Bug problem
So, I recently had my 1st slider mite problem with 1 of my plants. I bought azamax, gave it a soak, and isolated the plant. Just went away for a weeks vacation, and came home to find 2 more (oncidium types) that have it pretty bad also. Then this morning, I spot a small, flat, roundish critter (mealy bug?) scurrying around on top of the medium of 1 of my cattleyas. I'm thinking I need to hit all of my orchids with chemical warfare. All I have currently is the azamax, but do have rubbing alcohol available also. Half of my orchids are in full water culture so it will be easy to just pop them out and do some sort of a full plant soak if recommended. The other half are potted in more traditional medium. Any suggestions on how I could treat everything? Any body else use azamax, and could you recommend how you use it? I currently only have 1 in bloom, nothing else is in bloom or spike so I'm not worried about losing any flowers.
I grow indoors, east facing bay window. Humidity is generally around 45% even with the AC running as often as it is. Plants occasionally step outside when there's rain without much wind.
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