- Joined
- Feb 12, 2017
- Messages
- 23
- Location
- Southern Tablelands, NSW
- Climate
- Cold, Cool, Mountains, or Artic
Having big troubles with Red spider mite (Tetranychus urticae ) this and last year.
We have been tried:
1. Increasing the humidity (helped a little bit)
2. Released Californicus predatory mite (helped reduce mite numbers)
3. Released Persimillis predatory mite (helped reduce numbers).
The problem is that above 35C the predator mites can't reproduce and above 40C they only survive a few days. The temperature around here has been regularly over 40C for the past few weeks.
Does anyone have any ideas under to keep spider mites under control in hot weather?
We have been tried:
1. Increasing the humidity (helped a little bit)
2. Released Californicus predatory mite (helped reduce mite numbers)
3. Released Persimillis predatory mite (helped reduce numbers).
The problem is that above 35C the predator mites can't reproduce and above 40C they only survive a few days. The temperature around here has been regularly over 40C for the past few weeks.
Does anyone have any ideas under to keep spider mites under control in hot weather?