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Spider mites???

8 years ago

Hi all! I have a plumeria in the process of going dormant that I have in my basement and it is infested with spider mites! I just moved my plumeria to the garage in hopes that the colder temperature will make the spider mites go dormant, but I also want to kill those suckers, haha! In the past I made a spray with water, vinegar, and a couple drops of dish soap and that did the trick but often led to loss of leaves on my plumeria. With it going dormant I am worried of doing anything that could potentially harm it, but I am also aware that letting the spider mites continue feasting on it will do more damage than I could! What advice do you have for me about this? Thank you!!

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Loveplants2 8b Virginia Beach, Virginia
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
I would spray it with Bayer 3 in 1 all over the leaves and stem ( top of leaves as well as the underside) Repeat again in 10 days to kill any new little babies!! Remove any infested leaves by cutting and leaving a two inch stem . These stems will fall off in a week or so. Keep all old leaves clear of the container and discard in the outside trashcan.

Hope this helps!!

Laura
tunatony
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago

I would take Laura's advice.

I mixed the Bayer 3 in one with some neem oil concentrate in a pump sprayer towards the end of the growing season this year with great results on both spider mites and thrips.
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the_first_kms2
8 years ago
I have no problems with using either but generally I just use neem oil to limit possible exposure of pollinators like bees and butterflies which are not impacted by neem.

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