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White mites hella jelly

Irvman
Irvmanstarted grow question 4mo ago
Hello weedie I am having a problem with my hella jelly . I am Jamaica with this lovely strain but white mites are killing them. I have used lostcoast and Humboldt flower shield and to no avail. Please give me some help
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yan402
yan402answered grow question 4mo ago
Yo bro, white mites can be a nightmare, especially outdoors in that heat 🔥🌴 If Lost Coast and Flower Shield ain’t cutting it, you gotta go harder and rotate products — mites build resistance fast 🐛🛡️ Here’s what I’d do: Neem oil mix (veg only) — add a few drops of dish soap and spray under the leaves, not just on top. Do it after sunset or early morning ☀️🌒 so you don’t fry the plant. Insecticidal soap or potassium soap — safe for daily sprays. Hit them every other day for a full week straight. 🌱 Cover the soil with sand or diatomaceous earth — they love hiding in the top layer. 🕷️ If you can get predatory mites (like Phytoseiulus), release them — they’ll hunt the bad ones down for you. You’ll need to spray every 2–3 days minimum. Don’t just hit them once and hope. Full pressure or they bounce back harder. ⚠️ I don’t like giving advice on chemical pesticides, so everything above is organic or mild. If it gets out of control, that’s a whole other route, but I’d try this first. Let me know if you’re still in veg or already in flower and I’ll help with the mix. You got this growmie ✌️💪
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 4mo ago
Whatever you do, DO NOT spray your plants with vinegar or peppermint or other essential oils.........you will damage the leaves worse than the white flies! Pyrethrum is probably your safest bet.
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00110001001001111O
00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 4mo ago
if it costs a ton of money, it's a name you paid for. There's only a few active ingredients that are actually effective. Look at the ingredients and you can likely find something that uses the same stuff but you don't pay for a marijuana brand name. All of this stuff existed before the marijuana hobby, lol... just basic horticultural products that existed long before. a cheap concentrated pyrethrine (southern AG sells one) you can mix up your own spray for 1/10th the price... 8oz product can make gallons of spray, i bet. I don't recall the dose. Pyrethrines are a kill on contact spray, so it has limitations like anything else. Had thrips once and this took care of them along with some sticky traps. Double check if it is effective against mites. Think those are a bit more robust than other pests. predator bugs might be something to look into too. in mym experience, the anecdotal mix some peppermint or essential oil type stuff never works, lol. Sadly, you'll have to use some sort of chemical to do anything useful. Make sure it's not "systemic" - which means it'll absorb into plant and remain there, making flower actually toxic and not just a buzzword. pyrethrine has a 48-72h halflife, if i rcall, but you should still avoid spraying anything on flower, even if not systemic.
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AestheticGenetix
AestheticGenetixanswered grow question 4mo ago
I left some more suggestions on your diary page that may be more helpful than what i mentioned on here
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AestheticGenetix
AestheticGenetixanswered grow question 4mo ago
How often are you using lost coast? You can use it daily for bad infestations and online it says its better to do it more often rather than at a stronger dose. But what i would recommend is adding other sprays in and alternate them. i have lost coast plant therapy and safer brand insecticidal soap and spinosad and whrn things are out of control i use all 3 in rotation at the recommended frequency. But whatever you get, just add a more diverse use of products so that theyre getting hit with different things and not able to gain a resistance to the product. But at the very least start using lost coast every day for a week and make sure to spray the soil too. also some research on the life span of the pests and their reproductive cycle time can be helpful as well
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Ninjabuds
Ninjabudsanswered grow question 4mo ago
1part hydro peroxide 5parts water and water the plant with that try planting marigolds around plants Try mixing water and vinegar and dish soap and essential oils like pepper mint If you have a local plant store I’m sure they have options aswell
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