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Old October 19, 2017   #273
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Originally Posted by tryno12 View Post
Bill, "I am hoping the whiteflies are thinning out enough to let them survive when they sprout." is that the bug that will eat a 1/2 of a plants foliage overnight, whether it be a flower, fern, pepper plant etc? Seems as if i can control them w/Neem but it is costly and every other night..........too much work - but it sure makes me mad to see the destruction!!
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Pete
You are probably dealing with some type of caterpillar or grasshoppers. Sevin will work very fast on the caterpillars and may kill the grasshoppers. Permethrin will work on some grasshoppers that were eating my citrus but you have to spray them to kill them.
Since it is getting so many types of plants I would suspect those foliage caterpillars that show up every year and they can defoliate a plant if left unchecked. BT will work somewhat but it is slower and not as deadly on them as Sevin. If I was losing foliage like that I would go straight to the Sevin and see if that stops them but you do have a waiting time after using it.

Bill
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