Monterey Garden Insect Spray with Spinosad

[The_Clone_Ranger]

Found some spider mites today. I have some Monterey Garden Insect Spray with Spinosad it says on the site you can add this to the roots. Can I use this in my DWC set up? If so what is the ratio per gallon of water? I like the idea of treating the plant internally more than spraying. Maybe both?

[cyberaktif]

i'm not to versed in the dwc but in soil you can spray on the plant and use it in the soil to kill them in there too. i ordered some from amazon but wasn't going to get here in time so i used captain jack deadbug. contains spinosad. i sprayed on leaves and soil and worked for the thrips. also used a no pest strip but be careful with that.

[gbauto]

I think that the pesticide may work better from direct exposure rather than eating a inoculated plant. Funky bio bug that needs direct exposure-brave new world out there.

[Royal Nugs]

I've had limited success with spinosad for mites. I've also used azdarachtin which works well but it's systemic so it takes a while. If the plants are mobile, I'd recommend taking them in the shower and spraying them off. This will mechanically remove a majority of the mites if you do it right. You can then add preventatives and such.

Good luck with them... they're called the borg for a reason...

[Dagmar]

I used Captain Jack's Deadbug Brew with Spinosad and it did nothing. Then I used Monterey Gardens and that really knocked back the mites but not completely. If you have the ability to keep your grow room temps under 72 and a strong fan blowing across the plant, the mites seem to go dormant. They don't seem to be laying eggs or feeding. I am finding an occasional live mite in the past two weeks since I treated the plants but they are not multiplying. I'm about 3 weeks from harvest and don't want to spray them any more than I have to.

So, once you get them under control or even think you've gotten rid of them, use temps and air flow to keep them from coming back.