Any non-labor intensive, cheap/free methods of supressing a whitefly infestation on an indoor plant?


ive tried the leave it outside thing, and it aint work to well

7/25/2006 10:07:55 PM

i have some insecticidal soap around here somewhere you can use

7/25/2006 11:27:54 PM

Gas + Matches

7/26/2006 9:13:37 AM

are those the little gnat things?

make sure your plant isn't getting too much water, the larvae can only survive if the soil is wet. let the plant dry out a little and the bugs will start to disappear.

7/26/2006 9:16:45 AM

GET OUT WHITEY!!

7/26/2006 9:46:35 AM

Call up the entomology dept at NCSU. It's under Ag Sci. I believe you take the soil out, clean the roots with water, replant it. Do not put any water in for the first day or so. Make sure the soil is not wet too.

There's some solution you can make with salt gbut i don't remember what it was. It's been 10 years.

7/26/2006 10:34:52 AM

Matters BHS, what do you got them on, 1st.

7/26/2006 12:43:58 PM

you can check the extension service website at ces.ncsu.edu. when we were in the nursery business we occasionally had problems with whiteflies and they could be hard to deal with.

7/26/2006 4:13:57 PM

have you tried sevin dust?

7/26/2006 4:15:24 PM

^^^a Rudbeckia, an aster

the population has just exploded in the past week, there no crippling of the plant (yet) but the flies are unsightly

^i aint tried that, im hoping a hardcore pesticide is a last resort

i dont think white flies lay their eggs in the soil, those are gnats

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7/26/2006 4:16:49 PM

Doesn't spraying mild soap/detergent solution on plants usually take care of that?

[Edited on July 26, 2006 at 4:49 PM. Reason : a]

7/26/2006 4:48:19 PM

for the adults it does i think, but for the larva and eggs ... they are tricky

i hate these things..but they are kinda cute when u move the plant they fly away in a little white cloud

7/26/2006 10:36:59 PM

^^thats what i thought. we had some on some plants at home, and the darn things never really went away. i think the soap helped though? cant remember what actually worked, i'll ask.

^and yes, kind of..

7/26/2006 11:03:18 PM

what the fuck is a whitefly?

7/26/2006 11:13:25 PM