Spider mites and septoria questions

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Fri, Jul 19, 13 at 18:33

I am not spraying my leaves due to septoria/bacterial speck outbreak at my community garden. But I have been told to avoid spider mites, it is good to spray some water on plants and leaves. Is there another way? Just hand wiping them with moist paper towels? Thanks :)! Love it here and everyone is so encouraging and I am learning so much!

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Posted by qaguy Sunset 21/LosAngeles (My Page) on
Sat, Jul 20, 13 at 0:25

Spider mites love hot, dry conditions. I'm keeping them
at bay with plain old water, sprayed on most days. It
keeps things moist and the little buggers don't like that.

I should add that I'm in SoCal where it's generally hot and
dry all the time. Lately, the humidity has been quite high
for us, about 40-60 percent many days. That's probably
helping too.

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Posted by gardengal13 none (My Page) on
Sat, Jul 20, 13 at 18:30

Thank you for the info! I was spraying them and then there was an outbreak of blight so I stopped but then someone told me that spraying for a very short time on the foliage can actually be good in the morning because even if there is spores, the day heats up and kills them and it prevents spider mites too. I am going to try only spraying them in the morning. I've always felt doing that was important but got worried after the blight. We have been hot here, in the 90s but not very humid. Lots of dew in the morning though. Can't stand spider mites. So new and confused :).

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