the mites are a real pain in my ass. They just appeared out of nowhere! Hope i can find a mantis or two.
The Hot Pepper
spongey600
if you have mites, you might want get atomic on their asses. cut off any ripe or semi ripe pods off and nuke them while isolating the infected plant
romy6
What spongebob said
jedisushi06
Yeah i cut off any pods i had and sprayed Mite X and then released the lady bugs! This is war! thanks spongey!
spongey600
mighty wash works well too but its pricey, i also azamax is good but pricey
jedisushi06
the Mite X is 13$ but azamax is 40$ and harmful if touched.
spongey600
i wear gloves no matter what i am spraying so i can turn the leaves over to get them nice and covered
3/5King
I haven't had any aphid infestations yet. (cross my fingers) The mites I think are harder to deal with. You can get (if you don't already have one) a 60x hand scope that you can look at the leaves and see if you can find where they are most packed in. Then cut off those leaves and get rid of them. Good luck with the fight JS.
I've had 2 aphid infestations so far..
Hired some ladybug thugs to clean house. Worked out really well. Good luck!