"Keith Kent" wrote in message
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"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
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Hi, Bob,

For mites: 2 Tbsp. cooking oil, 2 Tbsp. dish soap (not the grease cutting
type - use Ivory or something mild) to 1 gal. water. Mix well and spray
the plant, especially the undersides of the leaves, to the point of run
off. Repeat every 5 days or so until the problem is gone. And remember
that they may not be exclusive to that plant.

As to alcohol, we use it any time we see a mealie or certain types of
soft scale. Thank heaven we don't see that often, but we use alcohol
freely. It also works on certain ants.

Whatever you use, the buds don't seem to like the spray, IME.

HTH, and have fun at SBOE.....

Diana

"Robert Lorenzini" wrote in message
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On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:26:24 GMT, Gene Schurg wrote:
Bob,

First of all ...are they doing damage?

Not that I can tell but I want to catch them before
they can spread.



If you can sqeeze them between your fingers they sound like they are
too
large to be mites.

Well you can barely feel them and I can roll them between my
fingers and they don't squish like a spider would. They are
easly crushed on the mount and it lookes like there is a
shell left. Very small.


Bob

I agree, you find it almost impossible to see a spidermite let alone
feeling it crushing with your fingers.The leaves turn grey/silver ,or
pale yellow pittering on phals this is when you know you have them ,you
don`t normally see them first.
thanks keith

Spidermites/mites
Microscope is the way to find mites before they do damage.
KEITH