Gosh - I *have* to do this method. Tomorrow.
Tomorrow morning, I will video my poor girls. They have been suffering from spider mites - and also suffering from my brutal, and... well... less effective methods of killing spider mites.
After I video my girls, I will head to the supermarket and buy the materials, then cook the recipe and apply it...
I will video this process, and will become part of the series of (yet unpublished) videos I have been making over the past two weeks as I've been at war with spider mites... and I hope Habanera peppers are the secret weapon I bring to the battle that wins the war!
It's a sad story, because the tragedy could have been prevented.
I purchased a lovely, fully grown, hanging cherry-tomato plant from a local nursery... it was sure to produce sweet cherry-tomatoes for a month!
BUT - it had spider mites.
And,
As soon as I spotted the spider mites, I removed the plant from the balcony and gave it to a friend who put it in their garden.
But it was too late.
A week later I noticed the first small patch of mite damage on the leaves.
I did two sessions of dish-soap washes - but then I had to leave town for five days.
The plants became too dry, and the Mites had a hay-day.
When I returned, it was an awful mess.
In an instant, I knew the next two weeks of my plans were
about to be re-arraigned, because this trouble just inserted
at least six hours of cleaning and processing, ever-other day.
Well - after two weeks - my spider mite battle is not done.
And if just ONE spider mite *egg* is left... the entire problem is sure to come back.
So I'm really keen to try this new method.
And if it works - I will promote the hell out of it!
To Your Health,
Joey