red spider mite

[kittykat8]

what is the best way of getting rid of these

marion

[Earthbabe]

I tend to wash/wipe them off with a wet cloth. I don't know if there is a proprietary spray or if that is the right thing to do. You then need to remember to mist to keep the humidity up as I understand they like dry conditions.

However I could be wrong and someone else has a better solution.

[roitelet]

If they are in your greenhouse then the atmosphere is too dry. You could try spraying with water with a drop of soap in it, in the first place, which will reduce their numbers before you resort to insecticide.

[nick the grief]

There are biological controls as well. but soapy water is as good as anything then come the back end use a smoke bomb in the greenhouse & spray everywhere with ***** or armillartox.

I know in the Victorian kitchen garden he used a mix of equal parts sof soap & flowers of sulphur with nicotine dust added ..but I think you'll struggle with the last ingrediend these days .... luckily!!

[kittykat8]

pests

inspected my tunnel last night, the spider mites are only on the lettuces and some grren fly, not on anything else and in one spot on on the lettuces I have growing else where in the tunnell, if I pull them out will it be easy to get rid of the problem

marion