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Jun 28, 2022 5:41 PM CST
Name: Big Bill
Livonia Michigan (Zone 6a)
If you need to relax, grow plants!!
Bee Lover Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge) Orchids Region: Michigan Hostas Growing under artificial light
Echinacea Critters Allowed Cat Lover Butterflies Birds Region: United States of America
False Spider Mites spin webs. We often do not see those unless their population numbers are high.

While in Florida Glenn, I came out one morning and my row of 30 hanging Catasetums were covered in webbing. Looked like Halloween decoration.
I used 3 treatments with Neem Oil. Each treatment is ten days apart. The first one smothers the adults, the second kills newly hatched ones and the third treatment is for good measure!!
In a gallon pump sprayer, I filled it with water, 3 drops of non detergent dish soap and a teaspoon of Neem goes in last.
Get every single square inch of plant covered. If you miss spots, the population can re-explode!!!
Spray either early in the morning do it dries by the time the sun hits the plants otherwise they will burn.
You could spray after the sun goes down.
Orchid lecturer, teacher and judge. Retired Wildlife Biologist. Supervisor of a nature preserve up until I retired.
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