Spider Mites ATTACKED my Houseplants | Plant Chores | Houseplant Care Routine + Tips
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 28. 06. 2024
- This spider mite infestation was only the beginning đ„ž
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As for the beneficial bugs, the first batch of predatory mites was actually not alive upon arrival, but the lacewing eggs did hatch and were used on the plant. Because the mites were already gone, the lacewings didnât last very long, but it was an extra assurance that my plant was pest-free.
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And stay tuned for my worst houseplant infestation yetâŠ.â ïž
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00:00 How I Discovered Spider Mites
02:21 2 Days Later: Cleaning
05:05 Repotting
08:50 3 Days Later: Treatment
10:18 1 Week Later: Beneficial Bugs
15:48 2 Weeks Later: A Surprise
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I too, have deep regrets for looking at those eggs under your microscope in the video đđđđ
I was NOT prepared đ€ź
I actually thought it was beautiful..
Ugh here you come, charging in with creepy crawlies đ„Ž while im trying to have lunch. Hope you're feeling back to 100%! Your presence has been missed!
Haha sorry for the creepy crawlies đ. I am fully recovered now and slowly getting back into the routine of things. Thanks! đ
I thought my mite invasion had limited itself to my Marble Queen, then audibly gasped when I checked under my Calathea... đ
Itâs ALWAYS the calathea
Just love the drama, crawling around đ
đ« đ« đ« đ« Hahaa thank you
Bugs: WE'RE HERE TO HELP!! :D
You: EWWUUHH
Bugs: :(
The ending had me cackling lol. Hopefully they will wreak havoc to the spider mites!
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA I canât help that I have a fear of bugs. But the good guys did their job đ
I love the theatrical drama you bring to plant care. Iâm from the Midwest and my family doesnât understand my theatrical drama.âïž
I just love how much fun you seem to have with your videos! Never take yourself tooooooo seriously! Haha
You have a really awesome family! Like every time I see your house, or your family in your videos I can just see how happy everyone is!
I am glad youâre feeling better and getting back to doing what you love!
Thank you for your content and making Mondays much more bearable! Haha đ
You are so incredibly kind. Thank you for taking the time to share this! đ Iâm very blessed to have a supportive family and my kids like getting involved đ.
@@ohtheplacesyoullgrow Anytime! Iâm happy to support you through your videos as well! đ„čâșïž
Thatâs amazing! Building that is definitely hard work as well! They are so adorable for it too, and getting to see them have the space to explore is really cool! đ
I'm actually out camping right now, and yesterday while setting camp I saw some foliage that had mealybugs (I say to myself, TY Lord I don't have that as my plant đ)
I felt my 2nd hand goosebumps on the first clip đ and running out of supplies! You are such a champ Michelle! đ«¶
LOL omg make sure none of those mealy bugs hitch a ride back with you! I heard they can sometimes get on clothes and thatâs how they enter the home! Have a good camping trip!
Hope you're feeling better! those spider mites are just so awful! Glad your plant survived. Also, the switch from walking upright up the staircase to climbing the stairs on all fours made me giggle extra hard đâ€
đđ Spidermites and gnats are of the devil! Spidermites like to hide in the seam of the leaves where you don't notice it right away.
They do!!! Right in the leafâs BUTTCRACK đ
I happen to see some on a 5 foot Sumo Alocasia. I was heading downstairs when I saw webs. I had never seen mites before but I freaked out. They were in the thick seam of the leaf. I also have a tiny dancer, and the hide in the cup of the leaves. I think I am going to use granules in the soil because sprays and neem do not seem to work.
@@hennesseyme9112 be careful with the granules! i've heard they can supercharge the mites
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I'm not gonna lie, seeing them in the microscope was kind of cool lol I always enjoy the microscope views you give. They are short enough for me to be fascinated before grossed out đ
that scope is such a blessing and a curse at the same time LOL
I discovered spider mites recently. After listening to my personal plant guru (you), I bought the Bios herbicide spray and I love it!!! It makes all my leaves so pretty. Luckily, only one plant was infected so I placed it outside where it just happened to go through two mega summer storms (the kind that produce tornadoes). I can attest that spider mites cannot live through pelting rain and 50mph winds. However, that's a bit of an extreme solution. I think I would use the storm method over beneficial bugs though.
