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my partner and I found ourselves in the 60+ zone and we have had some fairly wild pest interactions. spent about 8 months battling spider mites trying not to us
by dunco 5y ago
my partner and I found ourselves in the 60+ zone and we have had some fairly wild pest interactions. spent about 8 months battling spider mites trying not to use commercial pesticides (we found a lot of plants don't tolerate them well) until we bought predatory mites as a biological control and haven't seen them since. now we are battling a significant thrips infestation and some fern aphids (tried CO2 gassing these with a modified soda stream!). We quarantine new plants, but it seems that some of these pests can just periodically come in from the environment. never a dull moment!
- belval 5y agoYeah it can be overwhelming fast. I have these little sticky traps in about half my pots and they work very well: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00GYBCZN4/ https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00GYBCZN4/ They are non-toxic since it's just sticky and I cut them in two so at 24 traps/9$ it's pretty inexpensive. You also get replacement sticky pads (not affiliated I just really love those).
- dunco 5y agonice. I might give these a try :)
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