Good morning Marsha I was hoping you would see this post and comment. The pest and fungal/foliage regiment I followed from your input last year and it saved my plants. I carry the Southern Ag brand, permethrin, and spinosad. This year the NBD was much younger and succumbed to those relentless little mites. Crazy how fast they can destroy a plant. I have stones beneath the earthboxes and other containers but my lawn guys do the same with the weed whacker, so i may have to rethink my strategy.
The best thing I did that greatly reduced the insect and foliage damage was dusting the leaves w/ DE, however it does tend to cake after being wet which dries out the leaves but the alternative was worse, so finding the balance has been a challenge for sure.
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