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Originally Posted by johnnyq627
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Originally Posted by RichinNJ
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Ok the 409+rubbing alcohol not only didn't work, but it looks like it's going to kill a lot of my leaves. I had cleared out all of the spider mite webs yesterday before spraying... today there were a few back. Not a good option.


Must be doing something wrong.

It works for orchids says the AOS which are a lot more finicky that fig plants and it h
as worked on my banana trees for years


Pretty straight forward... added a pint of rubbing alcohol to an empty gallon jug, added pint of 409 to the same jug, filled the rest of the way with RO water, then sprayed and soaked the trees. Perhaps figs don't like something that the orchids don't mind.


Were the leaves so far gone that they were going to drop off anyway?

I've had big banana leaves turn brown and curl up in a couple days when I've had a bad infestation that I was not paying attention to.

You have to spray several times and you have to soak the tops and bottoms of the leaves stems etc. Spider mites lay 1000's of eggs and all those new mites must be killed as well hopefully before they lay eggs.
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A couple of leaves had brown blotches, but most were very green, especially new growth. This morning many are brown and dried out. Apparently bananas can take the mixture better than figs.
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