Spider mites
These two plants have spider mites. Severely. How can I save them? I will be cleaning them with neem oil today and keep them isolated. Do spider mites come in the soils should I repot?
3ft to light, indirect
4” pot with drainage
Last watered 1 month ago
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@StableKale82
One of my Calathea got spider mites and what I did to get rid of was, of course isolation, I put her in the shower and using tepid water and gentle spray and washed all the webbing off along with mites then I applied neem & BT oils mix to the soil and leaves and repeated the oils 7 days later and it has been a rough go of it, only have one leaf left, but all the mites are gone! Hope this helps.
One of my Calathea got spider mites and what I did to get rid of was, of course isolation, I put her in the shower and using tepid water and gentle spray and washed all the webbing off along with mites then I applied neem & BT oils mix to the soil and leaves and repeated the oils 7 days later and it has been a rough go of it, only have one leaf left, but all the mites are gone! Hope this helps.
The only thing I’ve found that works is water. If you can figure out how to drench the leaves, like put it under the shower sprayer on its side for example. Obviously you want to avoid soaking the soil too much bc you’ll want to do this almost daily for a week or two. And then move to a few days in between washing until it’s good. Now a good washing is just part of how I maintain plants and it’s worked for me.