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rudell
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Location: New-Brunswick CANADA
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| Posted: Sun 27 Jun, 2010 2:51 pm |
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anyone have a recepie to get rid or get control of these spider mites...  |
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MarcV
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| Posted: Sun 27 Jun, 2010 3:14 pm |
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I learned from the good people on this forum, to spray my plants with soapy water. Regular dish washing soap works best, and it works really well. I use 2 tea spoons of regular Dreft dish washing soap in one liter of water.
Spray your plants toroughly, both top and bottom of the leaves.
I check my plants dayly, and whenever I see evidence of mites, I will spray again. After spraying a couple of times, all mites are virtually gone. Keep checking though, as sooner or later they will show up again.
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Sludge
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Location: Northern California
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| Posted: Sun 27 Jun, 2010 6:03 pm |
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| rudell wrote: | | anyone have a recepie to get rid or get control of these spider mites... |
Mostly the same as above, I use a spray of one tablespoon of Dr. Bronner's castile soap in a gallon of water. I usually wash off the plant with water and then spray the soap mixture every day until the mites are gone.
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Just to be clear I wash and spray the plant every day. I'm not sure if soap build up could be a problem, but I figure it's better to avoid the issue altogether by rinsing off the plant. |
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rudell
Joined: 18 Nov 2008
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Location: New-Brunswick CANADA
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| Posted: Mon 28 Jun, 2010 10:09 am |
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right now the plants outside which I don't mind spraying the dish soap but when it's in the house...you don't find it's a mess to do this??  I have dishsoap on the floor ..onnn the window seal...in the window  |
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fred
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| Posted: Mon 28 Jun, 2010 2:05 pm |
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So the dish soap solution kills them??? Or does it just run them off-- to get on other plants?? What about the eggs?? |
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Sludge
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| Posted: Mon 28 Jun, 2010 2:14 pm |
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| rudell wrote: | | right now the plants outside which I don't mind spraying the dish soap but when it's in the house...you don't find it's a mess to do this?? I have dishsoap on the floor ..onnn the window seal...in the window |
Well, whenever possible I move the plant outside to spray and then haul it back in when the spray's dried. If that's not possible (for example there's a half foot of snow on the ground) I use a hand held spray bottle. However, soap water does go every where, I usually just wipe up any excess when I'm done.
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Fred
The soap kills them. It suffocates them, and I don't know about dish detergent but castile/insecticidal soap also washes away a protective coating on the bug, and it starts leaking fluids. I think that it get eggs too, but I'm not a 100% sure on that. |
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fred
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| Posted: Mon 28 Jun, 2010 5:55 pm |
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Wow - thats good to know!! I always thought oil was needed to suffocate them-- will give it a try next time!! |
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rudell
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| Posted: Mon 28 Jun, 2010 6:47 pm |
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humm..I just thought of something...I'm wondering if sprinkling deamatoceous earth on soil and plant would work??? and can someone tell me if these spider mites can go invade other plants like my veggie garden? |
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fred
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| Posted: Mon 28 Jun, 2010 7:33 pm |
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I dont know about veggies-- but they get on cedars ,apples, marigolds & camellias to name a few |
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rudell
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Location: New-Brunswick CANADA
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| Posted: Mon 28 Jun, 2010 9:02 pm |
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| fred wrote: | | I dont know about veggies-- but they get on cedars ,apples, marigolds & camellias to name a few |
would this apply for zone 4 ?? |
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