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Mites
Aug 14, 2012 14:15:23 GMT -5
Post by amandao on Aug 14, 2012 14:15:23 GMT -5
My tomatoes have spider mites. I can't get rid of them! I've been spraying the under side of the leaves they live on with a neem/water spray. It hasn't helped so far. Any advice on how to stop these pests from killing my tomatoes?
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Mites
Sept 4, 2012 5:38:13 GMT -5
Post by Good Mind Seeds on Sept 4, 2012 5:38:13 GMT -5
my tomatoes are pretty much all dead by now. they got mites, late blight, early blight, septoria, and really bad drought stress. i think that if you infest your plants with fungal diseases they may die before the mites kill them, and this would effectively stop them from killing your tomatoes.
i have tried various organic methods and have found that baring the introduction of predatory mites, spraying with dilute soap water and neem on a daily basis is the most effective method that i have found. i think that if the plants are small enough that a neem dip would be even more effective, where the plant is turned upside down and submerged in order to inundate every pest. when my stump of the world got covered with red mites when the first true leaves were emerging i dipped the seedling in neem and it was effective.
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