Comments on: Spider Mite Prevention & Organic Control

By: Angela Judd

Angela Judd — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 22:05:04 +0000

In reply to Laurie. Interesting, thanks for sharing.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 18:43:09 +0000

I had so many spider mites (that came with the soil we purchased because they were only inside the greenhouse), their carcasses were stacked on the cross bars of my greenhouse and inch high, two years ago. None of the killing soaps worked last year. The first year, I removed the plants, let the soil sit, wet for two weeks, and started over (inconvenient, but got past their June hatching). First year, I got a huge harvest. Second year, I didn’t start over, kept treating with the soaps, and got a very poor crop.
A farmer told me to liberally spread lime over the soil and work it into the top few inches, let it over winter, and then add more soil over it in the spring. We shall see if that works. Supposedly, the hatchlings cannot crawl up to the surface more than an inch or so. Farmers should know, right??

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 13:18:59 +0000

“Congratulations – you’ve just met the infamous spider mite!” Hah! Well, not pleased to meet you!
I love articles like this one. Recently I’ve seen this on my plants but I didn’t know what it was or if I should do anything about it. Now I know. Thank you!