Sorry to hear about your bug issue. It’s so stressful 
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Well, that fucking blows. Have we established that the spider mites for sure came from the BAH clones? It couldn’t have anything to do with the power outage, right? Or maybe some combination of the two? Like, the fact that you couldn’t get in there for five days and the plants got a little unhealthy maybe kind of exacerbated the problem?
In any event, yeah, that sucks, sorry to hear it.
I’m not even sure I’d do that, probably just trash everything and start over. But I do tend to freak-the-fuck-out over even the slightest possibility of bugs or any sorta plant-related problem at all. Seems easier (to me, anyway) to get rid of everything and not even risk having the issue linger for months.
I will say, though, that my “No clones in my garden!” stance has just been reinforced by, like, 100 haha.
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I know they came in with the bandaid clones. I got those clones cleaned up just fine, but the spider mites can apparently jump and jump pretty far at that. The power outage did definitely exacerbate the problem and helped with their escape onto a couple of my mom’s. I didn’t notice and pulled some plants and clones from there and moved them into flower 
that’s basically how it all went down. My fault for having quarantine in the same room even if in a closed environment.
My veg tent looks good so far. I’ve been pulling plants out and checking at least twice a day. No way I’m trashing everything. The azamax will do it I just wanna limit the amount of foliage I’m dealing with. And transition off azamax to that soap spray. Anything heavily infested did get tossed. I might lose my NorthStar #4 cut permanently because of it. Got one clone left of her and it’s not looking too great and idk if it’s rooted yet or not. I still got a couple packs left to look through though so it’s not the end of the world there. The ssdd I can get back if I absolutely need to but I’m trying to do everything I can to not have to do that.
I supplemented some of the gypsum with calcium nitrate to try and beef up the vegging plants and clones while going through this since they’re on maxibloom too.
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What a shitty deal. I very rarely bring in outside clones and if I do I beat them to within an inch of their life to make sure they’re clean.
I’ve also got what I call “decontamination protocol” for when we’ve been anywhere suspect which means clothes off straight into the machine and then shower.
Places like, my sisters, where she’s got citrus plants and they are all infested. I don’t mean “oh look a little leaf damage” I mean the whole plant looks like a cotton ball.
I don’t like going there, at all. It gets my gander up.
This probably doesn’t help you but it’s a silly thing I do. Mrs Foreigner thinks I’m weird but she complies.
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Oh yeah bro I’m the same way. Never go outside and then into my grow room without a shower and change of clothes. Previous clothes nowhere near my new clothes and shower.
I knew the clones were coming with mites so it was entirely my fault, with some help from random events.
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It’s just easier to say “decontamination protocol” than it is to say take your clothes off and put them in the machine and jump in the shower right away and scrub yourself with Ajax and steel wool.” 
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Lol right, for sure. Temperatures are just now starting to hit 90F/32C outside here so this is actually kind of perfect timing to shut down for the summer. Gonna say it’s reality telling me to take a break and clean everything up. Apply some knowledge and refresh all my keepers. Learning experience for sure!
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Enjoy the short break, and best of luck keeping all your important cuts going!
I just wanted to add that sulfur spray works pretty darned good against mites, amongst other things.
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hi there H.A. That was a great interview brother
Ty for your knowledge
Paps
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Thank you much bro I’m glad you enjoyed it!
@VAhomegrown I hate hearing my own voice 
feel quite 
ish tbh but I had a great time recording it. @MCR0161 is a cool dude and a great host! If and when we record another it should be a little more comfortable and a bit more in-depth 
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You carried it really well bro honestly. I said I was trying not to be the host kinda thing but more of a medium. But I think I need to do a little bit more next time around. I love hearing peoples feedback though cos i know we can make it better now couldn’t have asked for a better first guest 
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heh yeah I would love to find that Alien looking herb again. Maybe now that the description is out there something might come up. It was a random bag I bought off a random dude in North Carolina a long long time ago. One of those, I know a guy… give me a bit… type deals. Never seen nor smoked anything like it before or since.
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From what I’ve read, the little bastards can actually use their webbing to catch the breeze and float around like baby spiders can, but I don’t think they can actually jump. Sorry to hear about the infestation, that sucks.
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Is there a link to this recording?
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That is cool. 
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Cool interview. Would have been interesting to hear more in depth info on the ssdd bx, but still nice interview regardless. I imagine a lot of people would be interested in that given how circulated those beans are too. I’d like to hear from @MCR0161 and other shepherd owners how they keep the dog hair off their buds, would be really useful for me haha.
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