It is really hard to work out if the mite is dead or just sitting there feeding. All the ones moving are doing so at a much slower speed after putting the DE on, but even after 3 weeks there are still live ones moving. It looks like it slows them down but hasn't fully eradicated them. Unfortunately i think i had them in plague proportions before i worked out that they were on my bushes. I am just going to keep this experiment going, hopefully it can stop the breeding cycle over time.
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