Tropicals & Tender Perennials: The Devil!!!, 0 by Kell

Kell wrote:
Please do not tell my broadmites that, that is all I use against them and it has worked every time till they pop up somewhere else. God forbid they read Dave's! LOL

The trouble with Avid here in some parts of California, is it has been so overused, broad mites no longer respond to it. I have tried it myself and it didn't work. I couldn't understand it till I read about how mites have mutated because of its overuse. I prefer Neem anyway because it is not a traditonal insecticide so I do not feel like I am killing myself when I use it.

At any rate, throw everything you have at them for they are very troublesome.
Here are a couple of links I found that might be useful in ID and treatment.
http://www.optimara.com/doctoroptimara/diagnosis/broadmites....

http://ipm.ncsu.edu/current_ipm/03PestNews/03News11/ornament...

Here is what they have done to some of my seedlings in the past. It is so much easier if they attack my little plants for I can just lift them up and spray Neem all over them. I think I have a picture of this one after treatment, it grew great. I will look for it. The big problem with Neem or any other oil is that you have to cover all the growing areas. So if you miss some, the mites come roaring back.

I edited my entry for I just found out registration for Hi-yield systemic insecticide granules was cancelled in February so it is illegal to sell it anymore. Also I just learned that PAN has classified Disulfoton 2% as a PAN Bad Actor, which then makes it either Extremely Toxic or Highly Toxic!! Everyone needs to make up their own mind whether to use it or not. Mites are bad but not worth getting sick over.

This message was edited Aug 29, 2006 10:55 PM