What is this and how do I kill it???

WaterDog said:

When up to Lowes cause I couldn't wait. Got myself some Captain Jacks with your Spinosad. Gonna douse and keep out side till I feel safe about it

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follow the mixing instructions, you don't need to root drench with it unless you have russet mites, and i don't think you do.
spinosad has a translaminar effect, if you spray it on it's not quite a systemic, but it will penetrate the leaf surface, so you don't have to apply it as heavily as some other products to get good coverage. spray it every three days, five times. guarantee it'll kill them, and any eggs they may manage to lay before they die.
i use the same product, captain jack's, at one tablespoon per quart spray bottle, seems to work just fine at that strength.
you can use it with whatever water you're using to water your plants with. contrary to popular belief, spinosad pesticide isn't a live culture, it's extracted from a live culture. it's a mix of two different chemical compounds found in bacteria, so chlorine or chloramine isn't going to hurt it much.

Poontanger said:

You don't say how wide spread they are, but if they only appear on1 , leaf wouldn't U just remove that leaf

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have you ever seen just one mite on just one leaf? if so, you have a lot more time to look than i do.

10-4 this is a ready mix spray. all they had.

WaterDog said:

10-4 this is a ready mix spray. all they had.

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if you get time, look on amazon for the concentrate, a quart lasted me almost two years, using in the outside garden in the summer, too.
if you look around you can find it for about 25.00 u.s., about ten percent of what the premixed costs

just a p.s., if you use it outside, try to do it at dusk. it will kill bees when it's wet. once it dries it doesn't hurt them at all. bee's go to the hive around sundown, so if you spray in the evening it shouldn't harm any of the local bee population

Roger A. Shrubber said:

just a p.s., if you use it outside, try to do it at dusk. it will kill bees when it's wet. once it dries it doesn't hurt them at all. bee's go to the hive around sundown, so if you spray in the evening it shouldn't harm any of the local bee population

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10-4. My bees are well protected.