Flowering Stage - have no clue what to do now

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This is my first grow and I have made so many mistakes. Started out with 3 plants, lost one about 2 weeks ago to spider mites. But my questions are about a different lady:
Purple Haze - photoperiod, outdoor grow, seed germinated begnning of May. Using Foxfarm soil in 10 gallon fabric pot and using Fox Farm nutes, feeding about twice a week. Water every 2 days, just water and next feeding I give her nutes. Had a small issue in June with nute burn but we got past that. Live in the south and have had some pretty hot days with temps in mid 90s and high humidity. Started noticing the white pistols on top of the branches around August 9th so I am estimating tht is the start of flowering stage. As mentioned earlier I lost a large plant to spider mites after saving her from bud rot, snails, grasshoppers, excessive rain and humidity and 4 months of care. So when I notice the mites on this plant I freaked! Sprayed her CJDB and checked her daily. Still I was finding mites on her. Been reading a lot on this site and decided to try a mixture of peroxide and water. Well I ended up burning the leaves and I still was finding spider mites. Next I tried ordering lady bugs which may have helped but they don’t stay around or they just didn’t like the taste of my mites. So a lot of the pistols have turned brown and I am assuming I burnt them as well. There are alot of small single leaves that are clawing down which is what alerted me to the mites. Not sure if they caused that and maybe this is normal? I just don’t know and feel so lost as what to do next. I test the ph and ppms in and out. I have always had my ph come out lower (in the 5s) but they always looked healthy. Is this because I use Foxfarm? Also when I use plain water my ppms are higher than what went in. Again I am attributing to FF soil, I may be totally wrong - I Just dont know anymore. When I do water with nutes I use one teaspoon Big Bloom, one teaspoon Grow Big and one teaspoon Tiger Bloom and one teaspoon Cal Meg once a week. PPM run off is usually around 960. So I’m including some pictures and hope that someone with more experience than me can look at the plant and tell me what I should do now. Please help me save my girl?

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Notice curling leaves mid way of bud.
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Also should mention I did a cleanup of inside bottom stems and removed small branches on 8/24. Her vertical growth has slowed quite a bit and I see no trichomes. but I am beginning to see a very few white hairs growing again.
So what now? Am I giving the correct nutes for flowering? Should I do something different?
Any and all comments welcome.

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If you have spider mites, you probably have big problems. They are worse than terminators. You can’t kill them, and they absolutely will not stop. A flame thrower works pretty well, but seriously, I’ve read lots of ways that are supposed to kill them, but I don’t think they ever die. They just get stronger. Good luck.

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Mites suck! I lost an entire indoor grow to them.

Wish I could find a photo of a systemic natural insecticide a local grower uses. I was going to buy some when I start the next indoor grow.

It is called SNS 209.

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I had,/ have mites, i keep them at bay, but never gone. In flower after the buds are forming i use :: to a gallon jug of non chlorine water… 1/4 cup milk, 5ml rubbing alcohol, 10 drops or so of dawn or castle soap w/peppermint. Before flower i was using pure 1. I think u can use up til harvest… im sure more peeps will chime in with more help.

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Mites actually die pretty easily and youve probly killed millions from the sound of it. But fact of the matter is they might die easy but you can never get them all snd all it takes is one to restart a new army in no time. Any garden center insecticide or insecticidal soap should work. There also terpene sprays as preventatives that i like to use as it seems to help some…knock on wood.

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@Dexterado @JaneQP @TT @TT thanks so much for the replies. Pretty much willing to try anything to save my girl. @TT I will try the solution you mentioned first. @JaneQP I found the NS 209 but could only find in gallon size for $80, not sure I want that much of it but I may have to give it a try if nothing else works.
Do yall think the clawing leaves are a result of the mites or insufficient nutes?

Thanks again for the replies, I really appreciate yall taking the time to try and help me out.

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Jeez @Coco27 like everything prices are crazy. I looked the ingredients and it is a chemical from rosemary. I bought a bottle rosemary essential oil ($8) and plan on experimenting with 20 drops oil a few drops of Dr Bonner’s soap as an emulsifier and dilute to 1 gallon and water my indoors girls with that once a week.

Disclaimer I have not tried this myself. Attempt at your own risk.

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Ive used the rosemary extract this year, but i switch stuff every week so im not sure. No bad bug infests yet outside, so i think they are all working :wink::blush:

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