Well, like every fall, it gets colder outside and I get spider mites coming inside and infesting my house plants. My Coleus, vines (jasmine vine, white potato vine), and seedlings are hardest hit.
Any idea how to get rid of spider mites?
I love plants, and I have dozens of them in a miniature green wall. I am tired of tossing most of them outside every fall and starting from a tiny cutting when spider mites show up. Some of the plants I have now don't take cuttings easily or at all. I already lost my Moringa tree seedling.
If I have to, I will cut back my Jasmine vine (it is almost ten feet long and bushy). The only plant that the mites don't like seems to be my Lavender plant, which isn't deterring the mites, despite being in the middle of my plants. Most of my plants are too sensitive for chemical sprays (and those sprays don't seem to kill the mites either).
The source of the infestation is a massive flower bed just outside the window. It gets spider mites badly every year, most noticeably on the Morning Glory and Scarlet Runner beans - those plants are almost half dead from the mites by the time July ends. There are hundreds of other plants out there, impacted by the mites to various degrees.
Any tips or ideas?