Have any of you tried using Predator mites,starting at the very start of you veg period before the mites get out of controle. I use NEOSEIULUS CUCUMERIS MITES IN A in slow release packets $1.99 PACKETS . You hand them in the plants. They come with 300 adults, immatures and eggs. this resident generation usually doesn’t venture out of the bag. Their offspring, however, begin the process of prevention as they start exploring the world outside. they also have quick PACKETS. which you just sprinkle over the plants. You want to mist the plants first and sprinkle them as the plants go into a dark period. They really work but you need to start using them before you see the mites as a preventive measure. You can get them at several place online , but I like GreenMethods.com . They are the only one I have found that have the NEOSEIULUS CUCUMERIS MITES IN A in slow release packets $1.99 PACKETS..They have lots of other Predator insects the sell
I also use Parasitic Nematodes which you water into the ground and the will kill any thing that spends part of it life cycle in the ground which most of the pest do. I think I pay $18.99 they come on a little sponge which I cut up and put section in to water. Then I put the rest of the sponge in referagrator where they will stay alive up to 6 weeks I then use the water that has had the sponge socking in a spray bottle to spray the ground . You need to do this in the dark SUN LIGHT KILLS THEM!!!!!! then water them They you can STOP using the bug sprays that kill every thing. THAT YOUR PROBLEM YOU KILL ALL THE GOOD BUGS THAT KEEP THE POPULATION OF THE MITES, THRIPS AND THE OTHER PEST IN CONTROLE. I ahve not used any sprays in 4 years . I will say the when there are no pest mites the Predator mites feed on flower pollen .