RE: Red Spider Mites
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- Subject: RE: Red Spider Mites
- From: M* D*
- Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 13:36:42 -0800
- Importance: Normal
Linda,
Thanks for your suggestions. The problem with doing a lot of GH (mite
infested) plant bathing and watering - keeping things pretty wet - in winter
is that it promotes fungal disease on everything else. We have very few
sunny and/or dry days during the winter months here and in spite of my
complaints about insect/mite pests, fungal diseases are the biggest problem
I have in the GH during this time of year. In summer, you bet I hose & wash
and mist and spray water all over the place and the mites are not detectable
inside or out (except for that Fuchsia gall mite). I understand your
climate is hotter and dryer making mites more problematic. I agree with you
in principal :).
Marilyn Dube'
Natural Designs Nursery
Portland, Oregon
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-perennials@mallorn.com [owner-perennials@mallorn.com] On
Behalf Of Monarch
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 7:48 AM
To: perennials@mallorn.com
Subject: Red Spider Mites: was Marathon (Was: RE: aphids and mandevilla/ now
mealy bugs)
I gave my father three one gallon pots of brugmansia and while in his
greenhouse they too were infested with RSM. I told him to bathe and
water them more often and the RSM disappeared. Neither of us ever used
any insecticides.
You might try keeping the plants wetter for a while and see if that
helps.
Anyway, just some observations.
Linda
San Antonio, TX
zone 9 heat zone 150 <G>
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