Forum area for discussing hybridizing tomatoes in technical terms and information pertinent to trait/variety specific long-term (1+ years) growout projects.
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September 19, 2012 | #27 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10
Posts: 9,283
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Believe you me, you are preaching to the choir on this one! I know all about the smothering, all the various instars, and what stages in the life cycle the whiteflies are stationary and when they become mobile, I know to spray early or very late to avoid leaf frying, I just said 2 times because I think you mentioned it, but I really need to keep it up every 4 days for the entire season. I know the soap ruptures the wax they have on their soft bodies as well as the oil smothering them. It only takes one whitefly feeding on your tomato for 15 minutes to give the plant TYLCV, then that tomato is done. Better pull it or other whiteflies will feed from it and hop to your next tomato to feed. I also know it is the silverleaf whitefly that gets tomatoes, called that because it turns cabbage leaves silver. It is much smaller in size than some of the other types, but not smaller in destruction. It also likes other nightshades such as eggplant, as well as many weed types. In our neighborhood we also have ficus whiteflies devastating our landscaping bushes, spiral whiteflies are the new kids on the block, and they have made themselves at home in a big way, on bananas, some types of oak trees, etc. I make yellow sticky traps out of solo cups I spray yellow, then coat with vaseline, because they are attracted to yellow, and they fly into it and stick there. All that "knowing" and our neighborhood is still infested! -Marsha |
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