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MadameMary
MadameMarystarted grow question 6 years ago
Please I need Help!They seem to be sick,curled leaves, and spider mites they have been planted onthe rock wool blocks a week ago,my intention is to grow mothers from these clones,transplanting them to 2,5 l pot and 11 l pot in another month.
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Leaves. Curl down
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OutForReal
OutForRealanswered grow question 6 years ago
Hello miss ! I'm afraid it's too late for your clones , you should have wash them a long time under water before you put them into the medium (to get rid of the spiders). Now if you can wash them from the bottom to the top it could work but it's a 50/50 try.🙏
Experimentgreen
Experimentgreenanswered grow question 6 years ago
Good morning Madame, so i listen to this really cool lady "the bug lady" every now and then and she typically says in a situation like this the bugs were already there. You could buy a container of lady bugs, set a tiny bowl of sugar water in your cloner and let them go to town on eating those bugs. Id say release them close to dark hours though as they arent fond of high heat or high light. They may manage to eat enough of the bugs to solve at least that problem. And yes you could also re-sterilize the container and hope that may treat some of the population too. ✌️ good luck happy cloning.
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Drtomb
Drtombanswered grow question 6 years ago
Any remarkable reason for holding onto these plants? If it was me I'd ditch all of them and not get from the same source. There is a reason why I don't bring outside plants in or inside plants that are going to go back inside ever out. Clean the area down good and start fresh. Ask yourself is it worth growing buds that you're going to be smoking with bug carcasses, fecal matter and chemicals in them? Seeds are cheap, even if you're on a budget. Just buy from a good breeder and do research on the strains.
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Stick
Stickanswered grow question 6 years ago
Hi @MadameMary! Sorry to say this but I think you better throw them away and order new clones. Indeed it seems it's too late to do anything to save those babies. Chemical treatments are too aggressive for such young clones and even the predatory bugs approach won't be fast enough to save your crop. Now for your next run, everything is about prevention. Pest prevention is an essential topic, actually I think you can't grow anything without a good prevention strategy. My strategy is pretty simple and consists in 3 methods: 1) I have an electric atomizer working 10min every hour to diffuse essential oils mixed with fresh water (a few drops of lemongrass, lavender, peppermint...you can find those oils in nature-stores or online). Those oils are repelling insects/pests, they don't like the smell of my room. 2) I spray neem-oil everyday when the light turns off, 10-12 drops of pure neem-oil mixed in a liter of temperated water, this oil is really efficient to kill/disturb/sterilize the invaders. 3) I use a dedicated foliar spray (BioBizz LeafCoat) once every 2 weeks to create a 'transparent layer' onto the leaves and to protect them from spiders/thrips/moths/miners... Hope this will help, keep us up-to-date and happy growing 👊
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CRiSPrGrow
CRiSPrGrowanswered grow question 6 years ago
hey there, if you don't really want to burn your house and your neihbours house down (the only fool proof way to decontaminate), then your best bet is to buy live ladybugs online delivery. Yes this is a thing, and kinda the only effective thing long term. Spider mites are really really resistant to almost everything, and they spawn so fast, then hibernate, you think your in the clear then bam back with a vengence. The ladybugs run around eating them and their eggs and will be able to get rid of them. Otherwise there's foggers than can harm your plants, sprays that will kill the seedlings, or if you're lucky enough to have a sick grow room you can raise CO2 to 2%+ and kill all the bugs and hopefully eggs. Get those babies to a nice bio pot asap poor things have been through so much already ! dassit 🚀
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HighTV
HighTVanswered grow question 6 years ago
Hey there MadamMary Spider mites love stagnant air and heat. They do not mate in windy conditions so typically setting up a fan for a light breeze is a good idea, however this isn't all you need to do it just slows them down by preventing mating! Clean your grow space with a bleach cleaner! 1 tablespoon of bleach to 1 gallon of 95°F from a spray bottle or mister works just fine! If you are looking for an application method then Azamax is a well proven product for fighting of Spider mites however with clones like you have I would settle on a less evasive method by using and generic Insecticidal soap and gently cleaning the leaves off. Lady bugs! This isn't an option for most people, but its very effective! Lady bugs are a growers best friend as they kill off unwanted pests such as spider mites! Remember 2 things! Clean grow area - wipe of leaves with insecticidal soap - and Insure there is Moving Air to slow spidermite mating!
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