Lavender flowers soaked in water for 24-48 hours. Strain the plant material out really well, then dilute 50:1 with plain water and apply to the plants with a sprayer.
The ratio isn't critical, but it's something like 1 tbsp per cup of water.
You can use fresh or dried lavender, but keep in mind that as with all plant extracts, using dried material will give you a more potent extract.
For increased effectiveness, add a couple drops of a good natural soap (like Bronner's) to the diluted solution prior to spraying.
Be sure you spray all leaves. Especially pay attention to the undersides.
This treatment also seems to kill eggs.
Spray every 3-5 days until mites are eradicated.
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The ratio isn't critical, but it's something like 1 tbsp per cup of water.
You can use fresh or dried lavender, but keep in mind that as with all plant extracts, using dried material will give you a more potent extract.
For increased effectiveness, add a couple drops of a good natural soap (like Bronner's) to the diluted solution prior to spraying.
Be sure you spray all leaves. Especially pay attention to the undersides.
This treatment also seems to kill eggs.
Spray every 3-5 days until mites are eradicated.
jay kush, TCC
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| simply take some lavender sprigs( sticks with flower buds on them) and strip the flower buds off. Take a 1 liter bottle, add a 1/4 cup or so of lavender flower buds. Let soak for 48 hours, then strain the plant material out well. Dilute 1:50 and spray your plants lightly on infected areas, make sure to get under the leaves. Repeat in 5 days. So far everyone i have told it to and has tried it has had success in killing mites, coot said even the eggs die which is pretty cool. |
| just repeat the spray every 5 days if your plants are heavily infested, ive seen very infested plants that needed 2-3 applications. But the good thing is your also feeding your plant along with killing mites. I apply lavender tea all the time for general plant health and i dont even have mites. |
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| I went pretty light on my lavender. 3g grams of dried flowers only. Very fragrant. I also let the solution sit for 4 days before using, but even at that concentration it seems to have killed all the spider mites that were hit. |
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| It was the moderator JayKush who first brought this to the board. He should be elevated to 'Organic God' by ICMAG - the lavender tea is without a doubt the most effective insecticide that I've ever used - including neem seed tree products, bicarbonates, et al. Nothing short of amazing actually. CC |
| I took a cup of some desert lavender added it to a gallon of water and bubbled that for 24hours. Added 2.5ml "Dr Bronner's Magic Soap" (18-in-one Hemp Peppermint Organic Castille Soap). I sprayed the plants for two weeks every 5 days. THE MITES ARE GONE. |
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