danged spider mites are back this year....

[stefpix]

I also wonder since spider mites cause leaf drop if the medium / soil would become a home for mites / eggs that would then infest once again the plant.

[kindrag23]

When its warm enough I always put fresh new medium in all my plants. Its expensive but they thrive when I put the fresh stuff in. Last year I had giant moth larvea in my hibiscus that scared the living crap out of me. When I did my fresh medium redo. Especially since I found them when it touched me first....ewww....

[katrina]

Originally Posted by MattWoelfsen

Katrina, this miticide product you refer, is it also good for mealy bugs?

As Ray said...a miticide is good for mites...and mites only.

If you're interested, the miticide I use is Floramite SC. You have to buy it in concentrate so if you only have a few plants it might not be worth the $$ unless you can find some people to go in on it w/you. It's definitely worth the money though...works great. BTW - Floramite SC kills the eggs and has a 28 day residual.

My Ctsm tend to get mites in the Summer and after a number of years of trying numerous products...friends of mine gave me some of this stuff...and I'll never use anything else for mites again. Well, except those times when I can't spray inside but thankfully I've only had one year like that [*knocks on wood*].

Ray -- how does the sucrashield kill the eggs? I've never heard of anything "natural" killing off the egg stage of mites.