hello friends
in today's episode it will see how to control
white flies white flies are white
colored insects that feed on your plants
and are really a menace in your garden because they carry diseases
the first method will see it to get rid of white lies
is to just use water
this hibiscus plant was infested with white flies
and all I did was just uses a water hose
and just hosed it down made sure all the white flies from
the plant were removed and the underside of the leaves were the most affected
so make sure that when you're using this method make sure you
check all the underside of the leaves and then use
a hose and water to just spray down
and remove all the whitefly larvae eggs
as well as the white flies themselves
this method works great when you have a large
area that's infected for example this hibiscus plant was
pretty much all infested with white flies
now sometimes you might have leaves that are very infested with white flies
eggs as well as larvae as well as the white flies themselves
so its easiest to just toss them out and throw them
the second method that will see today to control white flies
is to use a yellow sticky trap now this method works really well
because white flies get attracted to the yellow color
and the go towards it and get stuck
and it works great for
all your vegetable crops and it does really a good job because
it not only captures whiteflies but can also capture aphids
so as you can see here I've tied this
yellow sticky traps next to my tomato plants
and by making sure that white flies are not around
you can ensure healthy vegetables that are growing on your plants
without any diseases
Now the problem with the white flies is that
they carry diseases from one plant to the other
and really infest your garden very quickly
so this yellow sticky trap works really well for this purpose
And the final method we will be seeing today
is by using a product called
Castile soap this product is made by dr bronners
and is available for a pretty cheap price
to use the Castile soap, you first need the product itself
which is natural and organic
very safe to use in your garden and you also need
to use a sprayer like this and which you will be mixing the soap
so what you basically do is open up your sprayer
and then add about a tablespoon of
this Castile soap you don't need to be very perfect with it just
an iron to a bar a tablespoon and then
add some water very slowly you do not want to
create a lot of froth in the your sprayer
before you spray
see some aphids that have infested this kohlrabi plant
and this method is the same whether you're using it for white lies or aphids
the castile soap works very well
and as you can see we are spraying all over
this plant using the Castile oil soap spray
its pretty easy you spray thoroughly and this takes care of most of the
soft-bodied insects like whiteflies and aphids
so I hope you liked this episode and I'd like to know from your YouTubers
how you control your insects in your garden
how do you control white flies, aphids or maybe other soft-bodied insects
do let me know and I'll see you again soon
happy gardening!