Once the cancer (mites) goes into remission is when you stay preventative. The only times I ever have any kind of bug issue is when I get comfortable and stop being preventative. We will know for sure in a week if extra attention is needed,,, I doubt it will be. With 1k predators applied at worst 500 made it,,, that means at
worst they have already eaten 2,500 mites or 10,000 of their eggs,,,,, at worst.
The key (imo) is catching it early and hitting them with more than a sufficient number of predators.
So in one work week they (at worst) will eat (kill
) 12,500 mites or 50,000 eggs,,, well thats not even counting reproduction which they do twice as fast as the pesky spidermite.
Spider Mite Predatorsnot only feed on Spider Mites and their eggs, they also breed twice as fast! Each Spider Mite Predator sucks the juice out of about 5 Spider Mites a day, or 20 of their eggs. Used as directed, predators should noticeably begin to gain control within 4 weeks, and then continue until the Spider Mites are nearly or completely wiped out. Predators disappear when the Spider Mites are gone.