Emmy Has Defeated The Spider Mites!

The spider mites did not win!!! Hooray!!! :D

You may recall that I posted before about Emmy the elm tree getting infested with spider mites. I was very worried if she would make it. She went from looking like this in June:

To this in July:

To this now:

Yeah, I was afraid for my friend.

But look! There are new leaves sprouting everywhere!!!

YAY EMMY! My strong tree friend.

I had treated her a few times with diluted Dr Bronner's Castile Soap, and wiped off the little webs and sticky spots with wet paper towel. I just did another wet paper towel wiping off of webs in the corners of branches, and removed all her mulch. Then I swept the whole balcony. The latter two actions to hopefully to keep her from getting re-infected from any buggers hanging around.

Now I'm going to go shower and change so I don't spread any spider mites to my other plants.

But HOORAY! There is hope and recovery happening! :D