I need to kill white flies that just wont die?

JimmiP

JimmiP

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Star Dog said:
What are the white flies?
It could be b@atard thrips or totally harmless sprig tails that pose no threat whatsoever.
Do you have a photo of the white flies?
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Whit flies are little whit flies that sick sap from plants to survive. As they travel from plant to plant the spread diseases, fungi and pollen. They also leave a honeydew type of poo that fungus and mold love starting on.
Go outside this time of year and look at a tomato plant. If you don't see them right off the bat, give the plant a little shake. If they're on it a cloud of them will float up. They get really bad in the midwest this time of year. It's best to kill them all as soon as they show up because they reproduce like wild fire and can really mess your plants up.
 
Star Dog

Star Dog

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Ok its not harmless spring tails then, sounds more like thrips/mites which are b@stards, I'm not familiar with your climate but a thrips tell tale sign is a silvery/shiny trail/s on the leafs.

When I had trouble with them I used smoke bombs x3 over 8/9 days to make sure I'd got everything.

All the best taking care of them!
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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Star Dog said:
Ok its not harmless spring tails then, sounds more like thrips/mites which are b@stards, I'm not familiar with your climate but a thrips tell tale sign is a silvery/shiny trail/s on the leafs.

When I had trouble with them I used smoke bombs x3 over 8/9 days to make sure I'd got everything.

All the best taking care of them!
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White flies are their own thing, thrips are a different bug.
 
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Cyclguy

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Follow up; I am using those yellow sticky pads and they have worked fantastically. I have one next to a plant and after a week it is almost completely covered in several kinds of tiny insects, and my plant does not have an insect or an egg anywhere on it.
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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Cyclguy said:
Follow up; I am using those yellow sticky pads and they have worked fantastically. I have one next to a plant and after a week it is almost completely covered in several kinds of tiny insects, and my plant does not have an insect or an egg anywhere on it.
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In the past, I've had good luck with these things called "spiders;" they hunted down everything and kept it under control, no sprays or sticky pads needed.
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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Destroyer of chairs said:
Right now spiders are my only defence but I got to say it sure does sounds nice to have just a few sheets of yellow doing the job.
I don't hate spiders but don't like getting them on me either.
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When I was a young child I lived in the jungle in Malaysia for about 6 months or so. The first law of the jungle is not whatever you may have heard. The real first law is "whatever eats mosquitoes is on your team. Don't get too worried about how many legs it's got!"
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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If the OP hasn't solved his whitefly problem yet, I would suggest pyrethrin. If still in veg, mix with a horticultural oil, neem oil or Azamax would be excellent options. The oil acts as an extender so you don't have to repeat application to kill young as they hatch.
 
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Destroyer of chairs

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ttystikk said:
When I was a young child I lived in the jungle in Malaysia for about 6 months or so. The first law of the jungle is not whatever you may have heard. The real first law is "whatever eats mosquitoes is on your team. Don't get too worried about how many legs it's got!"
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If it can leave me i a puddle of my own sweat, shit and urine paralysed after one bite I WILL worry no matter if its a mosquito serial killer.

There is a ground breaking invention I've read about in a magazine, that keep mosquitoes away. Check it out:
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