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Ladybugs to attack bugs during flower
So I went with an onion, garlic and water spray on the mites the other day. Seems like an improvement but the smell is pretty strong as you can imagine. Thinking about ordering some ladybugs to wage war on these little suckers. Has anyone used them in a tent or had any experience with being in flower and dealing with this? They are pretty cheap and wont harm the plants in any way.
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most gardening stores carry live ladybugs and you dont need to let them all out at once. id let 10 or 15 out per plant when the lights go off. they will cover the entire plant. if you have aphids or mites or even white flies they can be effective. they also will lay eggs on your plants which is the reason i wouldnt let them all loose at once. you can keep them in a cool place and feed them a raisin or two and a bit of water if they dont have food
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How far into flower are you? Early into flower I'd recommend a cycle of Azamax and if you're not comfortable with that there are some soaped based solutions. They are some invasive mofos, they love catching rides spreading their love. I've actually had to use Azamax late into flower with no negative results, I just washed my buds before drying!
Ladybugs are good but first I'd watch a video on creating the right environment so they live long enough to do the job also find ladybugs that come with the packet of attractant you mix with water.
I've also used a water/isopropyl alcohol mix to instantly kill them then I followed up by rinsing the plant with water in my 2 gallon sprayer. I waited a couple days then repeated.
I've also read people reverse wrap tape around their fingertips and concentrate on the underside of the leaves getting them stuck to the tape!
I just smoked so message me if I don't make sense, lol!
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Today is day 22 Robert. Sure do appreciate your response, makes perfect sense to me. First time dealing with these things in combination that this is my second grow, just trying not to screw up. Ill be going to the store today, my local hydro store sells Azamax.
How long did you wait between your Isopropyl and h2o mix and rinsing?
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I think ladybugs are of preventive if you catch the bugs before the out break but once your infested they dont get the job done, Azamax doesnt kill the eggs but it could do some damage to you since your in flower.
Mighty from NPK is all that actually does what you need and what you need is genocide down to the very last larva.
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