Hello everyone thought I would post a helpfull tip to battling mites and how I have hopefully destroyed these pesky bastards.
Day 1: Received a small infested blueberry mother in a half milk jug pot from a friend.
Took her home and used suran wrap and some tape to cover the moist soil. I had 4 gallons of 70 degree Ph'd water in a 5 gallon bucket and proceeded to drowned the bluberry plant. Lifting up and down carfully to try to remove these pesky kritters as much as I could. Then I put her in a high humid quarantine area after she dried. Humidity was about 50 to 65 %
Day 2: A break in the battle for whos plant this was and to vent some of the stagnent air out of the Quarantined area for about 2 to 2 1/2 hours.
Day 3: Checked for infestation (noticable) and for any other type of problems that the plant might have had within this 3 day period, no other problems than mights. Took 8 fl oz of IMMUNOX pest and disease controll and mixed into a new 5 gallon bucket with 4 gallons of 70 degree Ph'd water and dunk the mother into the bucket ( the immunox was used previasly by my friend but mights grew immune to it). Then I let her dry out in the quarantined area with the door cracked to make sure it didn't get to humid while drying her. After she dried I close the door back up to reraise the humidity lvl back up.
Day 4: Checked for infestation ( still Noticable) Cracked the door for 2 to 2 1/2 hours again
Day 5: Infestation is still there but not nearlly as bad as the first day i got her no more than 2 to 3 might seen on every other leaf . Took mother out and dunked her in 4 gallons of 70 degree Ph'd water (fresh water). Then let her dry out in the quarantined area with the door cracked to make sure it didn't get to humid while drying her. After she dried I close the door back up to reraise the humidity lvl back up
Day 6: Still have a few survivours Went and bought some Neem Oil and mixed it with water, turned the mother upside down and sprayed the crap out of her.Then let her dry out in the quarantined area.
Day 7: Not nearly as many on her as day 5 . cracked the door for about an hour and closed it back up
Day 8: Nothing noticable no movement of any sort lookin through the magnifying glass. Retreated with dunking her in 4 gallons of 70 degree Ph'd water (fresh water). Then let her dry out in the quarantined area
Day 9: Nothing noticable again and again sprayed her with neem. Then let her dry out in the quarantined area.
Day 10: Nothing noticable and i will restart my process over for another 2 weeks just to be safe. but for the next 5 days i will let her grow normally and check for reinfestation on a day to day basis untill these 5 days are up I will also be adding a recipt Buy Akorn ... just to help with the preventive measure.
4 jalapenos
2 lemons
2 garlic cloves
2 drops Dawn dishwashing liquid
4 cups water - PH corrected
haven't really read the thread on posting pics and some are still pending approval but as soon i get the chance i will post them.
What I used
The Drowning
Temp and Humidity
Day 1: Received a small infested blueberry mother in a half milk jug pot from a friend.
Took her home and used suran wrap and some tape to cover the moist soil. I had 4 gallons of 70 degree Ph'd water in a 5 gallon bucket and proceeded to drowned the bluberry plant. Lifting up and down carfully to try to remove these pesky kritters as much as I could. Then I put her in a high humid quarantine area after she dried. Humidity was about 50 to 65 % Day 2: A break in the battle for whos plant this was and to vent some of the stagnent air out of the Quarantined area for about 2 to 2 1/2 hours.
Day 3: Checked for infestation (noticable) and for any other type of problems that the plant might have had within this 3 day period, no other problems than mights. Took 8 fl oz of IMMUNOX pest and disease controll and mixed into a new 5 gallon bucket with 4 gallons of 70 degree Ph'd water and dunk the mother into the bucket ( the immunox was used previasly by my friend but mights grew immune to it). Then I let her dry out in the quarantined area with the door cracked to make sure it didn't get to humid while drying her. After she dried I close the door back up to reraise the humidity lvl back up.
Day 4: Checked for infestation ( still Noticable) Cracked the door for 2 to 2 1/2 hours again
Day 5: Infestation is still there but not nearlly as bad as the first day i got her no more than 2 to 3 might seen on every other leaf . Took mother out and dunked her in 4 gallons of 70 degree Ph'd water (fresh water). Then let her dry out in the quarantined area with the door cracked to make sure it didn't get to humid while drying her. After she dried I close the door back up to reraise the humidity lvl back up
Day 6: Still have a few survivours Went and bought some Neem Oil and mixed it with water, turned the mother upside down and sprayed the crap out of her.Then let her dry out in the quarantined area.
Day 7: Not nearly as many on her as day 5 . cracked the door for about an hour and closed it back up
Day 8: Nothing noticable no movement of any sort lookin through the magnifying glass. Retreated with dunking her in 4 gallons of 70 degree Ph'd water (fresh water). Then let her dry out in the quarantined area
Day 9: Nothing noticable again and again sprayed her with neem. Then let her dry out in the quarantined area.
Day 10: Nothing noticable and i will restart my process over for another 2 weeks just to be safe. but for the next 5 days i will let her grow normally and check for reinfestation on a day to day basis untill these 5 days are up I will also be adding a recipt Buy Akorn ... just to help with the preventive measure.
4 jalapenos
2 lemons
2 garlic cloves
2 drops Dawn dishwashing liquid
4 cups water - PH corrected
haven't really read the thread on posting pics and some are still pending approval but as soon i get the chance i will post them.
What I used
The Drowning
Temp and Humidity
