Waist of time if you don't use chemicals. Total plant is toast and could spread easily to other aloes, haworthia and their kin. The mite lives on the inside of the plant and travels thru the insides.
Sevin is cheap and one of the safest one's to use. It may not help. I sprayed like crazy for two years before it came under control. I still keep those plants away from my collection due to the never know what might happen next. So far this year no trace of mites. The flower stock is the first place they like to attack. Only reason why I didn't toss my plant was I wanted to see how bad those mites were and needed a subject to experiment on. I seen mite infested plants for sale at nurseries and told management so they don't give other people the trouble I read about here. It is still a mystery how my plant got it since it is one of my seed grown and no other plant came down with mites. My area up north should be mite free due to our winters.
I spray with Sevin several times a year just to be on the safe side.
