Re: Spider Mites
I use pepper wax in my greenhouse. I generally have anywhere from 12000-20000 plants on hand and spray once a month with it. The caipisan, the chemical in peppers, acts on insects neurological processes. Also spraying with water does a lot. One of inkcube's students, she was in a student in his lab when I was, published a paper showing that a spray of water will cause enough damage to a mite's soft body to kill it, also the impact with the ground will do the same. Rubbing alcohol will also do the trick, it disrupts an insect cellular process killing them.
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