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  • Cucumber & Spider mite

    The Cucumbers have spider mite on them, think it was the recent hot spell we had.

    Any suggestions what to do?


    TIA

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  • #2
    Not a lot!!! Try keeping the leaves damp by spraying them with water. It might limit them, i don't think there is an insecticide for them.
    Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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    • #3
      I had spider mite on indoor tomatoes and got some biological control - some sort of bigger mites which eat spider mites. I can't say that it was wonderful, and I cleaned everything thoroughly once the plants had finished. Touch wood I haven't had a problem with them since.

      They definitely prefer dry conditions, so misting the leaves with water is probably the way to go. Cucumbers like this anyway.
      A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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      • #4
        assuming in a greenhouse, leave a couple of buckets of water to create a more humid atmosphere. Might just be my eyes but are you sure it's just red spider mite, try a feed with some Epsom salts, some of this might be magnesium deficiency?
        Geordie

        Te audire non possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure


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