š” 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. Iāve washed it thoroughly with castille soap and neem oil and quarantined the plant. Now every progress report for every plant gets a āmiteā report. So far I havenāt found any more. š
Interesting!
0 likes They were very hard to see even with the microscope. But they were walking.
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Ugh, sorry to hear youāre having to deal with mite pests. I havenāt 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. š¤
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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!
2 likes Thanks for the tip! From what Iāve read, liquid BTI isnāt permitted for sale here in Canada. We have mosquito dunks though so Iāve been making a BTI tea from a dunk broken up into pieces and steeping it in a tea bag. So far Iāve 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 arenāt sold here either. Thereās also the hydrogen peroxide / water route but I havenāt done that yet and hoping I donāt have to. š¤
2 likes 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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