I used a sponge as it collects them - laborious as you need to plunge it in a bucket of water regularly, but very effective on large leafed plants.nige pook wrote:I've also had serious probs with Red Spider Mite this year and from the word go havn't had any knockdown with provado at all! Ended up cutting off the worst affected leaves, keeping the humidity above 85% and with indoor stuff meticulously brushing tops and bottoms of each leaf with a medium bristled painters brush.Most seed raised cannas and musa pups overwintered from last year got it bad and levels dropped considerably when they we're put outside in May. Still got low levels,wish 'joe public' could buy an effective acaricide like I used to use on nurseries years ago. Nige
Does anyone know how long you can store parasitic mites for, as I'm thinking about buying some just in case........