Okay pelting rain and 50mph winds will be in my toolkit for next time đđđđ
I definitely agree that sponge plugs are killers! I had a jungle boogie that I repotted after purchase. For months it was not doing anything so I went to repot it again, thinking it was the soil or something ~ this time I completely cleared the roots and to my surprise, it was indeed plugged! The moment I removed it and repotted, it starting growing within days
Oh thatâs so good you found it! Happy to hear the thriving
I actually release ladybugs and the special mix monthly and it has helped tremendously!! With a wide variety of plants, you need different beneficial bugs so these works best for me. Never tried the lacewings, the ladybugs does the very same and they are cuter hahaha.
You are awesome, Thanks for taking us along
i admit ladybugs are DEFINITELY cuter than the monstrous lacewings!
Spider mites have always been a problem on my plumeria outside under the patio cover. They generally like hot dry conditions and suck the juices from the leaves as seen as stippling. I regularly spray my plumeria leaves with plain water to knock them off then periodically use a horticultural oil spray to smother them.
Green lacewing larvae are super voracious eaters of pest insects including spider mites, so you may not want your mix them with your predator mites.
I think predators work best in a closed environment like your mini greenhouse that way itâs easier to tell if they are effective and not just crawling away somewhere else.
Best to inspect your plants often to head off any critter attack.đ
Thanks for the informative video!
i'm pretty certain the predator mites were not alive upon arrival, which is why I felt comfortable releasing the lacewing, but I can totally see why you wouldn't want them both together at the same time!
I hope you are feeling better -and yes I would use the beneficial bugs but I have always been fortunate as I have never had bugs (just fungus gnats once in awhile when I bring a new plant home ) (I have about 150 plants including orchids and carnivore plants and cacti ) I live in an area where we have many beneficial (small) spiders and I just let them do their thing and yes they live in the plants so maybe this is why I do not have any issues with insects on my plants! I love your videos!
I love your dramaticsđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łand plantsđđâŁïž
Thank yooooou!!!
Iâve had really great results with captain jacks deadbug spray for spider mites. Also, I always add Bonide systemic granules to my soil and it has helped so much! All of my syngoniums seem to be spider mite magnets. I have 4 alocasia all in pon, and thankfully havenât dealt with them in these. You have my respect releasing those bugs on your inside plants!
Thank you!! Have you ever seen systemic granules exacerbate spider mite populations? Thereâs a study that said this can happen specifically with spider mites đ
@@ohtheplacesyoullgrow I havenât had that problem with the plants Iâve used it with (all of my houseplants in soil) thankfully! I donât have the systemic granules in my alocasias, since theyâre in pon. Using pon, Iâve not had any pest issues with them - knock on wood!
I missed you!!!! Welcome back!!
Thank you! đ
I love the comedic desperation in the thumbnail LOL
The desperation wasnât captured enough đ
OMG yesssssss. The HAND!!!!!
Your little ones are too cute!! đ„°
Thank you! Theyâre always around somewhere đ
Pests are noooo fun! But you have made it entertaining đđȘ
Iâm glad my chaos was entertaining đ„°
I had a spider mite issue till I moved some of the spiders that hide in the corners of my house into my plants. Ill take a few spiders over mites anyday
So the SPIDERS eat the mites! Thatâs amazing. What a meta way to solve problems đ
ââ@@ohtheplacesyoullgrowso do lady bugs
@@ohtheplacesyoullgrow I go out collecting bugs for this, praying mantis's are good at it too but they were too mean to my cats
The microscope gets me everytime đđđđ
Itâs my favorite and most hated tool đ
Glad your feeling better đđšđŠ
Thank you so much Linda!
