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BabyBeanies

Sorry no pictures because I hate them but I’ve got spider mites that just don’t seem to go away. I water whenever dirt is dry. But every time I finally get things growing (like beans or peppers) indoors I get spider mites! I’ve done nematodes, rubbing alcohol and water. I have fans on them all the time, I wipe off the leaves once in a while but maybe not enough?? It’s so discouraging this happens too often but now they’re on my aloe. They leave my rosemary alone. Maybe I can just mist with rosemary water and rubbing alcohol?

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  1. Wolfen 🐺

    I'd use an insecticide for mites every 3 days for 6-7 weeks. That way you kill the whole life cycle. Generally people under treat. So they see another round pop up after the larvae hatch. Spidermitrs love warm and dry. So creating a humid environment if possible helps. Its another reason I'm a big fan of misting/humidifier.

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    • BabyBeanies

      Thanks. Ya I’ll have to get the soap. I mist but the air gets too dry here in winter lol. 😞

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    • Wolfen 🐺

      This is the home made one i was using from Blossomeffect. I switched to Arber because neems not effective on scale/mealybugs.

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    • Bebe🌵🤍

      Our savior, Wolfen! I’m taking this, thank you

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    • Wolfen 🐺

      It definitely works on spider mites. And thrips too

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    • BabyBeanies

      I definitely do the rubbing alcohol spray mix before and it helped but I don’t think I did it long enough and the humidity indoors right now is 18-20% so that might not have helped 😅

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  2. Yoa

    Did you try Neem oil mix with your water? That helps a lot. It had help me with all My plants.

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    • BabyBeanies

      I might have to check online. I don’t remember if I’ve seen it in store in Canada 🤔

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    • Yoa

      Try a popular platform like DuckDuckGo and so on.

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  3. Bebe🌵🤍

    Spider mites are my villain origin story.. but I’m coming in with my hydrogen peroxide comment (1 part hydro to 5 parts water), if you haven’t repotted to new soil, do that as well! Also what Wolfen said—insecticide for 2-3 months and up the humidity 10x! It’s a chore tackling spider mites! I’ve sworn off rubber trees because of them! Good luck to you, soldier 🫡

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