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  • #1

    How's yer whitefly?

    Or rather, how're your brassicas? Mine are normally caked in the white stuff, but I've just picked a carrier bag full of kale, PSB and cabbage and ... nada. Not a single one

    We had a very mild winter, so I thought they'd be worse, not better.

    Is it just me?

    Or is it really down to the garlic spray?
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.
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    Not seen any around mine yet and I haven't sprayed anything.
    Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

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    • #3
      This is weird. Our white fly mysteriously all died mid winter. The kale is almost totally clear at the mo. Tis very odd. I originally suspected someone spraying but decided that was unlikely. Plus they haven't come back with much of a vengence like you'd expect

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      • #4
        Mine were really badly infested earlier, but had a picking of kale day before yesterday and only a few whitefly - strange. No sprays either.

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        • #5
          Ah. Not my wonder spray then.
          All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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          • #6
            I've noticed a few on my strawberry plants but they weren't far from the kale which was badly infested last year. I pulled the kale up because we were sick to death of eating it. Less plants next time.

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            • #7
              Not seen any but it's not really a problem I get round here, didn't actually realise they could be a problem on PSB.

              Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

              Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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              • #8
                not many whitefly but an infestation of ladybirds..

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                • #9
                  Same here.......whitefly have vamoosed only to be replaced with ladybirds ......
                  S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
                  a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

                  You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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                  • #10
                    Yes the ladybirds seem to of came through the winter really well this year. I have had hundreds on my garden. Not seen any pest either, I guess the ladybirds are doing there job

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                    • #11
                      Whiteflies are attacked by a large number of natural enemies:
                      - parasitic wasps (e.g. Eretmocerus spp., Encarsia spp.)
                      - predatory mites (Amblyseius spp. and Typhlodromus spp.)
                      - predatory thrips
                      - lacewings
                      - rove beetles
                      - ladybird beetles

                      So if you garden without pesticides, you're going to have some of those lovely natural defenders
                      All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                      • #12
                        Saw our first bit of ladybird porn the other day. It's a beautiful thing
                        Last edited by Shadylane; 27-03-2012, 09:38 PM.

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                        • #13
                          They take their time don't they ? unlike the wood pigeons
                          S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
                          a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

                          You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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                          • #14
                            At first yeah, but then they really go for it.

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                            • #15
                              WE have some whitefly on the kale, but not a huge amount.

                              we have HUNDREDS of ladybirds!! They seem to have overwintered under our decking along with a load of snails!

                              Agree with the "pull up the kale, sick of it" but coping OK so far - not sure I'll grow it next year though!
                              If the river hasn't reached the top of your step, DON'T PANIC!

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