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Old 26-07-2008, 02:28 AM posted to rec.gardens
Marie Dodge Marie Dodge is offline
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Default Whitefly and spider mite infestation


"Jangchub" wrote in message
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On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:34:05 -0500, "Marie Dodge"
wrote:

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.


Get a different hobby. If you used that many poisons and are still
infested with insects, you are not very good at gardening.


And that idiotic insult is supposed to be helpful? I've been gardening for
years and never had an infestation such as this.

Are you
actually planning on eating that food after you used this level of
toxins?


How do you suggest we rid the garden of this infestation? If you have no
sensible answers why do you bother to reply?