I am sure spidermites reside in my garage + I have the plants outside whenever sun is bright. I have learned to live with them, yes, if I do not tend to my plants for 2+ weeks, I may begin to see them on some areas of the plant. If I neem once-twice a month, I rarely see mites, if I do it is on a very small portion of a leaf or two. W/ it being cold lately I think the mites cannot thrive as usual, because I have not neemed in the past 40 days & I am still mite free.
Today I began brewing my 1st compost tea, & mixxed subcool supersoil (without azomite :[ ) So I will be testing how effective foliar feeding is against mites. If it works, than I will be even happier.