A pic would be helpful but I have reasonably good success spraying (bug free for months now)with old fashioned non toxic Insecticidal Soap on top and bottom of leaves and bark as well as top of soil in pot. Before I broke out the heavy Neem artillery. I also weekly spray wash trees (which may or may not have some more soap for a few initial weeks after an infestation) every 8 days at flood watering.

Horticultural oil works great, be careful as it will burn the tree if you do it in the sun or under grow lights. Make sure to do it weekly for like a month, also if possible raise the humidity near the tree, mites love when its dry.

Thanks for your input. I have several issues going on and very hard to deal with only one issue at a time. When I first noticed the mites and checked at the gardening store they didn’t think insecticidal soap would work so I bought something else which was organic

in nature but I can’t remember what it was. The mites are slowly coming back so don’t know if they live survived in the soil??? I have several other issues going on with my trees, both a Meyers and a eureka, and am dealing with too wet soil on one and maybe too much salt in the other from watering with water softened well water and fertilizer.

i Flushed both trees yesterday to deal with one problem and will get some insecticidal soap to deal with the other. I live in Alaska and we are still way too cold and dark to think about doing repotting with fresh soil at this time. I’m a new grower and finding this a very picky tree! But, I want to figure Itmoutmand conquer the problems.

Has the top of the sun broken the horizon yet.

Steve

We are up to almost 8 hours of daylight but still winter. i Do have supplemental lighting on my trees.

Mike HU-xxxxx is a new way Houzz assigns an unique username if you do not select one yourself. I suspect HU stands for Houzz User. So the OP is a different HU than the other - the numbers are different. It is confusing as hell, I know.

This may be helpful to the OP: https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5614654/help-spider-mite-infestation#n=10

To meyermike- I have thanked those replying on this thread. The other thread is not mine.

yes to tropicofcancer, I am a new member. I was trying to to ask for help and not familiar yet with this site so not sure how all to search for prior threads to my topic and i didn’t want to hijack someone else’s thread.

You can change your name on the profile page to something more useful. That way it is easier on us too. We get really confused as to which HU we are talking to.

HU, or what ever your real name is, I apologize.

Well, Houzz has made a huge mistake in doing what they did. assigning names like that to all look alike unless you look closely at the numbers. Thanks for clarifying. I think I should of took a closer look at the numbers..

Tropico is right, you can change your profile...I had to do that last night.

Have a nice night)

(Nothing of import to add, but I do like Alaskan quilts. I'll show myself out now).

KC

Why does one need to be "thanked"? Thats part of the problem with todays world, just help someone for the goodness of helping them and who cares if you get thanked. I feel bad for people that feel slighted if they give help and are not personally acknowledged for it.

I am able to keep in touch with others needs and interests though thanks and likes. It also allows me to see if my post was read and helpful to a particular person. Nothing to do with feeling slighted. Clicking like on someones helpful comment lets other know than you support there input as correct and accurate. It goes far beyond giving feel goods to others. It is a one digit form of communication that can speak volumes on the subject.

I will often click like on someone who has been battered by someone else to give support and that they are appreciated

Steve

Only the OP can thank and I guess it is sort of a courtesy instead of using up comment space. I do not expect to be thanked and usually never notice it as much. 'Like' can be more meaningful. I only use it if part or all of a comment is interesting/useful to me. It would have much more interesting if there was 'Dislike' button - but then it can be abused a lot too. Around here 'Like' often gets used for showing support especially in contentious threads.

If you do have mites, you can mist daily with water, between treatments of hort oil, neem, and/or soap. Keep good airflow. These will all discourage mites, although you may not get 100% control. Citrus are not the easiest, and Meyers in particular; get discouraged.

Common courtesy or lack of

Have a nice night

From an educator's POV being thanked serves two purposes: the acknowledgement that your time and experience was shared willingly, and feedback that something you said worked. Thanks, teacher, I really understood division after you showed it to me using jelly beans! It makes you rethink approaches and evaluate what works. I'm sure that when I was getting back to the people who walked me through my uncooperative citrus with thanks, they were filing that feedback away, thinking, ok, so that worked with inground citrus in a warmer climate, or even oops, we shouldn't have told her to try that, and it helps the hive-mind learn!

Yes, Ken is right, horticultural oil works wonders. That is why I use it before all my trees come in by fall. In particular ' All Season Dormant Oil' .

https://www.amazon.com/Bonide-Products-210-Horticultural-Concentrate/dp/B000BX4RNW/ref=sr_1_4?hvadid=243331237663&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9001901&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=e&hvrand=6581006957889995973&hvtargid=kwd-411867777960&keywords=all+seasons+dormant+oil+spray&qid=1550278305&s=gateway&sr=8-4&tag=googhydr-20

You can prevent this problem from ever happening by making sure your trees are growing to their best potential by keeping them in a free draining mix, fertilizing them on a regular basis especially during the growing season, treating them with a good horticultural oil for at least a month before they come in, and keeping good air movement about the tree all winer long.

Raising humidity never made a difference with mines or those I have seen in greenhouses, so I would not worry so much about that)

Please keep us posted on how well they do.

Remember, one treatment alone may not get completely rid of them.

Mike

Thank you all to have responded. Since I am new I am still learning this forum and format. It looks like that since I started this particular thread I have to thank someone before giving me the opportunity to turn around and like their comment.

i appreciate everyone’s input, and so far this seems the most active forum and knowledgeable group willing to share their time and expertise.

So I will search previous threads and gather whatever knowledge I can and hope my lemon trees survive unail spring where I can try and repot them in happier soil and get them to survive another winter indoors

If you still have related questions or doubts feel free to ask here. I will be happy to answer the best I can. I somehow thought you had your answers.

Alaskan, tbh, I think it was just a misunderstanding due to the new Houzz naming bug.

Ask away, I know I am here constantly with the stupidest questions and have received only patient replies :)

KC