re: Brightlight's Strain Fest - Organics & LED
One other thing you can do for the mites in regards to spraying with water is to add some rubbing alcohol to the water. Do it a 9:1 ratio of water to rubbing alcohol. They can kill the mites well especially if you do it every couple of days. The alcohol makes it more potent against the mites and it doesn't hurt the plant at all with that ratio.
Nice update BL. Love the full tent shot with the variety of plants!
I haven't had problems the last 2 grows with gnats but prior to that sns 203 worked well to get rid of them. As for mites I've never had a problem with them on my weed plants. I did purchase a indoor Calamondin citrus tree that was infested with mites. After battling with them for close to a year trying different products I found that you had to consistently spray the fukers off with water every few days for a month while also using some sort of mite control for foliar and drench. I used sns 209 but I think the key was spraying the entire plant on a regular basis for a month to get rid of any new mites that hatched that the sns did not get too. The plant has been mite free for over 3 months now with no more treatment or spraying of the plant.
One other thing you can do for the mites in regards to spraying with water is to add some rubbing alcohol to the water. Do it a 9:1 ratio of water to rubbing alcohol. They can kill the mites well especially if you do it every couple of days. The alcohol makes it more potent against the mites and it doesn't hurt the plant at all with that ratio.