Mites are dangerous pest can destroy the whole garden in a jiffy if you do not control them properly. Due to the practice of integrated pest management will reduce the use of chemical fertilizers which are harmful for both the humans as well as animals.
The important steps which are about to consider when the controlling these pests in an integrated way:
Using selective pesticides which will allow the predatory insects to live and then they will naturally feed on the mites. This method is very useful for the biological control of these mites. The use of dormant oil against over wintering the European red mites is also very useful. Out of all the mites the spider mite is very serious pest of the orchard. However you have to use broad spectrum insecticides for the spider mites since if you use only one type of insecticide the mites will become immune to that pesticide. The mites who live will produce a population explosion of resistant insects. These insects are immune to the insecticides. So the use of only insecticides is not a solution to this problem. Biological control is the best option in tackling the serious nuisance of mites.
This includes the use of predatory mites, predatory birds and other biological ways. For example the use of cow urine is very important. Now you will think that cow urine but yes it contains the essential proteins which develop the immunity of the plants. It also contains the essential ratio of Nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus which is responsible for the fertilization of the plants. Note that all these nutrients are in a water soluble form and they can be easily absorbable form.
You can also constantly monitor the population of predatory mites and see that it increases day by day without damaging the plants. The importance of sustaining the predatory insect species is very important. Note that cold weather can kill the predatory insects so you will have to see to it that the predatory insects do not get completely wiped out.
The use of toxic pesticides is very harmful for both the mites and their predatory insects so use them judiciously.
These are the methods for controlling the mites in your fruit gardens.
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