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Whitefly and spider mite infestation Marie Dodge 07-25-2008
Posted by Marie Dodge on July 25, 2008, 1:34 am
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 OK guys, my tomatoes are still covered with whitefly and their small green
babies that look like minute aphids. My friend, looking at them today, said
she believes they also have spider mites. Her eyesight is better than mine.
The NeemOil did almost nothing nor did the Seven dust or Malathion or
Bug-Be-Gone. I also sprayed the garden with 1 Tbs. Epsom Salt per gallon of
water and if anything, the failed peppers (Capsicum L.) and infested tomatoes look worse
today. Any suggestions to save our crops this year? The squash are too far
gone with millions of white fly and borers. The squash crop will be removed
and burned tomorrow. It's impossible to get the sprays under all the many
thousands of leaves. Suggestions anyone... other than to torch the three
entire gardens.


Posted by sockiescat on July 25, 2008, 1:23 pm
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Marie Dodge;806084 Ok guys, my tomatoes are still covered with whitefly
and
their small green
babies that look like minute aphids. My friend, looking at them today,
said
she believes they also have spider mites. Her eyesight is better than
mine.
The NeemOil did almost nothing nor did the Seven dust or Malathion or
Bug-Be-Gone. I also sprayed the garden with 1 Tbs. Epsom Salt per
gallon of
water and if anything, the failed peppers (Capsicum L.) and infested tomatoes look
worse
today. Any suggestions to save our crops this year? The squash are too
far
gone with millions of white fly and borers. The squash crop will be
removed
and burned tomorrow. It's impossible to get the sprays under all the
many
thousands of leaves. Suggestions anyone... other than to torch the
three
entire gardens.

sounds lilke u tried almost everything and nothing helped u :(. one
thing that
some of the old time gardeners used to use back when they didnt have
bug powders was good old fashioned flour that u use to make bread
with.
try using white flour and see what happens. to what i understand the
bugs
ingest the flour but arent able to digest it properly and therefore
eventually
die off. good luck. cyaaaa, sockiescat:).




--
sockiescat

Posted by Jangchub on July 25, 2008, 2:15 pm
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On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:34:05 -0500, "Marie Dodge"

>OK guys, my tomatoes are still covered with whitefly and their small green
>babies that look like minute aphids. My friend, looking at them today, said
>she believes they also have spider mites. Her eyesight is better than mine.
>The NeemOil did almost nothing nor did the Seven dust or Malathion or
>Bug-Be-Gone. I also sprayed the garden with 1 Tbs. Epsom Salt per gallon of
>water and if anything, the failed peppers and infested tomatoes look worse
>today. Any suggestions to save our crops this year? The squash are too far
>gone with millions of white fly and borers. The squash crop will be removed
>and burned tomorrow. It's impossible to get the sprays under all the many
>thousands of leaves. Suggestions anyone... other than to torch the three
>entire gardens.

Get a different hobby. If you used that many poisons and are still
infested with insects, you are not very good at gardening. Are you
actually planning on eating that food after you used this level of
toxins?

Posted by Marie Dodge on July 25, 2008, 9:28 pm
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> On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:34:05 -0500, "Marie Dodge"
>
>>OK guys, my tomatoes are still covered with whitefly and their small green
>>babies that look like minute aphids. My friend, looking at them today,
>>said
>>she believes they also have spider mites. Her eyesight is better than
>>mine.
>>The NeemOil did almost nothing nor did the Seven dust or Malathion or
>>Bug-Be-Gone. I also sprayed the garden with 1 Tbs. Epsom Salt per gallon
>>of
>>water and if anything, the failed peppers and infested tomatoes look worse
>>today. Any suggestions to save our crops this year? The squash are too
>>far
>>gone with millions of white fly and borers. The squash crop will be
>>removed
>>and burned tomorrow. It's impossible to get the sprays under all the many
>>thousands of leaves. Suggestions anyone... other than to torch the three
>>entire gardens.
>
> Get a different hobby. If you used that many poisons and are still
> infested with insects, you are not very good at gardening.

And that idiotic insult is supposed to be helpful? I've been gardening for
years and never had an infestation such as this.

Are you
> actually planning on eating that food after you used this level of
> toxins?

How do you suggest we rid the garden of this infestation? If you have no
sensible answers why do you bother to reply?



Posted by Jangchub on July 26, 2008, 12:10 am
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On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:28:18 -0500, "Marie Dodge"

>And that idiotic insult is supposed to be helpful? I've been gardening for
>years and never had an infestation such as this.

Not idiotic at all. If you used three of the most toxic pesticides on
the market properly and you still have problems with major
infestations you are not a very good gardener. That's not an insult,
it seems to be factual based on what you told us here. If you are
such a great gardener don't you know the reason you are getting
infested with insects? An experienced gardener knows it is a problem
with the soil. Address it and you will have better results. However,
when people say they first went the toxic poison route, it tells me
that person is probably lazy and doesn't want to hear anything other
than what they want to hear.

> Are you
>> actually planning on eating that food after you used this level of
>> toxins?
>
>How do you suggest we rid the garden of this infestation? If you have no
>sensible answers why do you bother to reply?
>

Because I'm basically sick of people and their abuse of poisons and
killing everything in sight. It's disgusting.

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