Posted by Tim Howell on April 10, 2007, 3:37 pm
I've recently had an outbreak of spider mites on several of the plants
in my strawberry pot. I tried a neem oil spray, but I've still got a
lot of the mites and I don't want to kill my plants with the spray.
I've read that moisture is bad for spider mites, so I'm spraying the
plants with water from a spray bottle several times a day.
Is the water alone likely to be an effective control for the spider
mites? Should I continue to use the neem oil? How often? Is there
something else I can do to get rid of the mites? I don't want to
spend a lot on one remedy after another, so if there is something that
will be effective I'd like to go straight to that.
--TWH
Posted by Buderschnookie on April 10, 2007, 3:54 pm
> I've recently had an outbreak of spider mites on several of the plants
> in my strawberry pot. I tried a neem oil spray, but I've still got a
> lot of the mites and I don't want to kill my plants with the spray.
> I've read that moisture is bad for spider mites, so I'm spraying the
> plants with water from a spray bottle several times a day.
> Is the water alone likely to be an effective control for the spider
> mites? Should I continue to use the neem oil? How often? Is there
> something else I can do to get rid of the mites? I don't want to
> spend a lot on one remedy after another, so if there is something that
> will be effective I'd like to go straight to that.
Water alone will work but you have to blast the underneaths of every
Posted by Jangchub on April 10, 2007, 4:57 pm
On 10 Apr 2007 12:37:15 -0700, "Tim Howell"
>I've recently had an outbreak of spider mites on several of the plants
>in my strawberry pot. I tried a neem oil spray, but I've still got a
>lot of the mites and I don't want to kill my plants with the spray.
>I've read that moisture is bad for spider mites, so I'm spraying the
>plants with water from a spray bottle several times a day.
>Is the water alone likely to be an effective control for the spider
>mites? Should I continue to use the neem oil? How often? Is there
>something else I can do to get rid of the mites? I don't want to
>spend a lot on one remedy after another, so if there is something that
>will be effective I'd like to go straight to that.
>--TWH
Read the label and it will answer all these questions. I never found
Neem oil to be very useful. When I get spider mites I blast the
undersides of the leaves with a very strong blast of hose. It forces
the mites off. It doesn't kill them, which is nice IMO.
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> in my strawberry pot. I tried a neem oil spray, but I've still got a
> lot of the mites and I don't want to kill my plants with the spray.
> I've read that moisture is bad for spider mites, so I'm spraying the
> plants with water from a spray bottle several times a day.
> Is the water alone likely to be an effective control for the spider
> mites? Should I continue to use the neem oil? How often? Is there
> something else I can do to get rid of the mites? I don't want to
> spend a lot on one remedy after another, so if there is something that
> will be effective I'd like to go straight to that.