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On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 01:13:17 GMT, "Lois"
wrote: For the third year in a row my tomatoes and cucumbers are being destroyed by white flies. I've used Safer soap, Bayer Bug be Gone, and now Bonide Eight Insect control. This last has helped but not completely rid the plants of the bugs. It is expensive to use a lot. Does anyone know of anything I could use next year before the first flies appear to prevent them from doing any damage. When I moved into the house I am in now, the white fly population was out of control. No, really, out of control. There were so many of the little buggers, that when they massed on my screen door at night, they cast a shadow. One of my neighbors walked through her yard to her car with a dust mask on because she was tired of having them get into her nose and mouth. I convinced the neighbors on either side of me to stop using pesticides for a while, and I started buying and releasing lady bugs. After the first couple of releases, there was a perceptible drop in the white fly plague. The next spring, I started early, and we had even fewer white flies that summer. The third summer I didn't have to release any lady bugs, and we didn't have but a normal white fly population. Now I occasionally see a plant with white fly, but it's nothing a bit of soapy water in a spray bottle can't handle. My success with the white fly is one reason I've looked so hard for a beneficial that will help control the spit! thrip population. Penelope |
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