What are the best weapons against spider mites y'all have found.

I am trying a 2% rosemary oil solution that I read about. I'm not sure how well it will work, but I need to do something. These little bastards keep showing up over and over again ><

a jug of mighty wash and a paint sprayer for late in flower.
a jug of pyganic and a paint sprayer for veg.
The thing with the rosemary oil is you gotta hit the little bastards, but then again the same goes for the other things I mentioned.
The rosemary oil does nothing more than suffocate on contact and maybe repel somewhat as far as I know.
May as well be pure spray green which is nothing but petroleum oil.

If you already have a mite infestation, you will want something more than Rosemary to really take care of things. I like using Azamax. Its pricy, but really does a good job. Now its really pricy to root drench, but do it. Your plant will love it and it will work systemically. Azamax is primarily a Neem oil concentrate I believe. I personally don't like straight Neem oil.

I'd go the natural route.. Buy some pirate bugs they will kill slugs, mites, and thrips

I used to think it had to be over priced snake oil, but Mighty Wash is the shit. I don't know how it works, but it works. I bought an electric atomizing sprayer that can let me spray a finer mist and not waste so much of the expensive stuff. Probably only need to use like half what a pump sprayer did to cover the same amount of plants. Honestly mighty wash alone every 3-4 days for a couple weeks will do the job, to at least knock em out of sight for a few months, but I do like to alternate with other things not too crazy, like pyrethrums and even oils like the rosemary as stated by the other guy,(however rosemary oil is pretty expensive). I've seen off the shelf garden sprays use other oils that might be cheaper, I have one with sesame oil in it for example.

My go to is ice cold soapy water. Whenever I reach for something stronger I'm targeting a specific pest.

i like what qpwoeirutyalskdjfhgzmxncb said.

persistence, prevention, mitigation, and control are what you need. mites breed a lot slower when it's cool and wet, a lot faster when it's hot and dry.

stay ahead of the game and you'll do well.

Use mighty wash as a dunk and spray surrounding area with rosemary oil, meek or ur poison of choice and say good bye

Preventive use of Azamax from first transplant onward and incorporating diatomaceous earth into my soil mix.

Something to remember is that any spray containing Rosemary, cinnamon or any other herb or spice can and will remain on your plant. So then if used in flower you will be in effect "spicing" your crop! It can and will effect the taste when consumed if not careful.

Alternating method's should be used to prevent immunity/tolerance issues!

Mighty Wash works well and should be tolerance free for what it is,,,BUT you must make contact with the mite or egg for it to be effective. Works great as a small plant "dip".

Pyrethrin is derived from marigolds and while it works well, it to is a contact killer and should be used 2-3 times at a 5 - 7 day increment. Tolerance is an issue so don't over use.

Forbid 4F is a persistent/systemic killer that will kill all stages of the mite life cycle. It works by contact and ingestion. It kills by desiccation (drys the little buggers out). Once sprayed onto the plant (by a light misting on the top of the plant surface only) it remains in the plant killing any mite attempts at re invasion on treated areas. Only 6 drops to a gallon for mixing make it a very low concentrate material. This was developed by Bayer Pharm. for use on Yew shrubs grown for cancer drugs, so that alone indicates a low human toxicity...It has also been adopted by the Berry industry for the same reason. This will take around 5-7 days to show results, so be patient....also tolerance free!

Azamax or any neem product is an oil. Oil's stay on your plant and washing those away can be a pain. If used as a root drench (not for mites) it can be hard on the plant but it will recover.

Good Luck