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Isobel

What do you do when your plants keep attracting many different random pests? A bunch of mine had aphid’s and now a couple have spider mites. How do I ensure the rest of mine don’t have any, and how do I (try to) permanently prevent pests?

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  1. Jenna

    Have you tried neem oil?

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  2. Holly123

    I find pests are inevitable at some point, any new plants I keep away from my collection and do a cautionary pest treatment when I bring a plant home 🙂 spidermites dislike humidity, aphids I recently had and successfully treated using SB plant invigorator, you dilute the solution in water/spray bottle and thoroughly spray the infected leaves/area, I do this once a week until they are gone 🙂 you could also do a routinely/weekly or fortnightly pest treatment on your plants as a preventative measure 💚 spacing plants apart will help prevent pests from spreading from one plant to the next too. I occasionally shower mine if pests are suspected, then treat them and isolate them for a while 😊

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  3. Wolfen 🐺

    Unfortunately if you have plants you'll get pests. My main thing is to treat any plant when I first get it, quarantee for several weeks. And then treat everything regularly. I use both pesticides and beneficial nematodes and predatory mites/bugs. They are also game changer for a large collection. You just have to be careful with what pesticides you use. And re innoculating them. Humidity can be a big factor too. Especially with spider mites. They pop up a lot in winter because it's often dry and heaters are running

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  4. Abbi

    Quarantine new plants for a while to make sure they don't have any. Its also possible that they could be from your soil, some brands like miracle grow would be worse than others. I am currently dealing with spider mites, and I've been using g a mixture of three parts water one part alcohol and a few drops of dawn. I've also used it on mealy bugs before. I would also recommend showers every now and then as a preventive measure. And I've read that watering with one part hydrogen peroxide three parts water can kill any in the soil.

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  5. Kirstin

    systemic granules! it makes the plant toxic to pests! you have to refresh it every two months i believe. life saver. i had to toss an entire collection due to spider mites.

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  6. Bebe🌵🤍

    I’ll sometimes mix neem oil in the water of my humidifiers

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    • BigGrac

      Doesn’t that smell bad? No judgement - just curious

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    • Bebe🌵🤍

      It’s in my greenhouse cabinet so I don’t smell it, but you’re right, neem oil does smell lolol it’s always surprising when I’m spraying it and I’m abruptly reminded of that lol

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  7. exitJiraffe

    Predatory mites. I haven’t had an issue since I started using them. I used to get spider mites every summer.

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  8. Marc75

    Spray garlic water to keep them away from

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