Protecting my crops, what do i need?

[Lotsaveg]

Just wanted to say thank you Lotsaveg. I e-mailed as you suggested and got a very polite and helpful reply after only a couple of hours and they are sending me a sample.

That's great! It'll be interesting to see what you think of the net. I'm wondering whether to use it as a throw over my currants this year rather than constructing a cage.

[womble]

The cabbage whitefly won't be influenced by marigolds because they have specific host plants, mainly brassicas, but also some weeds such as sow thistle.

The glasshouse whitefly is attracted to yellow/orange colours which is why sticky traps work so well. I'm convinced that it's the colour of the marigold flowers that attract the whitefly to the petals and therefore reduce the numbers that land on your other plants.

Not true for me. When I have marigolds in the greenhouse, I literally have no whitefly in there at all. But before I have the marigolds in there I do have some.

So the marigolds drive them out, not attract them.

I've sent off for some of the veggiethrow stuff. I hope the sample is big enough to fit over the carrot bed

[Kristen]

Not true for me. When I have marigolds in the greenhouse, I literally have no whitefly in there at all. But before I have the marigolds in there I do have some.

Marigolds do seem to reduce Whitefly in my greenhouse, but they are still a problem.

What variety do you grow?

and How may? (how does one measure that? per greenhouse area/size perhaps? per Tomato plant perhaps?)

I hope the sample is big enough to fit over the carrot bed

Good job you don't have a carrots bed then

[womble]

Marigolds do seem to reduce Whitefly in my greenhouse, but they are still a problem.

What variety do you grow?

and How may? (how does one measure that? per greenhouse area/size perhaps? per Tomato plant perhaps?)


Good job you don't have a carrots bed then

My carrot can get a bit lonely

I have a 10x6 greenhouse and put around 15 marigold plants in there, just basic french marigolds, they always smell alot. Always grown from seed.

Before they flower I get a build up of aphids on the chillies etc, but after they flower they all disappear, from predators brought in by the flowers I presume.

Before the marigolds go in, or just as they go in, I do get some whitefly, but then they go away very soon.

[Kristen]

10 x 6 greenhouse / 15 Marigolds = 4

I grow two trays, 20 plants each. My greenhouse if 30' x 10' = 7.5

I obviously don't smell as much as I need to!

I try growing twice as many this year, and hopefully I'll be in with a shot

[CaroltheCarrot]

Send an email to [email protected] and ask for a sample of the new product called VeggieThrow. They'll send you some FOC. This performed amazingly at the local allotments last year.

O my word, I recieved an email within 15 minutes, am well impressed, Thank you for this

[Lotsaveg]

Not true for me. When I have marigolds in the greenhouse, I literally have no whitefly in there at all. But before I have the marigolds in there I do have some.

So the marigolds drive them out, not attract them.

I'd really be interested to hear if they do as it was quite amazing how the undersides of the marigold flowers were covered in them. You couldn't see them from above.

The other thing that might have occurred was that the adult whitefly had died after laying their eggs and the tiny larvae were busily developing on the undersides of your plant leaves. Did the whitefly return about 6 weeks after you saw the first lot since this would be the time it takes for the next generation to emerge.

[womble]

No I just don't see whitefly after the marigolds go in. None.

[Florence Fennel]

O my word, I recieved an email within 15 minutes, am well impressed, Thank you for this

I'm well impressed too, thanks again, the sample arrived today!

[Jono]

I planted about a dozen in a patch about 8ft x 5ft.

Has anyone planted marigolds year after year and noticed a reduction? Having only done it last summer, there's still a chance it could have just been a fluke.

Re spraying with detergent - I think the Ecover stuff's okay, as it is plant based.

[Bren In Pots]

Just wanted to say thank you Lotsaveg. I e-mailed as you suggested and got a very polite and helpful reply after only a couple of hours and they are sending me a sample.

FF did they give you a price ? I've tried looking on google but nothings coming up.

[bearded bloke]

air rifle for the pigeons!

And a good supply of Stout to marinade them in