Re:The Insect Apocalypse Is Here
by pvaldes on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @04:45PM
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Hens will happily eat all your slugs, bleach will kill your plants instead.
Soap is used sometimes to get rid of some plagues (because many plages use wax to avoid dessication or deter predators and soap distroys this upper layer) but remains in the soil aren't good at long term. Of course you can't use any common insecticide, because spider mites aren't insects, but you can use (or support) mite predators that will munch on spider mites.
Spider mites hate the moisture and, if is in a pot, just spraying water repeatedly can help a lot, or even solve the problem.
In a non sprayed garden with enough access to water and welcomed predators, spider mites aren't so much trouble.
Soap is used sometimes to get rid of some plagues (because many plages use wax to avoid dessication or deter predators and soap distroys this upper layer) but remains in the soil aren't good at long term. Of course you can't use any common insecticide, because spider mites aren't insects, but you can use (or support) mite predators that will munch on spider mites.
Spider mites hate the moisture and, if is in a pot, just spraying water repeatedly can help a lot, or even solve the problem.
In a non sprayed garden with enough access to water and welcomed predators, spider mites aren't so much trouble.