I usually do two a few days apart. Recently, I’ve switched over to just dusting dry powder on the leaves and around the plant as a preventative. You can get the dusters on Amazon cheap, they are advertised for use with diatomaceous earth.
Thanks for watching. Yes, it very well could be broadmites on your plants. They are insidious, partly because they can't be seen with the naked eye. One thing you can do, that I didn't demonstrate in the video, is use this same powder in a duster, and just dust the leaves/plant without mixing in water. This works well also.Good luck!
@@pepperdactyl just over a week after treating all my peppers for mites and the new leaf growth has returned to normal and plants are looking much healthier. I've lost numerous peppers over the last few years and many more have struggled along with poor production so thanks again.
I'm having a mite issue in the greenhouse on my eggplants as usual. Just removed a bunch of leaves from them and sprayed with Monterey fruit tree spray which seems to work pretty well on mites too.
If there are affected leaves on the tops, I would remove them. This will take out a large number of mites instantly, and those leaves will never recover anyway.
I’ve had this issue in the past. I’ve always wondered what the hell was causing the leaves to look like that. Thank you for this video.
Broad mites, the scourge of gardening. It is nice to see you helping others with what you have tried.
Are they the same?
@stevep4236 They're all bugs to me. Just kidding. Peter might answer that question.
@@MattGarverPest are more like it 😅
Wow, I hope I don’t get those, but I’m glad I’ll know what to do if it happens.
Always wondered why I would occasionally get leaves like that
Hey Peter, how often do you have to spray this stuff for them to go away fully? Thanks!!
I usually do two a few days apart. Recently, I’ve switched over to just dusting dry powder on the leaves and around the plant as a preventative. You can get the dusters on Amazon cheap, they are advertised for use with diatomaceous earth.
Been dealing with what i thought was leaf curl virus but now I'm thinking it may just be these mites, thanks for the informative video.
Thanks for watching. Yes, it very well could be broadmites on your plants. They are insidious, partly because they can't be seen with the naked eye. One thing you can do, that I didn't demonstrate in the video, is use this same powder in a duster, and just dust the leaves/plant without mixing in water. This works well also.Good luck!
@@pepperdactyl just over a week after treating all my peppers for mites and the new leaf growth has returned to normal and plants are looking much healthier. I've lost numerous peppers over the last few years and many more have struggled along with poor production so thanks again.
I'm having a mite issue in the greenhouse on my eggplants as usual. Just removed a bunch of leaves from them and sprayed with Monterey fruit tree spray which seems to work pretty well on mites too.
I haven't heard of that product. Glad it works for you.
How often do you spray?
Thanks for the tips. I ran into these mites for the first time this year on my bell pepper plants. I've lost 4 plants before figuring it out.
Thank you Peter! Very helpful
Glad it was helpful!
Very useful information..thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
What other bad bugs would this spray kill? Thank you
Anything that comes into contact to it I believe
Thank you
Do you HAVE to trim off the tops?
If there are affected leaves on the tops, I would remove them. This will take out a large number of mites instantly, and those leaves will never recover anyway.
Man there bad, recked a whole season for me once
We call those spider mites here if those are the ones that make little threads to travel from plant to plant
Spider mites are bigger and you can see them without magnification.
Spidermites make webs...these don't