Spider Mites Close to Harvest

[Spliffs4Breaky]

Hi, as you can prob guess i'm new to growing, Its my first time and i think i'm fighting a losing battle. Every thing was great til bout 2 wks ago; i notice just a few spider mite and ordered some preditors to sort them out. Well its not turned out as planned, the mites seem to have spead live rats. One day No Webs - Today a cloud of webs all over my buds.

B4 finding the mites my plants had approx 3 wks till harvest hense why I didn't use any sprays and went for Phytoseiulus predator mites,

Could the webs be from the Phytoseiulus???? If NOT how can I get rid of the spider mites ready for harvest??? Will a good Vacuum and a Wip down sort it out or will I ruin my plants. Please help me, I don't have much time left and I loosing my mind, Hoping I've not wasted months of Effort

[yields]

Not much u can do so close to harvest other than raise the humidity above 70% for 2 days, the little fuckers swell up explode! Should thin out the population until the next round of eggs hatch.

 

IF u feel the need to spray (not recommended at this stage) u can use a soap spray, yates have a product called natrasoap for spidermites and totally organic.

 

I reckon u just harvest as per usual, once the plant matter starts to dry the fuckers jump ship anyway.

 

Cant help with the predator mites as I have never used them.

 

Good luck!

[Radic]

the best methord of mite control is the Biodynamic methord

it works

first time

and

everytime

here's how

first collect bout 20 mites and mush dem up in 100 mill of water

use a blender

now leave the mite water to brew at grow room tempeture for 10hrs

then strain out the mites so you dont block up the spray equipment

mix the 100 mill of strained mite brew with 10lt of pure water and spray it on the effected plants and grow room

then wave good buy to the mites

 

do not spray in full light

ever

seen

strictly spray early -->before the lights come on

or

late -->after they go off

never in full light

never

 

irey gudiance

[Spliffs4Breaky]

Thank you both so much for replying so quickly, I think i'll try them both! and get them chopped down by the end of the week. If I was to harvest with the Spider mite present is there a chance they're eat my bud while drying ??? coz i'd be gutted !!!

[Samjana]

had the same prob mate. I cut of the worst affected fan leaves and harvested, they wont eat the plant. They seemed to just either die or packup and leave.

[freddie]

The predators you have are excellent. from memory they eat about 10x their own body weight daily. They will do the job. My advice is to do nothing.

 

Mites wont eat your dry bud. There wont be any alive by then.

[nitram]

Hi Spliffs4Breaky,

 

If I was to harvest with the Spider mite present is there a chance they're eat my bud while drying ??? coz i'd be gutted !!!

 

You'll do good and as told the mites piss off quick when the plants heat stops pumping all the 'sap' around.

 

Bio-Prevention using predators is the real answer. Mantra's from your garden and lady birds'. Look for them & you will find.

 

Sterilization following bad infestations is recommended.

 

yielkds ....IF u feel the need to spray (not recommended at this stage) u can use a soap spray, yates have a product called natrasoap for spidermites and totally organic.

 

This 'natrasoap' I'd recommend too but you so close to harvest just ride it out.

 

Nitty.