I noticed the aphids last weekend and this weekend, they were joined by what I am learning is a similar tomato plant pest: white flies.
This site http://whatcom.wsu.edu/ag/homehort/pest/whiteflies.htm taught me all I need to know– which is: I’m way behind on a control program and better start today.
The writer is in Washington, so I am not certain if what works in the Northwest will also work here in Central south, but we’ll see if water spray to kill adults helps first.
(later that day…)
The ‘hard spray of water from the hose’ knocks the bugs off… but won’t they just come right back? After all, they do have wings. I doubt I succeeded in drowning many in this manner– I am not convinced this will work, but I glad the first intervention was to simple to try.
