Guest guest Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 Hi all For those of you in South Florida...have you noticed the white flies lately? I'm worried about my plants. I have a baby ylang ylang tree and other scented beauties in my backyard and I've seen these flies..anyone know anything or have a natural repellent? Thanks Isis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 Hi Isis, I don't post often cos' I'm a perfumery bebe, but I enjoy reading about others' adventures. I might have something to finally contribute. I'm not from Florida, but I grew up in Southern California and my mom had a huge garden. White flies multiply so fast that topical stuff doesn't work well and who wants to use chemicals. Here's our trick. White flies are attracted to yellow, so use anything yellow, like yellow plastic cups. Using an old paintbrush, coat the cups with a product from your garden center called " Tanglefoot " and use a few cups for a large plant, place them fairly close to the plant on stakes. When the cup is ooated with white flies, replace with a new Tanglefooted cup. It's not pretty, but it works! : ) HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011  Hi all For those of you in South Florida...have you noticed the white flies lately? I'm worried about my plants. I have a baby ylang ylang tree and other scented beauties in my backyard and I've seen these flies..anyone know anything or have a natural repellent? Thanks Isis I noticed them more earlier in the summer, but I haven't seen any lately. I've been having problems with aphids on my hibiscus, and I just found two leaf rollers on my cannas this afternoon(squished em'). They seem to just fly away whenever I try to spray them with any organic control, but I've noticed that after a while they seem to go away on their own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 Hi Deb, And THANKS! Home Depot here I come, I'll look for that product...I also did some research, and ladybugs work well also. They recommend you plant things that attract them, and you can always order ladybugs from a supplier...those bugs are gross multipliers and can destroy a garden, but they don't bite people. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 , Those bugs are nasty too..I hadn't seen white flies at all this summer...seems they're just migrating to my area... Isis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 > > , > Those bugs are nasty too..I hadn't seen white flies at all this > summer...seems they're just migrating to my area... > Isis > >They are doing the 'wave' LOL! The pests down here in Florida are no joke. The only problems I ever had in any of my outdoor gardens in Illinois was and occasional munching by Japanese beetles. But other than that-nothing. Down here, the bugs are out of control! I guess that's part of living in a year round warm climate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 Ooh you are so right, the price to pay for living in Florida....now if we could only get rid of all the palmetto's it would truly be paradise...those things freak me out, they just don't exist on Long Island...my exterminator comes every month to just to make sure I'm not standing on a chair screaming!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 ________________________________  Ooh you are so right, the price to pay for living in Florida....now if we could only get rid of all the palmetto's it would truly be paradise...those things freak me out, they just don't exist on Long Island...my exterminator comes every month to just to make sure I'm not standing on a chair screaming!! Oh my god ! Me too! I cant stand them things-and I see them all the time! Major disgust and freak out factor. They are so huge! And persistent! They've escaped roach traps even! Ugh, they disgust me and , well, scare the crap out of me. Is there an official name for giant roach phobia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 >STICKY PAPERS >now here there are ones I never saw but like a washed out sap green with a little turquoise tint. >They like the fruit trees then spread to the roses and are deadly to the blossoms like the little caterpillar that >tries to always hatch in the rose bud..... >HAPPY HALLOWEEN >or >Dia De Las Muertes >or other causes to celebrate the coming of the cold times. >Bb > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 Oh my god ! Me too! I cant stand them things-and I see them all the time! Major disgust and freak out factor. They are so huge! And persistent! They've escaped roach traps even! Ugh, they disgust me and , well, scare the crap out of me. Is there an official name for giant roach phobia? Yes, . It's a movie called Joe's Apartment. :0) Sonsa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 ________________________________ Yes, . It's a movie called Joe's Apartment. :0) Sonsa I could never get myself to watch that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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