Thread: white fly again
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Old 31-01-2005, 04:41 PM
Nick Maclaren
 
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"Instep" writes:
| Can anyone help with whitefly eradication?
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| I have asked in the past, and was given a tip to soak nettles in a bucket
| and spray with the liquid, but this has not worked.
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| I can use Provado on the flower plants, but not tomato plants etc. in the
| greenhouse.
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| It is getting a bit desperate.

If you stop using toxic chemicals, and spray with soft soap or
washing up liquid and methylated spirits only, you will be able
to introduce Encarsia formosa in a couple of months. It keeps
whitefly under control very well.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.