do di doooo cleaning tentsā¦
āare they gone?!?ā
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nothing too exciting to report but this is all part of the game.
heating the tents to 115-125 for 20 minutes. my space heater only got me to 105 so i give it a boost every few minutes with a hairdryer.
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Heyyyy, just like my porch in the summer! 12% is a bit wet for here though lol
Nuke the Fāers. 
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lol wet, eh? and that just reminded me i was supposed to add humidity. dāoh. well. life needs water and i ainā giving them any.
gonna do one more wipe down with alcohol and then seal up and let them sit for two weeks. this has to be enoughā¦ right?
everything iāve read so far says they need plant life to survive. i only have my three snake plants. iāve been spraying them with nukem. i really canāt get rid of them. but theyāre on a different floor. iām also going to bake the soil that i have sitting in open buckets. forgot about those.
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Weāre pretty blessed here, bug-wise. Iām not sure, to be honest, sorry Iām not more help. Why the 2 weeks wait? Once the alcohol and whatever else has evaporated, I canāt see anything else living in there, but I dunno. 
@Sirsmokesalot is an exterminator, I believe. Sorry if thatās the wrong nomenclature these days. Better than ābug guyā I thought. Anyway, he should know.
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and i take it back, i think the snake plants gotta go again. i tried to take a microscope to them but itās harder to seeā¦ bigger leaves and these scopes are crap. iām seeing translucent carcasses. i donāt know if theyāre broad mites, but 
but logical brain is yelling at me. i think i need another few hours to come around. it makes no sense to risk this.
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i canāt take a 100x microscope to every corner of the tents. from what iāve read, lifespan is 3 weeks. iām thinking that part is fine cuz the babies can hang in the solo cups.
boy iād love to talk to someone who knew whatās what with these mites because you donāt know what you can believe on the internets and the actual scientific papers iāve read donāt cover exactly what weāre tryinā to do here and iām not finding great info on the eggs.
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Maybe thatās the incubation time for the eggs.
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incubation time i THINK is a few days. the mites live 2-3 weeks i think. questions i have is how long can they live without any plant matter or water.
If it were me, and it may be one day, so you can hold me to this if/when it happens, but I would take that time to study and research the shit out of integrated pest management. Be proactive instead of reactive. I forget exactly how @Myfriendis410 said it, but expect, hell, plan even, to get bugs of some kind at some point. That way when it happens, youāre not only prepared, but already have a leg up.
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yeah absolutely. iām acting now in the info that i have, so am doing the heat and alcohol treatment as those have been the few known factors. iām taking the longest theorized life span for letting them sit dormant. then moving forward iām going to treat hopefully on a weekly basis based on what i know now and i what i learn in the next few weeks.
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Iām thinking about setting up a ladybug habitat in my grow space, and adding predatory stuff to the media.
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This might even deserve itās own thread. āPredators against cannabis pestsā or something.
I wouldnāt think youād have much in the way of bugs where you are, Jefe. In any event I had read several growers using ladybugs indoors and had them fly immediately into the light; killing them. Someone else recently used them and lost almost none. This implies there is a viable techniqueā¦
As for my locale; I just plan on them being there and expect to treat. Usually only in flower as the plants seem to be robust enough that they donāt develop infestations until the plant is fading in flower.
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Maybe thereās a particular species thatās better. Iāll have to look into the specifics, but knowing me, Iāll probably just dive in head first and see what works and what doesnāt, many pitfalls along the way 
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i think my tents are too small, theyād end all over my room and my very sweet, gentle, quiet dog would lose her SH!T and probably break everything in the house trying to catch and kill them. sheās ruthless with flying bugs.
and that depends on the pest. ladybugs are supposd to be great for these particular mites and there are some predatory mites. actuallyā¦ the predatory mites be easy.
and after growing outside this summer and then this, i think i have just about every chemical known to mankind and i need a grow room just to house everything. i just need a little more common sense in application and not mixing things that will kill me.
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Arbicoās got a great site and makes lots of great products. customer service knows their stuff, too.
this guy takes care of both spider mites and broad/russet mites.
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I think I mightāve linked to that site before, but Iāve never used them myself. Iāll have to check it out. Thereās a lot of good info to take in on that site!
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yeah i see something new every time iām on there.
and in terms of not helpingā¦ you canāt be an expert on everything but iām sure youāre never gonna look at leaf wrinkling and yellow new growth the same again. youāre all over these boards and no doubt are gonna have one more tool to help others.
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Could you āgiveā the snake plant to a friend or relative (who is not growing dank) till you get it sorted out.
Plus it would afford you some much needed time to potentially treat the Snake plants w a few different thingswithout having to get rid of them since you are fond of them ?! Just a thought.
Plus dont forget to look into that slf 100. I will find a few gnats from time to time buzzing around in the tent but have not to date had a problem beyond that.
Hope you get it sorted out for good bud. Get one (or a few) of them Praying Mantises like @imSICKkid had.
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