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I'd really, really appreciate any advice on killing a soil mite. I can't say which specific type it is, but some variety of oribatid mite. Here's a general link to what they are:
www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/soil_mite.htm
Been over a year & they keep on keeping on. Simplest answer is they are spreading by travel and/or me. Tried just about everything including killing a handful of plants in the process. I've trapped some & they can live for at least 3 days w/o food or water... sprayed bleach on them at this point, which killed those. They definitely eat & breed in the coir.
Oddly, the only real harms that I can detect are that they breed in the thousands & litter my floor/liners... even forming dust balls of dead corpses. Have to coat the stems of the plants to keep them from crawling up & dying on the nugs as well. They also eat my bene's in the medium. ???
At my wits end... given up... they've beaten me. Killed off spider mites, thrips, gnats, nematodes, & springtails. I just can't get rid of these. sighhhhhh
Looking for a soil drench miticide that won't kill the plants & any advice on application...? Tried all of the soft approaches, several times even. Just don't know what to do except completely stop everything, which really isn't an option.
Thank you in advance. Broken me, they have...
www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/soil_mite.htm
Been over a year & they keep on keeping on. Simplest answer is they are spreading by travel and/or me. Tried just about everything including killing a handful of plants in the process. I've trapped some & they can live for at least 3 days w/o food or water... sprayed bleach on them at this point, which killed those. They definitely eat & breed in the coir.
Oddly, the only real harms that I can detect are that they breed in the thousands & litter my floor/liners... even forming dust balls of dead corpses. Have to coat the stems of the plants to keep them from crawling up & dying on the nugs as well. They also eat my bene's in the medium. ???
At my wits end... given up... they've beaten me. Killed off spider mites, thrips, gnats, nematodes, & springtails. I just can't get rid of these. sighhhhhh
Looking for a soil drench miticide that won't kill the plants & any advice on application...? Tried all of the soft approaches, several times even. Just don't know what to do except completely stop everything, which really isn't an option.
Thank you in advance. Broken me, they have...