Susan The only thing I can think of is that plants in west windows would dry out faster and attract mites more readily than in an east window. I sure hope someone lets us know about this-now I'm really curious :) Caron Susan Flewelling wrote: > Listen to a gardening program on radio every Sunday morning. This morning > a caller had a problem with where to hang one of his plants - host said not > to hang it in a west window because that would attract the spider mites. > Then I went for coffee - would that make sense to anyone for any reason? > Caller was told to put the plant in an east facing window. > > Susan > Calgary, Alberta > > visit "The Girls" at > http://www.geocities.com/heartland/meadows/8958/