Look around the tops of your pots, gently move the soil from the top around and look closely, it may or may not look like the soil is literally moving. If so, and it looks to be like little white things scurrying around larvae has already beat you to the punch.
Once this happened it may take a little more time and they may be a little stubborn to get out, but give it time and patience and all will be ok.
A simple mixture of water and soap, i use regular ol palmolive, and mix the two in a spray bottle. The water/soap mixture will kill the spider mites on contact yet you have to be fast and willing, lol.
If that doesnt work, mosquito dunks are a good thing to use. Break them up into 1/4 pieces and let them sit in water jugs for 2-3 days so they have a chance to break up. You can them water with the "dunkd" water which will kill the larvae, and do a good job to say the least.
Eventually they will die off. Kill the adults on contact with the spray bottle and the dunks will cure the larvae. Also watch out because there could be some fungus gnats in there as well.
Use blue sticky paper if they are indeed spider mites, yellow sticky paper if fungus gnats.
Hope this helped.
If you have larvae I higly recommend you loook into predatory nematodes they are a microscopic ringworm that feeds on pest larvae i have tried a lot of products only too see them return. Some body above said lady bugs and they will do a good job good too and hey you dont have to spray your plants with chemicals..most good hydro shop or nurseries will sell predatory nematodes.Look around the tops of your pots, gently move the soil from the top around and look closely, it may or may not look like the soil is literally moving. If so, and it looks to be like little white things scurrying around larvae has already beat you to the punch.
Once this happened it may take a little more time and they may be a little stubborn to get out, but give it time and patience and all will be ok.
A simple mixture of water and soap, i use regular ol palmolive, and mix the two in a spray bottle. The water/soap mixture will kill the spider mites on contact yet you have to be fast and willing, lol.
If that doesnt work, mosquito dunks are a good thing to use. Break them up into 1/4 pieces and let them sit in water jugs for 2-3 days so they have a chance to break up. You can them water with the "dunkd" water which will kill the larvae, and do a good job to say the least.
Eventually they will die off. Kill the adults on contact with the spray bottle and the dunks will cure the larvae. Also watch out because there could be some fungus gnats in there as well.
Use blue sticky paper if they are indeed spider mites, yellow sticky paper if fungus gnats.
Hope this helped.