I recently purchased some poncirus trifoliata citrus seedlings, and noticed one of them struggling after about a week. Upon closer inspection I found it covered in red mites.
I live in zone 6b, so we get cold enough winters that it will go dormant. I’m wintering them indoors this year and then will plant out in the spring. I’m wondering if the red mites would survive a winter and the plant going dormant.
I’d rather not use any kind of pesticide, so I don’t mind killing them all by hand for this winter and then letting the climate do its work.
