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I saw two spider mite looking things - advice needed

So my plants have been doing great. I was even gone for a few days and they mostly took it like champs and kept growing.
 
Yesterday as I was obsesively staring at the plants like I always do I saw a tiny little red bug crawling on my plant. It was too small and too fast for me to know what it is. I freaked out of course and purchased some mite-x and hosed the plant down. Later on that night on a different plant nearby I saw another one. This caused me to hose all of the plants down on that shelf. The plants still look great, no weird dots or anything and I cannot find anything under any of the leaves.
 
My question is that: Is there anything else I should be doing? Were they even spider mites? They were too fast for me to take a picture.
 
Thank you
 
I've had a problem with Clover mites recently and baking soda has helped prevent new ones from getting to my plants. I just placed a barrier of it around my grow area. The powder coats them and kills them somehow.Since I started using it, I've not found any new mites on my plants, but have found hundreds that have died trying to make it across the baking soda.
 
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This made me laugh. The lengths we go to.

Peter S said:
I've had a problem with Clover mites recently and baking soda has helped prevent new ones from getting to my plants. I just placed a barrier of it around my grow area. The powder coats them and kills them somehow.Since I started using it, I've not found any new mites on my plants, but have found hundreds that have died trying to make it across the baking soda.
 
OKGrowin said:
did you look under the leaves? they could be in the soil as well.
I checked under the leaves and could not see anything. I did not look too closely in the soil. I did not realize they could be there
Peter S said:
I've had a problem with Clover mites recently and baking soda has helped prevent new ones from getting to my plants. I just placed a barrier of it around my grow area. The powder coats them and kills them somehow.Since I started using it, I've not found any new mites on my plants, but have found hundreds that have died trying to make it across the baking soda.
 
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What a good idea. Obviously now I will be coating my basement floor with baking soda
 
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