White-flies

[RobbieGanjaSeed]

Thought I'd post a pic of the healthiest, plumpest White-flies I ever saw.

The Best Tomato bush I ever grew, black russian varriety was completely destroyed in the end by a relentless wave of the buggers. We've had the most incredible dry weather here for a long, long time. I relaise that can be said for the whole country, so perhaps it's the same everywhere?

 

I used yellow sticky traps, which quickly bogged due to dead white-flie corpses, and resorted to using alternative applications of rogor and carbryl, every few days! Still, all it did was keep the insects at a uniform size. Problem was, a huge population in the bushes of the neighbors plants and weeds. They were so thick that when picking Tomoatoes, I inhaled them, had them in my eyes etc.

 

I've never come across anything remotely like such a imfection. Until now in fact, the only time I've encountered them in any number has been indoors, on grass, and they were considerably smaller and easier to deal with.

 

I stopped spraying the plant, and in no time they had killed it.

 

Nasty beggers.

 

Anyhow, thought the pic might serve as a refference of sorts.

 

cheers

rob

[Pam]

Aw Crap!

There's not even a branch left to clone?

Rotenone or neem will usually do them in but you'll have to spray the neighbors as well.

 

Try some soap in a hose end sprayer mix in some neem if you have it. Just plain old dish detergent. Won't hurt anything but bugs and it softens the soil as well.

[loylty gets u nothing]

oooohhhh

thats a nasty gathering there

the secret to pests is imho

to break the breeding cycle...

that means u need to spray 2 times in a 24 hr period

i like to use eco oil

great stuff

but only my humble opinion

thanks for sharing

bil

[Rose Gardener]

I think that's what is killing my tomato plants!

 

They have been devastated! I'm hoping with some white oil of something they will be able to come back...

 

~M.

[jayoner]

yer this might be my problem aswell, and you think, how could they get into a decently secure grow closet, even i took out all the plants and lights, bleached the whole room, but they cam back no less than a day after.

[jayoner]

yer this might be my problem aswell, and you think, how could they get into a decently secure grow closet, even i took out all the plants and lights, bleached the whole room, but they cam back no less than a day after.