Anyone try Ambush?

[TeresaE]

Originally Posted by christina waines

If I remember correctly Permrethrin is an insect growth regulator and is used in most flea products sold for dogs and cats but double check I could be wrong. Pyrethrin is one of the best insect killers around. You can find it in two products made by Safers; End All, and Trounce either one works well on mites. Both are contact sprays and are useless once they dry on the plant. Thus you must repeat several times at 7 day intervals to eradicate the vermin. Spider mite are common in dry situations, so as a preventative in the future you should increase the humidity in your growing area. a small home humidifier will help tremendously. You can carefully wash the plant leaves with cold water as spider mites hate it. I would hold the plant upside down to prevent cold water getting on the roots. I think you should be okay spraying plants outdoors as long as it's not too cold. Hope this helps

Yeah I've had humidifiers for years but I can only get around 20-25% sometimes more. I have everything in a bedroom so I can't let it get too high or else I will rot the paint! I have a pretty good one right now that I'm quite happy with. Low humidity is something I've lived with for a very long time. Nothing you can do when it's so dry here in Alberta.

I diluted the mixture yesterday so it's not that strong and sprayed a bunch. We'll see what happens now! I discovered a couple of plants that were all of a sudden severely infected. Grrrrrrrr! The battle goes on....