I'm wondering if hibernating spidermite queens can be killed with extreme heat & what temperature would it take to ensure the dead was done?
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Reason for asking is back in March I was given an old generic 1000 blurple light (150w) I brought it home & dead ladybugs in it made me ask & find out he'd had spidermites 6mos earlier. I put it in a black trash bag, & in an unused car. Windows up on a lot of 90°+ days ever since. I bet it hit at least 150..... probably hotter for a week at a time at least twice.
Y'all think it's safe to use now?
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Well, heat is bad for the LEDs, can shorten their life or kill them, and it could have reached 180*F+ in the car. I would also not let anything get on the LEDs as that to can damage them. My mars hydro warns of sulfur on the LEDs. I would check with the MFG to see what they say you can use to clean them with.
And my question would be "how long can they hibernate?"
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