Go to the Depot and pick up a "sharkbite", they are available in 1/2" through 1" sizes and just slide and lock onto the pipes. Easy Squeezy.
They are seven bux or so.
So, thinking this would be the surefire way to kill the mites. I bought some.
No instructions on the little pill jar except, "sprinkle on plants"
After a few calls, I guess I was sprinkling eggs that will hatch in 48 hours, meanwhile I cannot spray for fear of killing the Pre--Dators?
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