i dont like mites

[blackstrat5]

So the bottom leaves of the cascades are turning yellow. I've got tiny holes forming in the other leaves and little webs here and there. I had mites last year. What's the best way to keep them under control? I already have cones.

Is soap spray alright to use since I have cones? Or maybe throw some garlic and cayenne pepper in the solution. What's best to use when cones are already on the plant? Thanks everyone!

 

[NuclearRich]

I noticed some little tiny ittty bitty little @$^#$%ers hanging out on my hops, and the leaves are also starting to turn a little yellow. I am interested as well.
I do plan on actually planting garlic next to the hops.

 

[Komodo]

Fyi
http://www.freshops.com/hop-growing/hop-diseases-and-pests

 

[blackstrat5]

Is it safe to spray the plant with a pepper, garlic, soap spray after the cones have formed?

 

[Jagdad]

Forget the pepper and garlic- mites and thrips couldn't care less - maybe works for deer repellent and phat polish girls. It's OK to use safer soap or dish soap up to a week before harvest. You don't want to apply any long residual systemics that are absorbed into the plant. Mites reproduce rapidly - spray your affected plants TWICE a week for THREE weeks to gain control. Look around your yard for possible source plants - they over-winter on plants like conifers (spruce), etc. Dormant oil spray these plants spring /fall; apply soap spray to any other plants within 30' that have mites, too.

 

[Jagdad]

The soap sprays don't poison mites- it pysically drowns them; so complete spray coverage of the tops and bottom sides of all leaf surfaces is essential for control.

 

[NuclearRich]

So I read that conifers are good breeding grounds for mites and may be a source of contamination. My yard has a few pines about 30ft away from the hops... and I'm sure that those are not allowed to be hacked down (GFs house). Soooooo how would I theoretically control mites there??

 

[Jagdad]

Since your not gonna eat the pine trees - I would spray them with a systemic like Orthene tree & shrub. Add a little dish soap to act as a surfactant and spray away. No theories here - only solutions.