would you take it

[weederwoman]

Someone wants to donate an expensive gaudy-colored nepenthes to my greenhouse, but he discovered it has spider mites and will wait till he "treats" it. The last thing I want to introduce into my greenhouse is spider mites! Is there any sure way to test a plant during an isolation period to make sure they are gone? I know they are hard to eliminate, most people just control them. Plus they might be resistant if he has had a longstanding problem with his collection due to poor growing conditions. I assume he wants to give it a better home because his conditions are not right for the plant to thrive. I would hate to pass it up if I am just paranoid and an easy test is available. Thanks