Panic-panic-panic

michael johnson · June 8, 2006

I have been panicing a lot this week- I discovered a sweet pepper plant that I managed to overwinter in my conservatory was riddled with red spider mite, so I have been spraying like mad with liquid Derris that is supposed to kill them and is quite safe for veg and edible plants including tomatoes, my only worry is that I caught them in time before the little devils spread to other plants - they obviously went for the pepper plant as it was there all winter and the first to open up leaf buds, I still had a bit of a job to see them though -so I had to use a magnifying glass- and there they were-plus the little white webs in the leaf axis etc.

red spiders are a terrible thing if you once get them in you crop they can completly devastate the whole crop if you dont catch them in time.

June 8, 2006	#1
michael johnson Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK. Posts: 960	Panic-panic-panic I have been panicing a lot this week- I discovered a sweet pepper plant that I managed to overwinter in my conservatory was riddled with red spider mite, so I have been spraying like mad with liquid Derris that is supposed to kill them and is quite safe for veg and edible plants including tomatoes, my only worry is that I caught them in time before the little devils spread to other plants - they obviously went for the pepper plant as it was there all winter and the first to open up leaf buds, I still had a bit of a job to see them though -so I had to use a magnifying glass- and there they were-plus the little white webs in the leaf axis etc. red spiders are a terrible thing if you once get them in you crop they can completly devastate the whole crop if you dont catch them in time.