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James Nutter posted an update: 3 months, 4 weeks ago · View
Some updates from my winter horticultural forays: http://anuttahwindowfarm.blogspot.com/2012/01/infestation-updates-and-rudimentary.html .
James Nutter posted an update: 3 months, 4 weeks ago · View
Some updates from my winter horticultural forays: http://anuttahwindowfarm.blogspot.com/2012/01/infestation-updates-and-rudimentary.html .
@jamesnutter It seems like I get spider mites every year. How’s that liquid ladybug been workinig? Did you just buy it online?
@ajinil So far so good, though I think I went a little above and beyond the call of duty with my application of it. There is still some webbing and specs all over the leaves but I can’t find movement, and definitely not fervent spreading like before. I think something else I have done that has helped in the preventing re-infestation realm is adding a humidifyer in the room. In my experience the little buggers come out as soon as it gets dry, same for you? I’m hoping that with increased humidity they won’t repopulate now that I have (hopefully) killed whats there. But I’ll get back to you with a little more time to see how things pan out. And I picked it up at the local hydro supply store but it is this: http://www.spidermitekiller.com/
ps. your Jalapeno looks awesome!
@jamesnutter I have read the same thing about adding more humidity, but I really can’t do that with where it is at. I have mainly been rinsing the plants off under running water to knock the buggers off just trying to break the egg laying cycle. Sometimes I’ll dunk the whole plant in some soapy water. I also have a spray bottle with water, soap and neam oil. I really can’t say what works best since I haven’t been too scientific about it.
I had a big problem with them in November which I am still trying to recover. We went on vacation for a week and I was super busy at work so I completely neglected them for a while. Two of the strawwberries died including the baby one I had just got started from a runner.
@ajinil So it seemed for a while that I had gotten everything under control, but eventually they came back with a vengeance. I even tried to put this glass dome over one of the plants to see if I could at least spare one of them via trapped humidity, and have used far more of the spray than the bottle instructs is necessary, but they just won’t go away, and at this point I would say my plants are essentially on their way out. The only thing that I can think of that I haven’t tried is something with the root zone. In my case particularly, since the water level drops over time leaving a gap between water and the lid of the DWC, I’m thinking maybe the little buggers are managing to hold on to the relatively ’drier’ top portion of the roots. And considering that my plants came from my garden, not seeds, it may be that I needed to do a little more prep to make sure there wasn’t any necrotic root mass that came after transplant and initial leaf die-back on which the mites would thrive. This round may have been a bust for me, but hopefully we can figure out how to control these things.