abudsmoker
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Ed's products are GREAT!Two applications of Zero Tolerance has done it for me. Not a mite in sight since. It's a non-toxic blend of 5 botanical oils.
And it smells good.
HTH
Ed's products are GREAT!Two applications of Zero Tolerance has done it for me. Not a mite in sight since. It's a non-toxic blend of 5 botanical oils.
And it smells good.
HTH
Just pain old white vivnegar, you should be able to get it at any grocery store. If that doesn't work you can use 99% iso alcohol. But I choose not too to avoid burning the plants.I couldn't find any white vinegar around where I live, different kind of vinegar wouldn't work, would it?
funny u say that, my mom said to do that very same thingI use a mix I make myself. It kills spider mites, aphids and even thrips. Here it is and trust me it works better than anything you are going to buy in the garden stores.
Good luck, this does work.
- Take a misting water bottle that has the trigger on it.
- Cover just the bottom of the bottle with dish soap (I use the orange anti-bacterial kind)
- Fill 3/4 with just tap water
- fill remaining 1/4 with white vinegar
- shake gently, not too much though or you will have lots of bubbles, lol
- spray all over your plants, under the leaves and the top of the soil unitl a light coating is on there (don't get it sopping wet)
- leave on at least a few hours or over night
- spray off all the plant ( I do this with clean water in the spray bottle)
- bugs gone, shiny leaves.
I'm at least trying this before chemicals. +rep
- Take a misting water bottle that has the trigger on it.
- Cover just the bottom of the bottle with dish soap (I use the orange anti-bacterial kind)
- Fill 3/4 with just tap water
- fill remaining 1/4 with white vinegar
- shake gently, not too much though or you will have lots of bubbles, lol
- spray all over your plants, under the leaves and the top of the soil unitl a light coating is on there (don't get it sopping wet)
- leave on at least a few hours or over night
- spray off all the plant ( I do this with clean water in the spray bottle)
- bugs gone, shiny leaves.
i have been using "hot shot no pest" strips for months and the mites i used them for disappeared within a week of use and haven't come back since. don't know exactly what the effects of using them may be, lots of people are afraid of them, but after reading this: http://www.pan-uk.org/pestnews/Actives/dichlorv.htm, i feel better. (it's an artice about Dichlorvos (DDVP), which is the main chemical in the strips.) judge for yourself...Avid works! I had mites and now they are all gone