tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post5694028670309337816..comments2024-03-17T03:31:37.213-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: The War With the Spider Mitesmr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-69407201413854178382020-08-22T06:47:50.179-07:002020-08-22T06:47:50.179-07:00Great post!
I spent most of the summer reading ab...Great post!<br /><br />I spent most of the summer reading about spider mites, and you're line about spraying "hopes and wishes" felt absolutely spot-on.<br /><br />I am an orchid grower, but in the spring I love to hit the garden store for some outdoor plants. I bought a gardenia and a few other plants and without realizing it brought home a bunch of spider mites. It's been a JoyousMNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16754809233806402705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-32088402709060848412020-08-18T07:47:27.927-07:002020-08-18T07:47:27.927-07:00I loved, loved reading this. Thank you for the lau...I loved, loved reading this. Thank you for the laughs, as well as the advice.Catalinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06889812518866139925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-19800471437692347352020-04-09T16:32:33.952-07:002020-04-09T16:32:33.952-07:00@mr_subjuntive, good to know, thank you!@mr_subjuntive, good to know, thank you!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16608527249716827563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-71161492740865941642020-04-09T09:29:36.193-07:002020-04-09T09:29:36.193-07:00Unknown:
You're stuck with the sad leaves. Th...Unknown:<br /><br />You're stuck with the sad leaves. Though the plant will grow new ones. mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-88955659887431435852020-04-08T18:04:49.864-07:002020-04-08T18:04:49.864-07:00After treating with neem oil and potentially getti...After treating with neem oil and potentially getting rid of the spider mites will the leaves ever return to their previous luster? Or am I stuck with these sad leaves forever now? Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16608527249716827563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-70838443588582117552016-05-26T16:12:17.487-07:002016-05-26T16:12:17.487-07:00Jenny Maurer:
Sticky leaves wouldn't be from ...Jenny Maurer:<br /><br />Sticky leaves wouldn't be from spider mites; they'd be from scale or mealybugs. It is, of course, possible to have spider mites and scale at the same time. <br /><br />Spider mites can't bite through human skin, but I believe you about the itchy welts: some people are allergic to <i>Ficus benjamina</i> sap (it makes me itch; other people have more severe mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-17807763137734421612016-05-26T15:04:32.117-07:002016-05-26T15:04:32.117-07:00After a long cold Winter, we decided to take our F... After a long cold Winter, we decided to take our Ficus outside and clean it off on this nice breezy, warm Spring Day after we realized that the sticky leaves we were seeing were due to , what we found to be, Spider Mites. I took a spray bottle with water and proceded to get as many singles leaves as possible and wipe them off as I sprayed. Bare handed. About an hour into the project, I found Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14541802778978074909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-58581009356374852052015-11-01T15:28:55.243-08:002015-11-01T15:28:55.243-08:00Over the past months I've tried almost every a...Over the past months I've tried almost every acaricide I've been able to get. And even I haven't these bastards for about 2 months. But today I found them again. I think it's impossible to get rid of them forever :(((Cathomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15862860985169181215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-8092135980881708542015-07-01T01:25:03.048-07:002015-07-01T01:25:03.048-07:00I grow datura metel this summer and I've just ...I grow datura metel this summer and I've just read that it's prone to spider mites. And - surprise! - I've found them. This is the first time I get spider mites at home. It's a tragedy for me, because for the last 2 years I've been fighting them at work in vain (thanks to someone who decided to present me a rose bouquet seasoned with spider mites!)Cathomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15862860985169181215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-69202510879819574192012-12-14T20:02:48.756-08:002012-12-14T20:02:48.756-08:00Thanks for this post. I recently obtained a Chamae...Thanks for this post. I recently obtained a <i>Chamaedorea elegans</i> and heard that they're prone to spider mites, so I needed to know how to deal with them.foxhead128https://www.blogger.com/profile/11607039113888259034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-13072667565395725832011-02-07T20:58:49.608-08:002011-02-07T20:58:49.608-08:00I appreciate the quick reply. I'll double chec...I appreciate the quick reply. I'll double check the label on the systemic. Now that you mention it, I think it was kinda non-committal about thrips. Maybe I'll just have a mass neem spraydown one day this spring. I'll keep looking and report back if I find success with anything. Now if I can just keep those mealybugs off my sans! Thanks!JeffBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-37034712056041935712011-02-06T17:32:21.400-08:002011-02-06T17:32:21.400-08:00JeffB:
