Leaf Product
Premium Hand Picked Bucket
Each bucket contains a guaranteed 10000 predatory mites. Bean leaf trifoliates are individually hand picked and inspected before packing in the bucket to ensure that they have the required minimum quantity of predators on them.
We know there are 10000 per bucket because after exhaustive counts of predators on bean leaf trifoliates it was found that if an individual trifoliate leaflet contained 3 adult female predators then at least 100 persimilis will be found across the trifoliate including eggs and juveniles. Therefore 100 trifoliates with the minimum of 3 adult females on each leaflet in a bucket makes up 10000 predators minimum. Often many more than 3 adult females are found per leaflet.
Premium Cut Bucket
Each bucket contains an expected 10000 predatory mites, This is a new level of persimilis selection that we have introduced and is more appropriate for field crops where intensely concentrated persimilis numbers are not as important.
Experienced IPM practicing indoor growers will find the product acceptable. These buckets contain mass cut bean leaf material including trifoliates, individual leaflets and some stalks with as much of the stalk as practical removed prior to packaging. Harvesting and packing procedures have been developed indicating that each bucket contains no less than 10000 predatory mites.
Vermiculite product
Vermiculite product is available. Information will be available soon in this section.
