HOw do you use no pest strips safely?

[DOZEE]

ok i have had it with mites and have busted out with the big guns "HOT SHOT NO PEST SRIPS!" I have read quite a few reports that are succsesful in illiminated mites .. most of the reports didnt even take pracautions using strips and in some cases used for 2-4 month strait . i realy care about the end product and want as little as possible nero toxins in my final product but i also want those FUCKING mites DEAD !!!
Can any one share ther expieriances? with no pest strips?

[meloyelo]

I only used them once, its all I needed. Turn off fans, and hang the strip. Close the door and leave it for 24 hours. Come back, bag the strip and wrap it up real well and store it away in case you want to use it again. Mites were dead, no returns. Can't say anything about their eggs, cause like I already said, there were no returns.
-melo
Edit: the room I used it in was approximately 5x5.

[Carpet Muncher]

mee too.. short exposures of an hr or 2, max.. wrap for use another day.. why expose myself to it longer than necessary?

however, with mites, given yours aren't immune, i would either keep it in there for 5 days, or short exposures every day for 5 days. (the incubation period is 3-5 days.)

before i went through that though, i would first determine if they're immune.. by isolating/exposing an infested leaf in a closed environment like a 1gal ziplock, etc.

[crew]

When I used them, I was also using a room a/c. I left them for a week, and that was what it took (6'wx8'dx8't). In the room I used before that, it was sealed, and only two days worked well (4'wx4'dx5'h).
As for safely, thats a can of worms.
peace, crew

[boy]

a bit OT. i got mites from a plant i brought home. fucked yeah. i OGoogled mites and after a while i found a thread about a guy that had very good results with some new pesticide. it contained soap, sesame oil, and fishoil (and water). i made my own using the same ingredients and sprayed the plants, but they smelled like fish for about 2 weeks. i wouldnt recommend it if u got less than 2 weeks left. i also have lots of sprays and shit, but as u said its neurotoxins no good shit. these days i use soap water and sesameoil and spray the plants it keeps the mites from taking over. the hairs will become brown if u do first weeks of flowering. my best tip is to spray the plants 3-4 times a day with water (lots of it) the mites wont die from this but they dont like it, and the weed will be poisonfree. some guys i know swear by these candles or flares or whatever they are (they produce smoke). they work very good but AFAIK theyre like the strips (poisonwise). anyway good luck with your mites i know youre gonna need it. mites is the worst fucking thing u could get unfortuneately

[boy]

to use them safely yeah. day 1 put the strips up, seal growroom, let soak for a day or so (dont be in the same area). ventilate. day 5/10 or so repeat. Ive noticed the sprays are well, not so good for you, people should really have more respect for these poisons

[herbtastik]

to use them safely yeah. day 1 put the strips up, seal growroom, let soak for a day or so (dont be in the same area). ventilate. day 5/10 or so repeat. Ive noticed the sprays are well, not so good for you, people should really have more respect for these poisons
well dam.....i just hang a pest strip in the closet and leave it there
the whole grow.....i aint taking NO chances...ive never had bugs either..
now i just wonder what iam breathing....geeez...

[DOZEE]

seems to be working tight...
i only see dead mites:)

[Old Toby]

The safest way I've found to use them is to have a grow area seperate from your living area. It's nerve gas, plain and simple. Back in the 50s the government realized that roaches die from nerve gas faster than people. Since then the chemical in NPS has been used.....for the last 30 years it's been threatened by the EPA to be taken off the market, but the factory has a really good lobbyist. I use em, but not in my home, only in out buildings.

Tobold Hornblower

[DOZEE]

i see tones of dead mites and i still see tons of eggs , its been 4 days ..
do i wait for all the eggs to hatch ? or do i let let the residual fumes finish them off?

[Alaska]

Wait if they are not close to harvest

fwiw, mites life according to light cycle. In a 12/12 enviroment, the female wants to get knocked up and go hibernate in a corner for the winter, then wake up and lay those eggs in the spring (when lights go back to 24 or 18/6). So, if you can get new plants(that always sucks) ditch what you have if its not much, wait two weeks with lights on 24 hours, and that will be enought time for any eggs to hatch and offspring die of starvation. Also use NPS during this time

HTH
A

[thai die]

hey DOZEE, ive used um for awhile now, its been close to a year now with no mites. i leave the strip in for a week, and then wrap it up for later use.

personally i think they kill the eggs as well. the HotShots really put it to um. havent really read anything on whether the plants absorb the chemical or not, and how long it would stay in the plant.

CBF

[Glass Man]

I'm off to buy some Hot Shot strips today. The humidity's been high and the damn mites are back again! The little bastards sure can ruin a good crop.

gm

[LordOvertoke]

there's no safe way to use NPS's in your living area....don't do it.

get some Avid, treat your vegging plants and the mites will go away....i don't even use Avid in flowering.