Iâm so glad youâre back and well, I miss your funny videos! Spider mites arenât funny, but you make even those funny. đ . Oh my gosh! I canât do the beneficial bugs just canât.
lol the next video i post on beneficial bugs is going to be a NIGHTMARE for you then hahaha
@@ohtheplacesyoullgrow Oh my gosh! No!!!!
thank you so much for your fun posts i always learn a ton :) i love beneficial bugs & have been using as a preventative for over a year with good results. we love Nematodes & the spider mite packets. there are ups and downs to bugs vs spraying ect but this works best for my plants especially my plants that are finicky.
I want to try nematodes next!
I'm scarred from seeing those eggs. You are so much braver than me. Loving the new leaf.
Right THOSE EGGS!!! People thought it was rice đ
I feel you girlll! Itâs been one thing after another for me throughout my entire plant collection. Beginning to get exhausting đ„Ž
Oh nooooo. Pests can really be demoralizing and suck the fun out of this habit đ. I hope you can get a handle on them
Looking at bugs with my microscope is one of my favourite things. đ
Iâve released the green lacewings all over my house and pretty much never saw them again (I did it three times). No problems. They didnât solve my thrip problem though so I ended up needing systemics.
I feel like thrips are the hardest pest to get rid off!
The exact same plant of mine has spider mites, too! OMG
Great video! I would freak out too. I used to toss all plants with bugs, but that was before I started collecting my hoyas. I hate (and I mean HATE) bringing new tampons into my house. :-) hehehe I also am very careful not to speak about it because I feel like I will jinx myself. I live in Colorado, and a bit drier. Yep I would be a never good bugs and opt for the chemical warfare every time. Love the BIOS things, purchased many of them. :-)
Haha Iâm so mixed between chemicals and beneficials but I think the benefits of the bene bugs will allow me to overlook the fact that theyâre still BUGS đ
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i used beneficial bugs they are really good :D
Iâm mixed but I find the benefits outweigh my fear of bugs haha
I am in the middle of spider mite hell so it's nice to know I'm not alone
You need to do a video on beneficial bugs eating all the pests under the microscope
That would be a SUPER cool thing to capture!
Have you tried leaf shine? It worked for me spraying my alocasia Polly . Hopefully it will work for you as well
Rather than rubbing with your fingers, you could try a soft paint brush set for washing. I use the small ones in between the petiole and stem to remove crack hiders and the bigger brushes for the leaves + underside midrib and I never need to treat again, but I am super thorough cause Iâm bad with repeated treatments. I like a one and done. Also, putting your pots on carpet (and putting carpet soil back in the bag) could promote spider mites, they and their eggs are everywhere cause they ride the winds đŹïž .
I have hypoaspis miles and they scavenge the soil and leaves and Iâve seen them keep spider mite populations very well under control (experiment). Itâs weird cause Iâm totally grossed out by spider mites but I let the hypoaspis miles crawl all over my hands (they freak out when you agitate the soil and crawl out of the pot). But Iâm a soil microbiologist so maybe Iâm biased to soil buddies đ·ïž.
Thank you for the suggestions!!! Soil microbiologist sounds like a very interesting line of work!
That little humidifier is what I need!! Is this the one in your amazon storefront?
Yes! Itâs under the âhumidifierâ section
"It's clearly happy to see me" đ
lol it is NOT a pretty flower
Try dusting outside before spraying. A feather duster is perfect for removing the webs before you apply the soap. The web acts as a protection, so removing it before (at least for me) is more effective â€
yes exactly and the. water them down first. afterwards use pesticide. usually if you water them down and dust them off regularly you wonât have them again. my alocasia are free since months
Oh great tips thanks!
Just treated spider mites on my diffenbachia! Which spread to my Umbellata... đ . But these are magnets, so expect them at least once a season in return for being some of my easiest care houseplants.
I love umbellatas! Once a season is doable đ
Hey!! I hope you're doing much better! What type of alocasia is that?? Prettiest one I've laid eyes on!
Itâs an Odora Batik! I love its marbling. Thank you for the well wishes - you are so kind to mention đ
@ohtheplacesyoullgrow Never heard of that one before! Might have to see if I can find one now. And of course!
