Tetrany

How to combat and recognise spider mites?

How to recognise?

The signs of Spider mites vary according to the severity of the infestation. Here is a list from light to heavy:

A small, slowly moving mite can be seen on the underside.
Several spider mites on one leaf can be seen as white spots. You can see that there is something on the underside of the leaf.
There are white-yellow dots on the top of the leaf. This is because the mite is sucking out the plant cells on the underside to feed. This sign is not always visible. Some houseplants with hard leaves do not always show yellow spots, although there may be many mites.
Here and there spider mites form between the leaves. Between the spider mites, you can see the mites crawling.
The leaves have turned almost completely yellow.
Several leaves have dried out, they have turned completely brown. The leaves literally look sun-dried, but that is because of the spider mites.
The plant is completely surrounded by a kind of spider mite.
The plant dies.

How to combat?

Neoseiulus Californicus or Forni-mite
Forni-mite contains predatory mites that can be used both inside and outside. They are more resistant to temperature fluctuations and low humidity than Phyto-mite. In the absence of red spiders, these predatory mites can also survive for some time in small numbers on pollen.

Amblyseius Californicus" is the predatory mite supplied as a culture in Soni-mite. Soni-mite is a spider mite culture bag for preventive use on spider mite susceptible plants.

Phytoseiulus persimilus or Phyto-mite
Phyto-mite contains predatory mites that only eat spider mites. This predatory mite is often used when there is a large infestation that needs to be controlled quickly. Phyto-mite is mainly used indoors, for example in greenhouses or indoors. The higher the humidity, the better this predatory mite works.

Spider mite control package
This package contains a combination of 500 predatory mites of Forni-mite and 500 predatory mites of Phyto-mite to combine the advantages of both predatory mites.