Hello, For approximately 7 months I've been treating wild forest hemlocks on a 30 acre property in Murphy NC using the Kioritz soil injector and concentrated imidacloprid (1.5-2g inch diameter). I've seen some results this fall meaning many, but not all, of the treated trees have no new cottony egg sac deposition. The trees range from ~ 30 inches in diameter to less than 2 inches and there are a lot of them. All of the trees are in deep woods. There are no landscape trees on the property. This long preamble leads to the question of mites (?spruce) or other pests. I've read that Imidacloprid is no longer preferred. Are these mites a concern in wooded area natural hemlocks? Should I switch to Safari and if so what concentration? How will I recognize the mites or other pests. Any help will be appreciated. I've been on a mission to treat and save these fantastic trees and would hate to have been using the wrong product.
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