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White fly

Asked by allotmentbean 8 November 2011 0 replies in Pests
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    Can anyone suggest an organic way to stop or reduce this pest on kale, sprouts cabbage?
    This year I bought 2 ‘packets’ of biological control (Encarsia) with a 2/3 week gap and released them underneath environmesh but that made little or no difference. I wonder if there was just already too many whitefly? Has anyone else tried this?
    The RHS recommend the following organic pesticides:
    – Plant oils (Vitax Organic 2 in 1 Pest and Disease Control, Scotts Bug Clear for Fruit & Veg).
    – Fatty acids (Bayer Organic Pest Control, Doff Greenfly and Blackfly Killer).
    – Plant extracts (Growing Success Fruit & Veg Bug Killer, Growing Success Whitefly Killer, Agralan Whitefly Killer).
    – Pyrethrum (Py Spray Garden Insect Killer concentrate, Scotts Bug Clear Gun for Fruit & Veg).
    Any experience anyone? I haven’t tried any but I prefer to avoid any spray if possible.
    Thanks
    Dave

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