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submitted 1 week ago by Revan343@lemmy.ca to c/gardening@lemmy.world

These insects are plaguing the hot pepper plants in our greenhouse, and last year they killed the pepper plants that we brought indoors. I haven't noticed them being a problem when it was warmer out, I'm assuming the ladybugs were keeping them down.

How best to deal with them? We have an insecticidal soap that didn't work last year, tobacco plants that I could probably extract nicotine from, or I'm open to buying something if someone has a recommendation.

I live in Alberta, I think we're zone 3, if it helps

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[-] lionelb@expressional.social 1 points 1 week ago

@Revan343

Whiteflies. Jets of water and squidging by hand help.

They are very attracted to yellow sticky pads. Those are more aimed at measurement than control but if you brush the leaves, they will generally land on the glue rather than back on the leaf.

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