SPIDERMITES have invaded my plants. i have tried neem oil , mitacides, pest strips hell ill try anything to kill those spidermites.need help
2006-10-02 07:31:35 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
I would recommend Ortho Orthenex if they are outdoor plants. If they are indoor plants use Shultz Insect Killer of Houseplants. The most important thing is to thoroughly spary the BOTTOMS of the leaves. 95% of the spider mites are on the bottoms of the leaves. If they are not thoroughly sprayed they'll be back. Also most of the stuff you have tried has no residual effect--that is they are contact killers and if you don't hit them you don't kill them. The 2 I've mentioned do continue to kill for up to a month after spraying on indoors and a few weeks on outdoors. Give them a try and reapply according to instructions. You'll get them.
2006-10-02 07:51:30 · answer #1 · answered by college kid 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try using 1 cup of lemon scented dish soap, 1 cup lemon scented ammonia and spray using a hose-end sprayer over your plants once per week for three weeks.
This will "clean" your plants and get rid of unwanted guests. It also gets rid of mosquitos, fleas, etc. It's a great alternative to chemical pesticides.
2006-10-02 14:43:56 · answer #2 · answered by joycaro 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The mitacide didn't work? That's incredible. You could try suffocating them by spraying the plants with a WEAK soapy water solution.
2006-10-02 14:36:30 · answer #3 · answered by ShortnSweet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Ortho" makes several products for spraying for the mites. For use indoors and outside. It works great. I had them on my tomato plants.
2006-10-02 15:00:57 · answer #4 · answered by bugear001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