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Old 25-07-2008, 06:23 PM
sockiescat sockiescat is offline
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Marie Dodge;806084 Ok guys, my tomatoes are still covered with whitefly and their small green
babies that look like minute aphids. My friend, looking at them today, said
she believes they also have spider mites. Her eyesight is better than mine.
The NeemOil did almost nothing nor did the Seven dust or Malathion or
Bug-Be-Gone. I also sprayed the garden with 1 Tbs. Epsom Salt per gallon of
water and if anything, the failed peppers and infested tomatoes look worse
today. Any suggestions to save our crops this year? The squash are too far
gone with millions of white fly and borers. The squash crop will be removed
and burned tomorrow. It's impossible to get the sprays under all the many
thousands of leaves. Suggestions anyone... other than to torch the three
entire gardens.

sounds lilke u tried almost everything and nothing helped u . one thing that
some of the old time gardeners used to use back when they didnt have
bug powders was good old fashioned flour that u use to make bread with.
try using white flour and see what happens. to what i understand the bugs
ingest the flour but arent able to digest it properly and therefore eventually
die off. good luck. cyaaaa, sockiescat.