TheFertilizer
Well-Known Member
I had spider mite issue back in July. It wasn't a full blown infestation... I never even saw a web. I killed them pretty much as fast as I saw them.
Well I don't know own where they came from and dont believe they are gone. My grow space was my bedroom... So my bed, carpet, closet full of clothes. There isn't a shortage of places they could have had hibernated in and laid eggs. May e they've moved on since I haven't had a food source for them since then, but I'm not counting on it.
I have pretty much have just come to the fact that I am going to need to deal with them preventatively. I am going to stock up on pesticides, spray the plants down every week or two with need or just soapy water, bug bomb my room and maybe throw a NoPest strip into tent. Then I'll have an assortment of pesticides to respond to any that get use to these measures. I have been thinking about filtering the intake to my tent a and only working with the plants naked after a shower... But maybe that's overkill. Point is I'm done pretending I won't get them.
But I guess what I'm wondering is if they could still be on my old pots and cloner. I am switching to smart pots anyway so don't need these old ones, but pots are good to have and I wonder if I'd really be doing myself any favor throwing them out. I don't want to make things worse for myself either. I am leaning heavily towards just bagging them up and leaving them in my closet where they've been.
Well I don't know own where they came from and dont believe they are gone. My grow space was my bedroom... So my bed, carpet, closet full of clothes. There isn't a shortage of places they could have had hibernated in and laid eggs. May e they've moved on since I haven't had a food source for them since then, but I'm not counting on it.
I have pretty much have just come to the fact that I am going to need to deal with them preventatively. I am going to stock up on pesticides, spray the plants down every week or two with need or just soapy water, bug bomb my room and maybe throw a NoPest strip into tent. Then I'll have an assortment of pesticides to respond to any that get use to these measures. I have been thinking about filtering the intake to my tent a and only working with the plants naked after a shower... But maybe that's overkill. Point is I'm done pretending I won't get them.
But I guess what I'm wondering is if they could still be on my old pots and cloner. I am switching to smart pots anyway so don't need these old ones, but pots are good to have and I wonder if I'd really be doing myself any favor throwing them out. I don't want to make things worse for myself either. I am leaning heavily towards just bagging them up and leaving them in my closet where they've been.