Phyto-Mite Predatory mite against Spider mites (suitable for high Humidity)500 - 20000pcs.

Description

PHYTO-MITE predatory mites against SPINT

Do you see yellow dots on the leaves of your plants or maybe sallow spots? Then take a good look at the underside of the leaves. Most likely you see small spider mites crawling there. These are only 0.5 mm in size and usually beige in color with two dark spots on the side of the body. Are you suffering from spider mites? Then you should definitely intervene because in time the leaves will yellow completely, webs will form between the leaves and the plan will go.

The most common spider mite is greenhouse spider mite. To get rid of greenhouse spider mites, there are several predatory mites. Phyto-mite is the most commonly used predatory mite, it also exclusively eats greenhouse spider mites.

Phyto-mite: Predatory mite against spider mites
Phyto-mite contains predatory mites of the type Phytoseiulus Persimilis. This predatory spider mite is about as big as a greenhouse spider mite. It is red in color and crawls much faster than spider mites.

Phyto-mite is the best predatory mite to contain a larger spider mite infestation because it exclusively eats spider mites. To give you an idea: every day an adult Phyto-mite eats about 20 eggs or about 5 adult spider mites. The predatory mites actively search for their prey and suck it dry. You can see this by the empty insect skins that remain on the underside of the leaves.

When to use Phyto-mite spider mites?
Use Phyto-mite when spider mite infestation is starting, not preventively.
For use indoors or in the greenhouse.
Can control greenhouse spider mites on houseplants.
Can control greenhouse spider mites on vegetables such as eggplants, cucumbers, peppers, beans and cantaloupe. Phyto-mite does not like to be on tomatoes. Use Forni-mite for this.
Can control greenhouse spider mites on strawberries, grapes and fruit trees in a greenhouse, think nectarines, peaches, apricots and kiwis.
The ideal temperature for Phyto-mite is between 22°C and 28°C. Above 30°C Phytoseiulus predatory mites work much worse and above 35°C they do not work anymore. At high temperatures choose Forni-mite.
At night the minimum temperature should remain 6°C.
The higher the humidity, the better for this predatory mite. If you have no humidifier, regularly mist the houseplants with a plant sprayer. In a greenhouse, you can spray the soil every morning to maintain the humidity.
How to use Phyto-mite predatory mites?
Phyto-mite is delivered in a tube. Use the predatory mites as follows:

Sprinkle the predatory mites in the spider mite hot spots and two meters in front and behind the hot spots.
Sprinkle them directly on the leaves or work with bio-boxes or coffee filter bags that you hang on the plants.
Hang the bio-boxes well spread out and afterwards distribute the predatory mites over the bio-boxes.
Repeat after two weeks if necessary.
Combine with another predatory mite?
Phyto-mite can be well combined with Forni-mite, which is why we offer it in a duo-package.

Phyto-mite feeds exclusively on greenhouse spider mites, which is an advantage if there are many spider mites. Besides greenhouse spider mite, Forni-mite also eats other spider mites (fruit spider mite, strawberry mite...), thrips and pollen. Therefore Forni-mite can survive longer on the plants than Phyto-mite.

Forni-mite is less sensitive to hot and dry environments. They can withstand changing temperatures and low humidity better than Phyto-mite.

Conclusion: If you have a lot of spider mites, with or without webs, introduce Phyto-mite. You can also combine Phyto-mite with Forni-mite if the humidity and temperature in your space are not ideal for Phyto-mite.

How many predatory mites do I need?
This depends mainly on your infestation. You need to make sure that the army of attackers is large enough to deal with the spider mites. Expulsions can range from 50 to 250 predatory mites per m2. The sooner you take action, the fewer predatory mites you will need.

Spider mites on houseplants
If you have a few small plants that are lightly infested, then a tube of 500 predatory mites is usually sufficient. If you have several large houseplants that are heavily infested, you will easily need 2000 predatory mites or sometimes even more.

Spider mites on vegetables
Below is an indication of what you need to release, based on plants of up to 60cm in height. Think of peppers, eggplants, strawberries, etc. In a crop of 180 cm (eg cucumber or melons) triple all quantities of predatory mites!

Light spider mite infestation shows little leaf infestation and no webs: 30-50 predatory mites/m².
Moderate spider mite infestation shows several leaves with yellow dots or spots: 50-100 predatory mites/m².
Heavy red spider mite infestation shows webs and many yellow leaves: Cut the worst affected leaves from your crop and release up to 250 predatory mites/m².

Tip: After two weeks you should see a clear improvement. If this is not the case, introduce predatory mites again.

Do predatory mites reproduce by themselves?
Humidity plays a major role in the reproduction of predatory mites. It takes 80% humidity for the eggs of Phytoseiulus to be laid.