No Pest Strips are EXTREMELY unhealthy.

LO

[DOZEE]

thay work so dam good!!! OMG!!! 7 days in my room and tthay are toast..
first i was scared because during the 3rd day i noticed more dammage on plants :( but no mites !! yeah i have read 3 msda sheets on the strips and thay are an actual nero toxin !! so thay are pretty much chemical war fair weapons for bugs!! I know there NOT healthy !! BUT Thay are the cure for mites !! And I am done battling them ... soon my room will be back to normal with out mites and god willing i willing i will never have to use them agian:)

[potpots]

In my 60 cu. ft. veg chamber I have 3 NPS 24/7, but I also have a 180 cfm exhaust running 24/7, therefore no fumes wander into my living space.
In my 120 cu. ft. flower chamber I will introduce 2 NPS only for 2 hrs max, and only if I find bugs. I check for bugs every 3-5 days so a problem doesn't get out of hand.
I turn off exhaust when using NPS. More than an hour or two and you will see that the hairs start to wither.
Also, before I transfer a plant from veg chamber to flower chamber, I spray veg plant real good with "Garden Safe" Pyrethrins insect spray. I never spray after buds begin to form.
If I take care of business when plants are in veg, I never have problems in flower.
Oh yea, put NPS in zip-lock baggie and in freezer for storage.
Works for me, peace, potpots

[grasshopper]

fwiw

[DOZEE]

bastered retuned in my closed mother room!!! its so fucking ON "MITES!
put in pest srrips and am using a vegtable poison i bought a kmart..hot shots works but needs a lil more time than 4 days in my mom room...
i will try for 9 days strait for 24/hr period pluss trimithside to sweeten there demise..

Bohowhaahaaa"histericly laughing" lol...
thay will die!!!

[Alaska]

Try using some tie wire to attach the NPS to a oscillating fan. Let it run on high for a couple hours (make sure you're NOT in the room) and it will spread that poisen everywhere. Once again, NEVER on flowering plants

A

ps, a friend of mine had aphids for a long, long time, and the NPS is what finally did the trick! I have also used them to protect clones in the clone machine from thrips, after I canned allthe mommas due to infestation.

A

[DOZEE]

i use a small tray for clones in my mother room so .. those buggers have inraged me.

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[DOZEE]

actualy the stuffs called triazicide...The other stuff im using.

[Alaska]

is the name triazicide itself, or is it the active ingredient

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[Alaska]

is the name triazicide itself, or is it the active ingredient

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[DOZEE]

the name triazicide its on the bottle lable. i sprayed my mothers once and the room donw also with it and now the pest strips are in agian.. most of my motheres are small yet . so im shure thay will be fine now...

[Tug]

I don't know for sure on mites, but Vapona Strips, available at Home-Depot in Canada work wonders for a multitude of other bugs, got rid of thrips for me for the first time in over, a year as I don't spray chemicals for bugs if I can help it (these strips are a minimized chemical interference), and the plants were outgrowing the thrips anyway.
One strip ($11.00 Can.) in the mother room hung in the airflow.

peace - Tug

[mtnmeds]

I had thrips bad and in all stages I battled for months and finally got some pest strips and left it in with my veg plants for about 4 days and the thrips were gone and haven't come back...Alaska has it right never around flowering plants it's a gas and the plant will soak it up..and never prolonged exposure to your self either..

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[Hang10]

Vaponas for the win! (same thing as NPS?)

It was the only thing that eradicated those fuckin thrips...finally. May they rest in a tormented hell:)

[Tug]

Hang10, I said EXACTLY that a few months ago, same strip, same bug.
I gave some plants out and the recipients reported thrips shortly after.

Hang Vapona's in the middle of room, behind a fan, or near intake.

peace - Tug

[Hang10]

Hang10, I said EXACTLY that a few months ago, same strip, same bug.
I gave some plants out and the recipients reported thrips shortly after.

Talk about timing....lol...I was just over at Buddies room since I posted that today.
Here's the exact scenario.
4 fresh vaponas hung on the backs of the oscillating fans. 12x15x8' total room volume. Very little fresh air exchange over the course of 3wks before the vaponas were removed. It's been 2wks now and not a thrip in site.
3 small mother plants were in that room aswell for about 12days and have since been out in their own room for 3wks now, no vaponas and the room isn't that clean actually, and it used to have a thriving thrip infestation in it.....until just today they have had zero signs of a thrip. Today, there are a couple. But I don't know if they survived from the vapona room or if they sat in wait in this unclean mother room.
Some recent safety reading on my part however has led me to recommend a cycle of dosing and then ventillating...especially when working in the room.