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title: "Help! I have some basil that I started from seed this January. I…"
description: "Help! I have some basil that I started from seed this January. I discovered spider mites a few weeks ago and I haven’t been quite sure what to do. There were…"
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community: "Edible Gardening"
author: "lydthecreature"
published: "2024-04-16T00:18:21.982463Z"
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# Help! I have some basil that I started from seed this January. I…

_Posted by lydthecreature on 2024-04-16_

Help!

I have some basil that I started from seed this January. I discovered spider mites a few weeks ago and I haven’t been quite sure what to do. There were so many that this weekend I went through and manually removed as much as I could. I’ve seen stuff online about spraying plants with heavily diluted dish soap, but I’m unsure about that on a) a plant that’s already sick and b) a plant that I plan on (eventually) eating.

Is there anything else I can do other than remove them manually?

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