Grass mites love warm temperatures
prefer to hold on Grass mites in places with temperatures of 25 to 30 ° C. Therefore, you will suffer from the bites especially in the summer from July to October. But even at just 10 ° C, the activity of the parasites has already been proven.
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Tips
High temperatures are always accompanied by high humidity. If you avoid this, for example by ventilating your greenhouse well and maintaining sufficient plant spacing in the bed, you have taken the first step in prevention.
wintering
When winter comes, the grass mites crawl into the ground. They penetrate the ground up to a meter deep. As a rule, they are well protected from frost there, because icy cold is the only thing that can really be dangerous to the parasites. Only in very cold winters, when even the deeper layers of the earth freeze, do the majority of grass mites die. If the temperatures rise again in spring, the pests also reappear and take their usual place on the tips of the grass.
Contain population
Unfortunately, it is very difficult to take action against grass mites. Possible preventive measures are
- Cut the lawn
- Scarify the lawn
By keeping your lawn very short, you are depriving the grass mites of their habitual habitat on the tips of the grass. In addition, the morning dew dries faster. The parasites don't like the dry air.
Scarifying in spring loosens the soil. With a little luck you will disturb the grass mites in this way during the winter rest.
