Well I'm infested! I have no patience to battle these bastards for the remainder of this grow. It is two weeks in flower and I have decided to trash this crop. I will cut and dispose of all the plants, then I will vacuum and clean the whole room and surrounding area with soap and water then spray everything down with bleach; then I will wash it down again and spray "bang" miticide over the whole room twice a week for three weeks.... this should kill all those little pests. Now I will be back at square one.... a clean room.
I was very anal about the cleanliness of my rooms before but when you have to rip out an entire crop it makes you wonder if you could have done more? So can I do more?
Are there any suggestions as to how NOT to have a reinfestation?
I am thinking that spraying the whole room down with miticide once a week would prevent a re-occurance?(not nessesarily spraying the plants themselves... just the room... maybe spraying the plants a little or once in a while??) This is the first time that I have got them and they came from a buddy with access to a few other gardens.... needless to say I will be the only one in contact with my plants from now on.
Sorry... back to the question at hand...
Are mites affected by enviroment.... IE: do they thrive in high or low humidity? Do they thrive in light or dark? Do they have a preference for MH or HPS? Do they prefer cold or dark? Does ozone affect them?
I have excellent enviromental control of my room and can achive any conditions that I need to in order to stop a re-occurance.
As a side note... do you think that I will have to clean the lights and carbon filter? I have two passive intakes and one forced intake(accually just a furnace register which opens at night)... what type of filter material would be good to filter the intakes? Should I go so far as spraying the filters with miticide weekly too?
I hope some of the vetrans here can help me out. I WILL NOT have this problem again. Also I had been somewhat careful about not wearing outside clothes in my room but I think I will make a habbit of puting on a white asbestos suit prior to going in and spraying it down with miticide before entering. This all seems harsh to me but I am not willing to lose another crop, I have had much success in this hobby and this is the first time I have had ANY problems.
So again the question is.... What preventitive measures can be taken to ensure that I never see another spidermite?
Thanx in advance for any help.
Jonny
I was very anal about the cleanliness of my rooms before but when you have to rip out an entire crop it makes you wonder if you could have done more? So can I do more?
Are there any suggestions as to how NOT to have a reinfestation?
I am thinking that spraying the whole room down with miticide once a week would prevent a re-occurance?(not nessesarily spraying the plants themselves... just the room... maybe spraying the plants a little or once in a while??) This is the first time that I have got them and they came from a buddy with access to a few other gardens.... needless to say I will be the only one in contact with my plants from now on.
Sorry... back to the question at hand...
Are mites affected by enviroment.... IE: do they thrive in high or low humidity? Do they thrive in light or dark? Do they have a preference for MH or HPS? Do they prefer cold or dark? Does ozone affect them?
I have excellent enviromental control of my room and can achive any conditions that I need to in order to stop a re-occurance.
As a side note... do you think that I will have to clean the lights and carbon filter? I have two passive intakes and one forced intake(accually just a furnace register which opens at night)... what type of filter material would be good to filter the intakes? Should I go so far as spraying the filters with miticide weekly too?
I hope some of the vetrans here can help me out. I WILL NOT have this problem again. Also I had been somewhat careful about not wearing outside clothes in my room but I think I will make a habbit of puting on a white asbestos suit prior to going in and spraying it down with miticide before entering. This all seems harsh to me but I am not willing to lose another crop, I have had much success in this hobby and this is the first time I have had ANY problems.
So again the question is.... What preventitive measures can be taken to ensure that I never see another spidermite?
Thanx in advance for any help.
Jonny