Need help with my house plants. They have been taken over by hundreds of microscopic spiders. Solution anyone?

How do I get rid of them? Is this common? Also, one of my plants has small centipede looking insects which live in the soil. I have repooted them and somehow they come back. MY plants are also mysteriously drying/dying. Could they be the reason?

Need help with my house plants. They have been taken over by hundreds of microscopic spiders. Solution anyone?
Try spraying them with a solution of dawn dishwashing liquid and water, this will work on a great many types of bugs especially aphids. If it doesn't work, I would either just get rid of them or take a sample of the bugs you have to a local nursery and see if they can help.
Reply:have you used a spray called Miss Muppett? Any good garden store should be able to help.what soil do you have in your pots could be a lack of fertilizer.and plants could be old and need replacing with fresh new stock. I worked in a horticulture facility last year and when some of the plants started to die off the white fly really attacked and we sprayed them with something that i cant remember the name of hope this helps I sell garden compost here in New Zealand so i should know something about it but send me an email and maybe I can sort something out for you John aka thecompostman
Reply:UMMMM spray bug poison on it, or buy a new plant. or just do both if the bug spray doesn't work. umma about the bugs in the soil, i guess wormy things could be the problem if they are soaking up moisture (for very little plants) but as for that um, get new soil. (try a diff. kind) other wise go to like home depot and ask. (in the plant department) they know everything! :) good luck!
Reply:go to home depot's plant section and buy that insect spray.. it'll kill the bugs but keep your plant alive.
Reply:In all likelihood, they are not spiders, but mites.





Get some beneficial nematodes at your local gardening supply place. It's a pretty funky treatment, but it works.
Reply:Buy plastic plants for inside





Real plants outside
Reply:I always bake my potting soil in the oven before re-planting anything. This kills any larvae that might be in the soil. Spread a layer of potting soil onto a cookie sheet, bake at 350 degrees for 30 - 40 minutes, let cool before potting.
Reply:You may have spider mites. These are tiny spiders that reside in the underside of leaves. You can tell if you have them by holding a piece of white paper under a leaf and flicker your finger on the top of the leaf. If you see little dot that move, then you probably have spider mites.


Another visible symptom is webbing across the plants.





As for solutions, you can get lacewing larvae or can spray with an insecticide that controls spider mites.





Good Luck,


-Doug
Reply:from what i understand , and it also happened to me once, the plant will not survive it. i would bag it up and throw it away and try to avoid contaminating the other healthy plants.
Reply:Hundreds of spiders in your house ???? Trash em'
Reply:You could try using pesticides in the soil, but, if they are as infested as you say, I'd probably just get rid of them and start anew. Be careful buying potting soil , I always find that I get bugs in my plants after using it.





* What does "repooted" mean?