Re: [CH] whiteflies
Leslie Mandic' (rnonrun@bellsouth.net)
Tue, 01 Aug 2000 12:39:24 -0400
Interesting! I thought about something like this.. Here in Louisvile I must
have visited 20 nurseries and all the big home supply guys and They sure dig
those chemicals here in this town! I guess its all that green lawn syndrome. I
finally settled for clear white strips about 2 X 8 inches. my son couldn't
even find them in the window except now they are covered with fungus gnats and such.
--leslie
Chet Bacon wrote:
>
> What I used, although some thought it was only an indicator, was white fly
> traps. You can make you own if you can not find thses, by taking yellow plastic
> and smearing "tangle foot" on the yellow. Hang it away from your plants by a
> couple feet, I made mind about 12" square and bent up a piece of brass rod so it
> had a hook at the end. In one day the thing was covered, so I made more and ran
> them through out the rest of the summer into the fall.
> They make a stystemic <sp> white fly powder that you sprinkle on the affected
> areas. The stuff stops at the stem of the pepper, or so research said.
> Hope it helps, the yellow flags work to trap them, they sure got slowed down!
> Chet