Beneficial bugs? It's a yes for me. I don't have a microscope. Ignorance is blissđ
Ignorance is bliss lol
I got spider mites too from my odora batik that I got from a seller on palmstreet (Texas something) and iâm so sad I had to treat all my plant in my cabinet
Ahhh!!! I hope you got rid of them all! Iâm so glad mine was only in this mini greenhouse. I canât imagine an entire CABINET đ
I love, love, love beneficials - they are the best!! I bought a bunch of paper gumdrop cups with a plasticy silver backing at the dollar store & I dump predatory mites and pirate beetles in them and set them on the substrate, because I don't like having to clean up media they come in especially if it gets damp! Once they're done I just scoop them up and empty for reuse next time. - I so wanted a microscope like yours (here in Canada). I couldn't get it to work well without downloading software from China, so I had to send it back. I use my phone for banking and just couldn't take the risk. I'd love to have one though!
That cup idea is BRILLIANT because I have no idea what to do with that substrate so itâs just sitting on my soil! Thank you so much for sharing that.
@@ohtheplacesyoullgrow Oh yeah, the tiny cups really work! They're so clean, simple and fast. And I'm glad you're better now. Please rest some more and take care.
12:16 is me! đ
â I have the same scope but maybe Iâm using it wrong since I basically have it on top of the plant. I saw that youâre not too close to your plant when you use it. How far away do you set your scope? Also what is your water your filling your bottles with? Is it filtered or distilled water? We have a whole home water filtration but would love a distiller. Did you put a link for that?
Ok I'm halfway through the video and wondering if the hanger-ons are actually coming from inside the greenhouse? I'm hoping you possibly sprayed or washed down the inside of the greenhouse?
I did! And I show it at some point in the video đ
Have you tried garlic? I used it for mealy bugs in a philodendron xandu and it worked amazing, I mashed it up and diluted with water just a bit and sprayed it on and left some little chunks in the most infected areas and around the plant and it really did wonders. Iâm asking out of curiosity and also would love to know if it works hihi đ love your videos !
Oh thatâs so interesting. I havenât used garlic before but thatâs cool!
and you also loose leaves, because the repotting is also stressful for your alocasia. especially the batik is a diva and is reacting way more towards it than a dragon breath for example.
It IS a diva! Way more delicate than my other alos
Even though you make this fun, I canât even begin to imagine the frustration. Pests are justâŠ. Pests. đđ
Per the âdeath plugsâ a healthy root will tear through it without any issues.
Yes totally! usually the roots will figure itself out! But I did have a situation where the surrounding soil was dry but the plug was still wet so I kept watering and it rotted â ïžâ ïžâ ïžâ ïžâ ïž
On the bright side....
They don't fly! đ„Žđđđ€Ł
lol you know thatâs very true
Is there a link for the faucet diverted or cup? Thanx!2
Hi! Yes! Itâs in the video description as âwater recipeâ
I did not see it on the Amazon link. I only saw the pump.
I, too, am dramatic about pest! They're so gross!
I can never be okay with them đ« đ
I use preventive predatory mites all year around, that are in the sachets. You really have to be looking hard to know that their there. I've been using them for a little over a year and haven't had thrips or spider mites. A lot of people just use them in the spring/summer period when pests are more likely. For me there definitely worth the cost. đż
Yesssss Iâm sure year round prevention is the smarter route!
How do you get your zz so big? Mine has only grown one new stem in almost three yrs.
LOTS of light. Even though theyâre touted as low light plants, if you give them lots of light they grow big!
Zz plants actually flower when they are needing a new pot with more space.
The roots arenât crowded on this one. Iâve read when conditions are ideal they can flower!
In this video, what is the spray you had to make more of that you use for pests that you can spray on the leaves and dirt, and you don't have to rinse it? If you don't mind sharing your secret recipe with me! đ I love that it's organic and sage for the plants! đđȘŽ
Hi! Its in the video description đ
â@ohtheplacesyoullgrow OH ok! Thanks so much Michelle! I hope your plant is doing better! đđȘŽ
What soil did you just use?
