Topic: Whitefly...how do I get them off?

[Looby Loo]

Can anyone tell me how I get whitefly off my greens.  The problem is when I pick my kale and cavalo nero, because the leaves have lots of hiding places for these pesky little critters, I have trouble washing them off.  I must have eaten hundreds that I have missed.  Is there something I can put in the water and soak the greens in to kill the little blighters?

[manicscousers]

we use salty water, seems to work, I know what you mean though, our chinese leaves have them on, too  :-\

[flossy]

   You can get some sticky cards [ most nurseries - though found mine in a local cheapo shop ]

    that you can put on sticks in the ground -  to catch them when you move the leaves ?

    One chap I know used to take the vacuum into the green house - get them all flying and suck
     them up !

    The things we do ? !!      ::)

     floss x

[davyw1]

Stergine wahing up liquid mixed with water suffercates them

[hippydave]

i use Stergine and its fantastic dont know how it works but  it does ;)

[Emagggie]

LoobyLoo, do you mean to rid them on the plot or in cooking? If it's cooking then I do the same as Manics-soak them in salty water. What are left are cooked to death anyhow so I reckon they don't count. ;D I think it's been a very bad year for whitefly this year. Nothing seems to have killed mine off.

[flowerlady]

washing-up liquid here too ... kill 'em with bubbles !!

[Looby Loo]

Emaggie - it's when I'm cooking them that I have problems.  I'm no vegetarian but I'm getting fed up with eating bugs.  Dinner time is like a bush-tucker trial some nights!

Thanks for all the advice.  I'll try all of them and see how I fare.

[theothermarg]

yea I,d say a short soak in salt water then another rinse before cooking
can,t say I fancy eating soapy veg
marg