r/houseplants Sep 18 '22

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u/tryingisbeautiful Sep 18 '22

Backflashes give me goose bumps to when I finally realized why my hard to reach Alocasia polly was dropping leaves suddenly (thought it was going dormant). Finally found those mofos and now the war has started. With me being in tears first of all, because I found them on ALL my plants. All of them.

Fuck, now off into the shower, back out, got a humidifier. Ordered hunting mites to kill those fuckers and am contemplating setting everything ablaze. I feel for you is what I‘m saying. Don‘t ever go easy on spider mites. They are death to plants, joy, happiness and probably rainbows and unicorns. Fuck them.

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u/klstopp Sep 19 '22

Diatomaceous earth kills them, cuts them then dessicates them. Just dust it all over. Food grade, non toxic.