the lights off for a couple of hours.
please don't spray chemicals or shit on the medicine you're going to use. this shit won't ever go really away from your buds.
predators are good when applied very early. they won't wipe out mites as oils do in a cheaper way.
they can stitch to resin in flowering time also.
prevention is the cure. anyone can be a vector. apply the same rules as a surgery room for it and you'll stay free of pests. change your clothes and shoes when entering, don't take in any foreign material without quarantine, whach out for pets.
hope this helps bro
a grower cannot be said so if he had never won the war against pest, so it's everyone's problem mate!
take care
Dr.P
prevention is the key in pest menagment. it is always a fight, constant, continuous against all insects that want to eat our precious crop kept in an equatorial enviroment with no enemies which is the growroom. sort of cradle for pest...
that sucks.
a strategy in prevention is to use neem oil and essential oils to spray every week till the appearence of calyxes and resin.
if I have an infestation going I use agricoltural oil, pine oil, neem oil and rosemary and lavender organic extract. I mix it with soap and a few drops of alcool to emulsify better. (check ph as many soaps tend to raise a lot ph, and it would make neem oil ineffective.)
ll the room smells beautiful.
this kills by suffocating all the mites and eggs, plus neem oil fucks the growth hormone system of mites.
don't overdo with spray strenght, spray both sides of the leaves and stems. protect roots with some foil.
don't let the root be suffocated as well.
this solution takes effect when it evaporates and dries up the victims or their eggs. (mites eggs are well exposed to this and die fast, thrips's eggs are hatched inside the leaf, sort of protected from sprays)
this happens with temperature. avoid sudden drop of temps when applying oils, it will prolong time needed to evaporate and helps oil toxicity to the leaf.
so I don't turn off lights completely, I just take the highest in the room and turn off the half of them.
next, after evaporation took place, I was leaves and everything with act and a bit of kelp to restore the life on the plant and help to neutrilize the harm Im doing to the plant.
this is the time to increase humidity and let the plants feed and bacterias and fungi replicate in the dark in an humid enviroment. so I turn the lights off for a couple of hours.
please don't spray chemicals or shit on the medicine you're going to use. this shit won't ever go really away from your buds.
predators are good when applied very early. they won't wipe out mites as oils do in a cheaper way.
they can stitch to resin in flowering time also.
prevention is the cure. anyone can be a vector. apply the same rules as a surgery room for it and you'll stay free of pests. change your clothes and shoes when entering, don't take in any foreign material without quarantine, whach out for pets.
hope this helps bro
a grower cannot be said so if he had never won the war against pest, so it's everyone's problem mate!
take care
Dr.P