Itâs in my video description!
Hi đđ» I wonder đ whatâs the brand of your camera?
Itâs in my video description!
@@ohtheplacesyoullgrow so sorry I didnât see first time. Amazon canât send it to Istanbul đ Thanks đđŒ I do love you and your videos đ§ż
I found lacewing eggs on my plants outside. Just as long as they are good guys then I'm fine with them.
Yes! Good guys. Just gross looking đ
@@ohtheplacesyoullgrow lol I haven't met a cute bug yet
I've been not taking as good care of my plants as usual due to health issues and suddenly I have a huge infestation of spider mites in the living room. I have like fifty plants in there and they're pretty much all crawling and i am this close to getting rid of the entire plant collection in that room (but I could never but actually I cry about how many pests I have)
Oh no so sorry to hear this đ. Maybe consider releasing the beneficial bugs to let them do their things passively?
omg could you make a kimchi video XD
HAHAHAHHAA never made kimchi in my LIFE
@@ohtheplacesyoullgrow we've seen you grow plants, now you can commit a plants crime lol
I just bought 2 calatheas without researching properly, bc they looked so pretty smh
I still love all my calatheas! I just need to pay close attention to them
Also, I canât find beneficial mites in sachets that arenât like by the billion or cost a billion dollars. If you have a good place that sells them DO TELL!!!
Iâm so scared to get pest with my plants, tbh I donât do much for them I just water them when I can taco the leaves (all my plants are snake plants)
Luckily, snake plants are super hearty and not as prone to pests đ€
Too funny- if you had used a few drops of neem the first time any residual mites wouldâve been killed. Maybe try Neem soil drenches that do work to kill most pests before they become a problem. Lacewings are so cool! Outside in nature their eggs are layed on the undersides of plant leaves by filaments which gives the appearance they are floating in the air. I always look for them in my outside garden.
I knoowwwww I did that the first time but just hated how it coated the leaves but youâre right. It woukd have helped in the long run!
@@ohtheplacesyoullgrow use less than whatâs called for on the bottle and mix it in warm water with the soap. Shake well so oil is completely mixed. I spray soil and donât rinse it.
What is your spray?
Hi! Itâs in my video description with a discount code!
thank you
@@ohtheplacesyoullgrow I thought it was something you made yourself
I also found out that nearly half my collection got spider mites đ«
Noooooo!!! I hope you can get them under control
What alocasia is this
Odora batik
this is like advanced infectionâŠ. not checking it regularly?! đź
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Luckily, I have never had to deal with Spide Mites đđ». Gross!! đ€źđ€ź
I hate it when I knock one of my plants over as I can't usually use the soil again, as it always gets heaps of cat hair in it!! đ«
Hahaha omg cat hair!!! Iâm sure a little cat hair couldnât hurt the plant right? âșïž
@ohtheplacesyoullgrow Yes ofc! đ not the plant but my OCD, lol
Iâve never had spider mites but they are so gross and ahh they give me the heebie jeebies!!!
And may you NEVER get them!! đ€
Spider mites are awful but at least they donât fly. I find that neem oil and Castile soap isnât the most effective. Iâm in Canada and I use Saferâs End All.
I could never look at them through a microscope, I get the creepy crawlies đđđ
I never heard of Safers End but glad you found something that works well!
That microscope is a blessing and a curse lol
1 - I NEVER want those kinds of fairies! I flipped out over a shred of toilet paper from wiping off the mirror yesterday because all my head thought was mealy bug. 2 - White Carpet & plant parenting⊠the reason god invented Dyson!!
i hate spider mites
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Spider mites the worst ! đ€ąđ€ź
Oh hey friend!!!! Subbing now!
@@ohtheplacesyoullgrow thanks friend ! đđ
They're like lil invading soldiers!!! ughhhhh!
Thatâs the perfect way to describe these buggers!
spidermites... EWW!
My sentiments EXACTLY