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[doobthenewb]

I got some clones from a friend after i got my tent setup, it’s a 2×4 with 2 plants, GDP and Blue Dream, The BD was already 3-4 weeks old and the GDP was 1-3 weeks behind. I had some early PH issues until i got a proper tester and stopped using strips. Got some good growth after fixing ph and felt comfortable flipping to flower with how much the GDP caught up and couldn’t afford for the BD to get bigger. Flipped to flower and discovered spider mites on the BD. I had been spraying weekly with spinosad and had diatomaceous earth on the floor. I sprayed with spinosad and the next day I started used a puffer to spread diatomaceous earth throughout the canopy, ripped off the most infested leaves, I found it early, only slight webbing down the spines of a few fan leaves, none between the fingers of leaves.

My question is how do I know when I’ve won? I’m not finding any new webbing, I’m still seeing mites, idk if they’re dead. it’s been 3 days so I may be impatient. I’ve got wettable sulfur coming to spray down with in 2 days. gonna use mammoth from now on. But it’s make or break cuz I don’t wanna spray once bud sites form, it’s win or scrap the grow and reset.

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[smokythebear]

get your VPD correct and they cant survive , its the most effective way

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[doobthenewb]

proper vpd to kill?

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[smokythebear]

yes their body’s can’t handle it and they can’t survive

do some research… worth a million

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[Variant]

Not going to be the answer you want to hear but I bet it will be the common response… Reboot. Starting over, even from seed will be easier then fighting a war for your first grow. Best part about seeds, no bugs.

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[Papa_-_Raoul]

agree hard reset

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[doobthenewb]

Found them last thursday, if i’m not confident they’re gone or see them after friday i’m scrapping for sure.

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[doobthenewb]

best way to reset tent after mites? gonna spray wettable sulfur and have mammoth cannatrol coming. just clean well with bleach and spray those?

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[T-bone]

I found spider mites on the one tomato plant I tried to over-winter in my garage.
4 minutes later it was in my back yard on fire.

I fought spider mites once, and after weeks I still lost, so never again. If see web, they will see fire.

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[basementbeans]

In my old house I had majesty palms I brought in during the winter. I constantly had spider mites in the room they were in after. I had carpet in that room and would think I got them, then boom… Webbing. I never bring in outside plants without a strict quarantine now bc it was such a PITA. I use a small ozone machine in my tents between grows now as part of my sanitizing process. I would start over personally, so sorry that happened, big bummer but it will absolutely be greater later 😉💜

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[smokythebear]

if your gonna do a clean sweep . the only effective chemical is 90 RUBBING ALCOHOL,

it doesn’t harm your environment and KILLS ON CONTACT, *******DO NOT BREATH IN********

it will do harm

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[oldtimegrower]

Sulfur will do the trick. Lights off and spray 3 times 3 days apart. Remove as much foliage as you can especially the dying leaves. Spray under heavily and don’t hit your leds with the sulfur it can damage them. Make sure you don’t use any oils after using sulfur they don’t mix. The plants love the sulfur and it will destroy the mites. 2 tbs per gallon shake well during the spray.

Vpd doesn’t kill mites…

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[doobthenewb]

TY

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[oldtimegrower]

One more thing . I wasn’t clear how far along in flower you were. I don’t use sulfur after week 2-3 in flower. Hit them mid veg and at about 1 week into flower. The pm and mites will be forgotten. I’m telling you it works like nothing else. I have an arsenal of pm products and since using sulfur I haven’t touched the others and it’s super cheap.

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[doobthenewb]

I found them first day flower, last thursday, so 6 days into flower.

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[doobthenewb]

Ordered the sulfur last friday hoping it would get here today, just called gonna be another week, gonna look local again

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[jmystro]

You were setup for failure. Start over from scratch.

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[CaptenKush]

Weekly lost coast treatments help. Its all I use and I have yet to have any bugs in my grows!

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[doobthenewb]

Scrapping for reset

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[doobthenewb]

Spoke to a local grower/mentor and he’s gonna hook me up with some mammoth, gonna try to save it. I’m skeptical, but i don’t have any budsites yet.

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