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Cherry Global Moderator Posts: 17,970	White Fly Aug 10, 2015 16:48:13 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cherry on Aug 10, 2015 16:48:13 GMT That has not been mentioned and seems like good advice ste b.

ste b Senior Member New member Posts: 368	White Fly Aug 10, 2015 17:50:43 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ste b on Aug 10, 2015 17:50:43 GMT It worked for me Cherry , I had never used one before will be using one again next feb before I put my cuttings in , I've had a touch of black fly this season thats coming in from outside, because I have always got the big door open

sweetpea Top Member Posts: 5,982	White Fly Aug 10, 2015 21:54:54 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sweetpea on Aug 10, 2015 21:54:54 GMT I can't use smoke bombs cos of frogs in g'house. Anyway once the g'house has been sterilised the insects need access for pollination and whitefly can return.
	I'll get around to it eventually

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Aug 10, 2015 21:54:54 GMT sweetpea said:

I can't use smoke bombs cos of frogs in g'house.
Anyway once the g'house has been sterilised the insects need access for pollination and whitefly can return.

Yes sweet pea white fly can return and you have more of a chance of getting on top of them it's better than starting with a infestation , can't you persuade your frogs to go under water for a night.

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Aug 8, 2015 19:44:00 GMT daitheplant said:

The problem with nematodes is they are living organisms and as such will not wipe out their food supply. Interplant your toms and melons with some Tagetes.

Dai - I am sorry to contradict you but Encarsia Formosa isn't a nematode - it is a parasitic wasp that lays its eggs in the white fly scales. There does need to be whitefly present for it to work but once it does the Whitefly population does go down drastically. It is the best form of control in my greenhouse - Tagetes have not worked for me in the past .

www.biological-control.co.uk/#/encarsia/4534683560

I love my greenhouses!

esther Top Member Posts: 2,677	White Fly Aug 11, 2015 6:29:08 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by esther on Aug 11, 2015 6:29:08 GMT I wouldn't like to use a smoke bomb in my veggie greenhouse
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ste b Senior Member New member Posts: 368	White Fly Aug 11, 2015 9:13:43 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ste b on Aug 11, 2015 9:13:43 GMT Aug 11, 2015 6:29:08 GMT esther said: I wouldn't like to use a smoke bomb in my veggie greenhouse Thats the problem with them everything has to be cleared out, you can not leave any plants in there, the wasp idea sounds good .

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Aug 10, 2015 22:20:58 GMT ste b said:

Aug 10, 2015 21:54:54 GMT sweetpea said:

I can't use smoke bombs cos of frogs in g'house.
Anyway once the g'house has been sterilised the insects need access for pollination and whitefly can return.

Yes sweet pea white fly can return and you have more of a chance of getting on top of them it's better than starting with a infestation , can't you persuade your frogs to go under water for a night.[/quote]

No need as I don't have any problem with whitefly or indeed any fly including greenfly.
I don't use sprays or anything but somehow either by accident or design I tend not to get many problems with 'Pests' in the greenhouse.
The only time I used a smoke bomb was about 20 years or so ago when I got a 'New' (second hand) g'house and I wanted to start it off clean.
I did once get RSM on cucumbers and some Busy lizzies but they didn't cause me any lack of sleep and they soon went after spraying water over.

I'll get around to it eventually

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