HELP! My Alocasia Polly has spider mites! I tried circling a bit of the web but it doesn’t show up well on camera. I have never had spider mites so tips and care info will be GREATLY appreciated. I checked all the leaves and it looks like there’s only a web on this new leaf coming up so maybe I caught it early if that’s even possible. TIA!!! 😓
Neem oil! Spray on plant weekly until gone, quarantine
1 like Will definitely try! Thanks so much!
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Because I’ve dealt with it so much, I spray every time I water my plants. The Plant Bar Co Dead AF.
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Do you spray all your plants for preventative?🩶🪴
1 like I do because spider mites were the death of me when I first started getting into plants. The company I told you about sticks to more natural ingredients so it isn’t so harsh on my plant babies.
1 likeWelcome! Diatomaceous earth should help too! Water in the soil!
1 likeI’ve used Captain Jacks Insecticidal Super Soap with great (and quick) results. I just wash it off the next day. A great preventative measure is misting often or raising the humidity. Spider mites love dry air and Alocasias. The two combined are heaven for them. I just mist mine and it’s fine. I do have plans to get a humidifier though
1 like I mist mine everyday ( I also don’t have an humidifier) so when it got spider mites I was a bit surprised. Only one leaf that I could see had eggs but the leaf was new and hadn’t unfurled yet so I had to unfurl it a bit to wash the leaf down. It is doing good now, I used 5 parts water 2 parts rubbing alcohol and 1 part dish soap but in the future I might have to try that soap u recommend. Thanks for the advice!!!
1 likeI wonder if it has anything to do with the increasing heat. Glad the plant is doing well tho! Keep it isolated for another 2-3 weeks (personally, I like to isolate for almost 2 months just to be absolutely sure they don’t come back) for when another batch hatches. Mites lay eggs daily unfortunately. I’ve also heard good things about Flying Skull: Nuke ‘Em but I’ve done zero research on it.
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