I hardly ever get mites on my brugs once they are established. those I can deal with, it's those damn whiteflies.

Now I did this forty years ago and did it out of desperation.
I have a Virginia Creeper that was totally, and I mean totally, infested with spider mites.
Nothing worked so one day I took a can of either Raid or D-Con, do not remember which and sprayed it, probably too heavily.
Well the Virginia Creeper showed signs of heavy stress but it came back and is a pain in the butt as it gets out of control on the house but I have never had spider mites again.
If I had t do it again, I would not literally soak the vine as I did that time but use a fine mist till the mites were gone.

AnnaZ said:I hardly ever get mites on my brugs once they are established. those I can deal with, it's those damn whiteflies.

The first time I ever even knew about/saw whiteflies was shortly after I brought home a greenhouse tomato plant. Soon my berry bushes and daisies and even rhubarb would release a cloud of white things when I brushed the leaves. I sprayed the whole lot with neem oil and waited about a week and then released whitefly parasites (wasps) and green lacewing eggs. That seems to have removed them. Man that was terrifying to have them move in so fast!