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title: "😡 I decided to check some of my plants that had suspicious markings…"
description: "😡 I decided to check some of my plants that had suspicious markings after watching a video on microscopic mites that are around (especially Hoyas I guess.)…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/65526512b233eeee8c6383ba?language=fr"
community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "SueB"
published: "2023-11-13T18:04:02.051Z"
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# 😡 I decided to check some of my plants that had suspicious markings…

_Publié par SueB le 2023-11-13_

😡 I decided to check some of my plants that had suspicious markings after watching a video on microscopic mites that are around (especially Hoyas I guess.) And what do you know first plant I picked out had them. I’ve washed it thoroughly with castille soap and neem oil and quarantined the plant. Now every progress report for every plant gets a “mite” report. So far I haven’t found any more. 😏

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## 6 commentaires

### Cherrybergher a commenté le 2023-11-13

Interesting!

### SueB a commenté le 2023-11-13

They were very hard to see even with the microscope. But they were walking.

### Cheryl a commenté le 2023-11-14

Ugh, sorry to hear you’re having to deal with mite pests. I haven’t had those before (working through my first fungus gnat infestation) and I liked it much better when there were no bugs! Haha

Good luck getting your situation under control and having the mites eradicated. 🤞

#### Tigerlilly ha respondido el 2023-11-14

try BTI drops for your gnats. I use one drop per gallon and water and use it every time I water my plants and no gnats!

#### Cheryl ha respondido el 2023-11-14

Thanks for the tip! From what I’ve read, liquid BTI isn’t permitted for sale here in Canada. We have mosquito dunks though so I’ve been making a BTI tea from a dunk broken up into pieces and steeping it in a tea bag. So far I’ve only used this tea for a week on my plants so I definitely need to give it more time to do its thing. Unfortunately it looks like mosquito bits aren’t sold here either. There’s also the hydrogen peroxide / water route but I haven’t done that yet and hoping I don’t have to. 🤞

#### Tigerlilly ha respondido el 2023-11-14

oh I see. mosquito dunks are the same at the drops but just not in liquid form. I use mine with every watering so you might have to use it more often to see a good result.

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