Have some SPIDERMITES!!
This is a passion vine - not a brug.
Here we go again....
Gosh, you can see those without enlarging the picture. I found some on one of my new EE babies today, so everything was sprayed. Hate to see them start this early.
ACK, I don't want them!!!
oh my, you sure can see those easy. good luck poppysue.
Good Luck! Man I hate those things. I hope they don't get started here again.
I hope you luck out Tracey. I'm afraid it is going to be a long winter her the way they are starting already.
You can see the web. Don't want them to get started here. I check most of mine every day. Use dishwashing liquid/water, do not use too much harsh insecticides, unless absolutely necessary.
I don't want them either! Great picture though! May help some of the newbies out!
I don't want them this year. Last year was awful and I battled them all winter.I'm going to start spraying on a regular schedule just to be sure they don't have a chance of getting comfortable if they decide they want to live in my GH for the winter.
I battled them all last winter, then got mealybugs. Hope this winter is better. I bought the "good stuff" and it's working so far.
Cala what's the good stuff?
I bought the Avid earlier, then for the mealy bugs, aphids and whatever else was eating on them I used Attain and Duraplex. These are total release aerosols, you just set the can in the greenhouse, push the tab down and run like heck to get out before it makes a cloud in there!! You can't go back in for 12 hours, so I do this at night. The TR aerosols are like a cloud, they cover the entire plant with an insecticide. All the beneficials were gone, except for one wheel bug. I felt real bad when I saw that I'd missed taking him out.
I might have to ask Santa for some Avid. -lol- Do you think he has it in his sack of toys?
Poppysue, I bet he does, lol. All us brug growers have been good girls and boys, so Santa should have a well stocked bag of "toys" for us!!!!
Poppysue, I also use Avid.I broke down and bought it last year after I tried everything else.It was the only thing that worked and cleaned my GH right up. It's expensive but well worth the money.
where do you find it? i dont have mites yet-but i just hate the thought of having them again! yuck
I don't think you'll want to get AVID until you HAVE a problem - lol. It's like over $100 a bottle. There's a couple of rose websites that sell it.
Some of the rose places sell it. Check with a greenhouse supply place in your area first, it's usually cheaper from them(but still expensive).
I think I bought mine from Rosemania.
I won't tell anyone where I bought mine. I had too much trouble getting it from them. It was the same price as the place Snow got hers. They told me the problem was that they were having computer problems, but as soon as PayPal got on them, they mailed. Within 24 hours.
AGH darn mites. This is why all my pasion vines are sitting outside in their pots BEGGING to come in. I swore not again this year and heartless me has left them to fade away in the cold. Between the spider mites and mealy bugs last season I've CUT way back on what I'll bring in.
With that said, it still looks like a jungle inside.
Except for my 'naked' brugmansias. I stripped all the leaves off of them. This new house and garden came with a very HEALTHY supply of white flies. We all know white flies love brugs. *sigh*
Kristi/ Datdog
Guess we can't win, bugs are stronger than we are!