{"id":116,"date":"2017-10-04T06:58:06","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T06:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desima.co\/?p=116"},"modified":"2019-07-02T10:26:55","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T10:26:55","slug":"stop-spider-mites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desima.co\/blog\/stop-spider-mites\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Spider Mites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column col-4 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"1622\" src=\"https:\/\/desima.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20171004-Spider-Mites-Infographic.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-118\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column col-8 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">\n\nSo after getting back to east asia after a trip to Australia. I found I had massive Spider mite infestation. I went online trying to work out the best way to remove them. Some suggested it was too late and you need to remove all the plants. However I didn&#8217;t want to give up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some suggestions where to use garlic water, a natural pesticide. So I blended up a bunch of garlic that I bought from my local wet market. Then I got spraying. However reading online, you need to spray them regularly and in particular under all the leaves. However I&#8217;m a lazy gardener, so I didn&#8217;t remember to this again. Of course because of this it didn&#8217;t work.&nbsp;\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"735\" height=\"980\" src=\"https:\/\/desima.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20171004-Spider-Mites-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desima.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20171004-Spider-Mites-01.jpg 735w, https:\/\/desima.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20171004-Spider-Mites-01-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/desima.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20171004-Spider-Mites-01-15x20.jpg 15w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My ruined tomato plants.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">Having looked into companion planting before. I decided to plant all the garlic around the bases of the plants. However I was too late for most of them. There was one small tomato plant that I had. Thankfully the garlic sproated and low and behold, it protected it! There were still infested tomato plants around, as the garlic hadn&#8217;t yet grown next to them. So I removed this older plants and this one that was protected is growing very healthy, strong and fast.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"735\" height=\"980\" src=\"https:\/\/desima.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20171004-Spider-Mites-01-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desima.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20171004-Spider-Mites-01-1.jpg 735w, https:\/\/desima.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20171004-Spider-Mites-01-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/desima.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20171004-Spider-Mites-01-1-15x20.jpg 15w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:left\">My tomato plant with garlic protection. It lives!<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">So if you&#8217;re looking for an easy way to protect your tomato plants, plant some garlic cloves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">Have you tried companion planting? Let me know your experience in the comments below.\n\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So after getting back to east asia after a trip to Australia. I found I had massive Spider mite infestation. I went online trying to work out the best way to remove them. Some suggested it was too late and you need to remove all the plants. 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