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So...bottom line...can I smoke my buds with spider mites on them?!

ellz

ellz

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Probably a very stupid question but at this point I really don't have anything to lose by asking it! Can I smoke my crop if there are spider mites all over it?! I just discovered the infestation about 2 weeks before harvest and I am probably going to lose my mind if I just wasted 4 months of work and thousands of dollars of money only to lose everything! Someone save me from what comes next and tell me I didn't waste everything I had to do this and fail! I beg of you!
 
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Morning Ellz , Like Alltatup said, Mighty Wash a couple of friends say it works, and I also heard Green Clean works ok. As for as smoking your bud goes, I always used to grow outdoors and I am sure over the many years of smoking my own bud that I'm sure I've unknowingly smoked spider mites many times without noticing any bad effects other than a craving to crawl on all fours an build webs , jus kiddn, but honestly never noticed anything. Good Luck with getting rid of them Ellz.
 
when I see mite I spray with neem oil top and bottom of leaves I will sometime add green cure , both are safe to use close to harvest , as for smoking them Iv'e always smoked the bud from a plant that had mites ,the popping sound is kinda cool, just kidding I think when you cut the plant most if not all leave, dead plants are not food, that might be a false statement but my observation, YOU have not lost your in-tire grow relax mites are just part of the experience lol
 
Hi Ellz, thank you for asking this question. I to have an infestation of spider mites and they showed up right when I was moving into the flushing stage. I was so shocked that I missed a complete week on my schedule by trying to get rid of them. I'm using a soap & water mixture (Ivory soap) and it seems to have slowed them down. The Neem Oil I hear is excellent but I can't get any. Good Luck on your harvest.
 
Wow...thanks all for the inspiring words! So it sounds like I can hose the plants off with water after harvesting to clear off any excess mites which is a good thing and also I can still smoke the buds even with this problem. It's been problem after problem on this grow but I am sticking it out to the end!

Side note: I ordered a small bottle of Azamax after reading about it on the page with spider mites. Sounds like it is pretty safe to use. It should be here Monday, which would be 3 days or so after the Neem Oil.

Sorry for upsetting you to a point of messaging me alltatup. No worries on the unsub of my grow journal. You aren't the only one. But don't worry....this will be my last time posting a journal online! I see now I should remain very private since I am apparently too angry for the world and no one out there wants to do shit but complain about it!

Anyway, thanks all for the replies. Best of luck with all of your grows and enjoy the peace and quiet with me gone! Later all!
 
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I tried to give you some good advice, ellz: We all go through the same crap but we don't all throw tantrums online.
 
You basically said people don't want to hear it. I am taking that advice and ending my interactions with people. Problem solved!
 
I ran out and bought a magnifying glass and checked my entire plant.
thanks for posting on the subject, because I probably would throw away the plant and start over..good to know there are remedies for that type of situation
 
Best advice I can give on it is check your plants and check them often! Apparently you don't see them or signs of them until it's too late! That is what happened with me. By the time I noticed what was going on, it was full blown! They are literally on every part of my plant now! There is so much foliage that it's virtually impossible to treat them at this point. If you can catch them early, it is apparently much easier to control them but even then, they can come back! Evil, evil little pests!
 
I plan on taking bleach to my cabinet after this grow, and scrubbing the heck out of it! Not much you can do as far as sealing the cabinet because any small hole...and I mean ANY SMALL HOLE and they will get back in! The only thing that will stop them is constant vigilance! I should have been checking my leaves more but I assumed that I wouldn't have any pest issues on an indoor grow. WRONG! You can very much have pest problems indoors! Sure, you might not have grass hoppers or aphids, but these little buggers are just as bad if not worse! I guess the lesson I learned is never assume anything when it comes to growing cannabis! LOL.
 
The Neem Oil is good, and strong, but it can alter the taste of the buds from what I was reading. To me, it sort of smells citrusy so maybe my buds will taste like oranges or something. Either way, it's a great product if you can get a hold of some. Your idea also works very well but you tend to need more of it (the soap and water). I used to use that often when I grew outdoors and it did help. Either way, thank you for your input and best of luck with your grow as well!
 
I sprayed k neem oil every three weeks, really watered down, and added a bit directly to the soil from time to time to keep on the offense, rather then from a defensive position
 
Whew! Thank goodness! I know I have had bud before with egg pods in it but I removed them before smoking the bud. Plus, that wasn't some I grew, it was some I bought. I guess it's almost impossible not to get some sort of foreign object or bugs in your plants really. I mean, considering all the places they could hide, it would seem like the chances are stacked against you on that one. :)
 
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