What do you do when your plants keep attracting many different random pests? A bunch of mine had aphidās and now a couple have spider mites. How do I ensure the rest of mine donāt have any, and how do I (try to) permanently prevent pests?
Have you tried neem oil?
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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 š 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 š you could also do a routinely/weekly or fortnightly pest treatment on your plants as a preventative measure š 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 š
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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
1 gillaQuarantine 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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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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Iāll sometimes mix neem oil in the water of my humidifiers
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Doesnāt that smell bad? No judgement - just curious
0 gillningar Itās in my greenhouse cabinet so I donāt smell it, but youāre right, neem oil does smell lolol itās always surprising when Iām spraying it and Iām abruptly reminded of that lol
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Predatory mites. I havenāt had an issue since I started using them. I used to get spider mites every summer.
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Spray garlic water to keep them away from
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