sman87

Spider mites are definitely a nuisance. soapy water and the insecticidal soap works well. In my opinion though, spider mites are inevitable when growing indoors. They multiply like crazy, travel from plant to plant rapidly and have known to grow a tolerance to the soaps in a couple of weeks. This year I didn't bother combating the damn things and after 5 months of growing indoors my basjoos are not noticeably bothered by them. Of course visually my leaves are drier and not as vibrantly green as they would be mite free, but they are in no terms "dead" or incapable of supporting the plant. Once your plants are back outdoors you'll notice 99% of them are gone and the problem is gone. I think the mites will die when exposed to much higher levels of UV rays the sun gives off, consistent high humidity, and also the vast amounts of other critters that naturally eat them during the warm months. Hope this helps!