uhoh, SPIDER MITES! what is your fave miticide?

[My Green Pets]

i use neem oil and it knocks them down quickly. repeat every couple of weeks for 3 or 4 rounds of treatment and you should see dramatic reduction in their numbers. Regularly wetting your plants, as ES mentioned above, will inhibit their numbers as they thrive in hot, dry conditions.

[DrDawn]

Originally Posted by My Green Pets

Regularly wetting your plants, as ES mentioned above, will inhibit their numbers as they thrive in hot, dry conditions.

Fascinating, since I have been fearing that I'm keeping them too cold/wet currently! I'm in Boston, we turned on the steam heat about a month ago, but then I immediately got the humidifiers going and they are all on humidity trays and my trackers on the shelves say that it is generally 60-70F and humidity 50-60%! I guess things have dipped a few times too dry (into the 40s) which is maybe why I'm seeing them more now. I'll get more aggressive with the water spraying and add in some soap/oil (I mist nearly daily). Thanks!