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Gardening

mopinko

(72,015 posts) Mon Dec 24, 2012, 02:49 PM Dec 2012

anyone know of an aphid +/or white fly attractant? [View all]

got the lights set up trying to salvage some late starting hot peppers.
got good sticky traps, but the don't seem to be charming these guys. sap eaters, so sugar? syrup?
anybody?

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anyone know of an aphid +/or white fly attractant? [View all] mopinko Dec 2012 OP

See if you can pick up some ladybirds (trans. ladybugs) intaglio Dec 2012 #1

basil wrks as a trap crop for greenhouse whitefly oldhippydude Dec 2012 #2

Whenever I have had aphids, Curmudgeoness Dec 2012 #3

Are the traps yellow? We used to use large, bright yellow sticky traps in a greenhouse. pinto Dec 2012 #4

that's the one. mopinko Dec 2012 #5

Ahhh....aphids kurtzapril4 Jan 2013 #6