You can see that I had a severe infestation. Because it developed so late in flowering, I tried to control it by spraying water under the leaves. The method worked well in controlling the population, but because I was spraying with tap water (ph 7+), I am thinking that the spraying led to a local increase in the pH at the leaves. Do you think that it is generally possible to alter the pH of the medium just by spraying water on top of the leaves?