kindprincess
Well-Known Member
trust me, i know.it's sickening, esp once you start seeing webs, right after a treatment! rrrrr. i swear, when the world ends, spider mites will remain to repopulate the globe. fuckers are invincible.they only need 1 week warm and dry to ruin your your life. i kept hoping.
in the end it was futile. it cost a fortune to buy all the pestide. they were not strong enough. i killed 5 plants 4 days ago that had red mite colony.
i give up.
my fingers have been all i need. i feel sick not when i find a leaf with 6 or more. last night i found dozens. i check every day now and take all leaves with any evidence. Tuesday i will introduce predator mites with the Afid treatment.
I use WWW.koppert.com for my predators.
good luck abud, i hope you get a handle on them. my plan involves moving, taking cuttings to a new location and starting over. i'll spend a month prepping if i have to, but when i'm done there wont' be a mite in sight (or any other insect or arachnid for that matter...).