Topic: White fly!

[Tiny Clanger]

All over the brassicas. Suggestions?

Do the "control eco friendly" sprays work? I really don't want to start boiling garlic, it makes everywhere in the house stink 

[IanDH]

I also do not enjoy boiling garlic.  Have been using a mix 2-3 tablespoons horticultural soap, 10ish drops peppermint oil made up to 1 litre for spray.  Has worked OK - does need reapplying every week or so and the heavy rain does not help.  On the plus side smells much better than garlic spray.

Has also been stopping voles eating the beetroot.

[Paulh]

With the eco (and other sprays?) the liquid has to make contact with the pests, so effective spraying when they are on the underside of leaves or in curled over leaf edges is difficult. My Tuscan kale gets a little white fly most years and to be honest unless it's too much, I live with it. Wash the leaves well, what's bad about a little more protein and don't tell the vegetarians.

[Tiny Clanger]

 

[Tiny Clanger]

Thanks for the suggestion.  I'll have a go.  Just hate to see those white clouds erupt every time I go in the cabbage tent

[Vinlander]

This was the first year that all my tomatoes got whitefly. I don't think it had a huge effect on the yield, but the plants were so sticky - horrible to handle and I'm always annoyed by tomato leaves velcro-ing their leaves together, but this time it was a real nuisance.

I may have to smuggle my wife's Dyson into the polytunnel next year - to keep the buggers down.

Cheers.