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Hello i made a post some days ago about having some restrictions with miticides in my country.I tried to find something and found this.To translate the important stuff,it says it basically says it contains cyclohexanol at 50-70%v/v. Abamectin which is the one I saw in a lot of the recommended miticides you gave me in my last post at a 1-2.5%v/v and whatever the other thing is. Is this safe for my plants? They told me 2ml/L.I chose it cause they said it doesnt contain any extra stuff and abamectin is good against them.Is the dosage correct or not?

I'm no chemist or plant specialist, but it appears that should work. What I would do would be to try it on only one or two plants and see how they respond. My concern would not be whether it kills the mites, as it appears it will, but how well carnivorous plants will tolerate it...thus the recommendation for testing on only one or two plants to begin with.

Intheswamp wrote:I'm no chemist or plant specialist, but it appears that should work. What I would do would be to try it on only one or two plants and see how they respond. My concern would not be whether it kills the mites, as it appears it will, but how well carnivorous plants will tolerate it...thus the recommendation for testing on only one or two plants to begin with.

Problem is,i only have two plants .Also winter just hit here and its colder and raining and im thinking if that will take care of the problem.Do you have any idea what dosages i will need if im going to try it?

Hmmm, well if the plants are flytraps then they should be going dormant soon. Maybe spray them once they're going or gone dormant...the plants might not be absorbing as much through their leaves at that point but the mites should still be there exposed. I don't have a recommendation for the dose. If you got the solution from a reputable seller then I would follow his recommendation of 2ml/L. Best wishes!

If you're not sure about the miticide, I'd recommend submerging the pots and plants under water for 4 days. That very frequently gets rid of mites. You may have to do it twice, spaced a couple of days apart.