My English Ivy has Spider Mites
amany
17 years ago
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rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
17 years agoamany
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How do i get rid of spider mites on my ivy's for good!
Comments (1)For good, a 10 mile wide asteroid splashing down nearby at 40,000 miles per hr. Otherwise get a better miticide. Avid or Florimite will give weeks if not months of control. There are many other good miticides to chose from. One wk is totally unacceptable. Even oil will do better than that. Look on Ebay for smaller quantities if the big bottles for a couple hundred are too much....See MoreHas anyone transferred an indoor English Ivy to outside?
Comments (4)There are two issues with planting English ivy outdoors: 1. In many areas, English Ivy can become an invasive weed that can cause ecological harm (for example, ivy has harmed Oregon forests ) 2. If it climbs up a building, it can cause damage to the brick or siding. If you want to grow it outdoors, I would definitely recommend keeping it in a container to keep it from getting out of control. Alternatively, I'd suggest just trading it to another indoor gardener (which you can do on the exchange page on this forum) if you don't really like it anyway. Even if you don't want to trade it for a different plant, I bet someone out there would be happy to pay you the shipping costs to get it....See MoreThe battle with spider mites has begun...ugh!!
Comments (74)Im lucky to have avoided spider mites, just a few thrips that I seem to have got rid of. And some fungus gnats. But, I discovered a LOT of little bastards in the soil of mine Ficus elastica. I did some research and diagnosed them as some sort of soil mites. Fast moving buggers. What Ive red they eat organic matter and are sort of predators(actually I saw couple of those catch springtails after 30min of watching their behaviour), but Im still worried. Do they eat roots?...See MoreIvys=spider mites
Comments (5)It would be difficult to spray down plant often. I use a obelisk in a planter indoors that is about 5 ft. tall. So it looks ok when in between plants. I think the plant that I just tossed was what Andrea suggested. I guess I will keep my eyes open for a grape leaf ivy, always had good luck with them, I occasionally forget to water too many times and that usually is what kills them for me. They are just hard to come by and not that many places sell diverse house plants anymore. Maybe have to go with a mail order one and or just resign that I will treat it for mites with a systematic insecticide as soon as I bring one home. This is the plant I like to use in planter, it climbs up the obelisk really nicely and is a nice alternative to having a tall plant. http://www.costafarms.com/plants/grape-ivy...See Morebirdsnblooms
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