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Originally Posted by Rockporter
Bill, do you think bleach spray would kill mites on my watermelon?
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Absolutely not. It is far too mild to affect them. I use the bleach spray regularly and have never seen it have a detrimental affect on mites or even aphids. You will need something far more toxic to get rid of those little buggers. I used the Permethrin, Dawn and DE combo on my cantaloupes which had mites and whiteflies and it helped a great deal. Spraying the underside of any melon leaves is hard to do with any thoroughness and if you don't get the undersides you won't bother the mites too much. One really good thing it did was totally stopped the damaging pickle worms on both my cantaloupes and cucumbers, which surprised me.
Bill