Honestly, I think you've already tried...JeffB:<br /><br />Honestly, I think you've already tried everything I would be able to come up with. If neem and systemics haven't worked for you, then I don't know what to say. <br /><br />I would maybe suggest that using systemics on all the plants at once, rather than just "the more prized plants," because otherwise you're just leaving a reservoir for re-infestation. mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-5337805447590302772011-02-06T16:37:50.832-08:002011-02-06T16:37:50.832-08:00I'm curious, though, what you would do if you ...I'm curious, though, what you would do if you did start having problems indoors with thrips. I'm experiencing just such a problem and I'm having a tough time beating them down. Last summer I had thrips on about 5% of my indoor plants (like you I have... many), and while they're mostly dormant a few tribes of intrepid thrips have remained to mock me throughout the winter. I've JeffBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-42735294462100568102010-06-16T17:24:17.458-07:002010-06-16T17:24:17.458-07:00"we may as well be spraying hopes and wishes&..."we may as well be spraying hopes and wishes" almost knocked me out of my chair! It's almost worth my spider mite problem to have read that! :DKerrihttp://www.kerritarot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-22498794619819124362008-06-27T08:17:00.000-07:002008-06-27T08:17:00.000-07:00Oops, used wrong acct - traci_dlc and cruz4him are...Oops, used wrong acct - traci_dlc and cruz4him are one and the same... just so you know...<BR/><BR/>p.s. I impressed myself with saving the ivy! It was my very first plant and it has jumpstarted a gardening kick that now has my cubicle surrounded by plants and earned me the nickname "plant lady" at the office!cruz4himhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04371821651634468639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-82011686973008979572008-06-27T08:13:00.000-07:002008-06-27T08:13:00.000-07:00LOL! I was all set to say "Bring it on!" when I ...LOL! I was all set to say "Bring it on!" when I google Cereus peruvianus and discovered what exactly it was! Sorry, I leave the TLC for the plants that give me some back. To this day, as much as I'd love some, I refuse to buy cactus as I'm always afraid that I'll trip and fall down on it! I'm the kind of klutz that actually stepped on a rake and received an egg-size bump on my forehead as aAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13475062533467557030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-39381762571020218392008-06-26T15:06:00.000-07:002008-06-26T15:06:00.000-07:00Mr. Green Genes --Sorry this is late. Sometimes Bl...Mr. Green Genes --<BR/><BR/>Sorry this is late. Sometimes Blogger tells me there's a comment, and sometimes it doesn't, and sometimes I have time to reply, and sometimes I don't. <BR/><BR/>I suspect it's probably got more to do with the mites and the flowers needing similar conditions, though I don't know that for certain. Flowering is sometimes stressful for plants, so I wouldn't rule that out, mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-24903851062029000702008-06-25T06:46:00.000-07:002008-06-25T06:46:00.000-07:00Very often I can't find the pests causing the dama...Very often I can't find the pests causing the damage. <BR/><BR/>The only ones I can see are the mealy bugs, and even then sometimes I can only find their sticky cottony residue and not the bugs themselves.<BR/><BR/>Aphids I can spot - if I'm lucky - too, but have no clue how to remove due to their small size. Read somewhere that some oil spray can be used but haven't purchased it yet. <BR/><BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-30945336235943842352008-06-24T04:26:00.000-07:002008-06-24T04:26:00.000-07:00Nice essay. Good review for my pesticide applicato...Nice essay. Good review for my pesticide applicator exam that I am finally getting around to taking today. <BR/><BR/>Although in my personal plant collection, I would put spider mites as public enemy number 1. Followed closely by whiteflies. I don't think I water enough to keep mealybugs very happy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-73986245471905000092008-06-23T09:35:00.000-07:002008-06-23T09:35:00.000-07:00How perfectly timed, this post! I went in the gard...How perfectly timed, this post! I went in the garden today after reading the post and checked on my lemon tree, a past victim of spider mites... and I found it tormented once again by the little red devils! <BR/><BR/>They had disappeared since some time, but they're back. I sprayed them with some chemical stuff I bought this winter. Supposedly it is a systemic thing, but evidently the mites have Mr. Green Geneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10985687090614374417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-10075502148098407222008-06-23T08:26:00.000-07:002008-06-23T08:26:00.000-07:00I had a co-worker with a beautiful english ivy tha...I had a co-worker with a beautiful english ivy that was unfortunately overrun with spider mites and lost much of it's luster. She was about to throw it out when I begged for the chance to rescue it. I cut off all the vines hanging lower than 1-inch off the bottom of the pot and cut them into manageable pieces for rooting. I repotted the mother plant in a pot with many holes for drainage, cruz4himhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04371821651634468639noreply@blogger.com