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Alas, poor Thomas Edison, Mystery Day, Giggles, Lavender Perfection, I knew them well. These brave soldiers must be sacrificed for the good of the group. They have had a severe run-in with the enemy, Red Spider Mites, and have told the company to move on without them.
Seriously, I'm thinking I have to just chop these guys up, to save my other not-yet-fully infested plants. None of them have had a bloom in months and months. I've tried several different sprays, none of which worked for very long, but also may have scorched some parts of the plants, due to the chemicals + super strong sun (despite night spraying). I have hosed them with water from my hose and from the daily rains to see if that helped-no go. The longer I keep fooling myself I can fix the problem, the better chance my other plants have of getting infested, right?
I would like to attempt to regrow them, since I have several more months of warm temps...So, I guess my question is, when I do this, if I just cut the entire main stem down to the tuber, leaving a few inches, like when storing over winter, will this get rid of the mites? Should I cut back even further? Should I spray it with something before trying to regrow, etc? I dunno-I hate giving in.
Here are some pics of plants I will cutting down, plus pics of "healthy" plants that are now infested, but still have some hope.
So, lets all bow our heads in a moment of silence...Disregard me throwing a tantrum in the corner.
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