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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Totty on April 29, 2012, 13:37

Title: Red spider mite
Post by: Totty on April 29, 2012, 13:37

Have just spotted one or two tiny little red mites on the underside of some tomato leaves. There were literally two or three that i could see and i had a good look on all the plants. Is this a major problem? What is the best way to control this. Preferably organically.

Totty

Title: Re: Red spider mite
Post by: arugula on April 29, 2012, 13:44

RHS advice here:

http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?PID=190

A number of control methods are discussed.

:)

Title: Re: Red spider mite
Post by: mumofstig on April 29, 2012, 15:12

You can't usually see that red mites are red because they are too small.
The ones we usually notice are red velvet mites
http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=73821.msg840379#msg840379

Title: Re: Red spider mite
Post by: Marcus10 on April 29, 2012, 15:30

Have had a similiar problem. I tried Vitax Organic two in one which is a mix of plant and fish oils. Too early to know whether it has worked although it is meant to kill red spider mite according to the box.