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and sweet green way to fight pests and encorage wildlife.. more of this please. Try putting pots of marigolds in the greenhouse, you'll never have whitefly again. Also mix herbs in with the veg. I was going to have a separate herb garden but now I'll mix

. All the folige is affected there are only two trusses and they are poor because of the cold in early summer. There is no sign of aphids or whitefly, just small plants and overall pale leaves. I have watered less this year so I dont think

to autumnDealing with common garden pestsMealybugsWhiteflyLeaf miner flyEuonymus scale

persimilis on to your plants. Alternatively, use sprays containing, fatty acids or plant oils.houseplants, greenhouse plants, also outdoors on fuchsias, runner beans, busy lizzies, grape vinesall year roundMore common garden pestsMealybugsScale insectsWhiteflyThrips

that they struggle to have enough legroom and I'm sure it makes them more prone to that horrible mealy whitefly that brassicas get so often. It probably means that they don't sprout and shoot as much as they could too, which bothers me a lot as there's nothing

indoors because they always get covered in whitefly, even if I spray them, then the leaves drop off and nothing grows again in spring. Sorry, that sounds a bit unhelpfull. The hardy ones outside do pretty well. Thanks for your comments and advice

gardener at a stately home   The only problem I ever had was whitefly - sadly I couldn't take them with me and the ex doesn't have green fingers  OK, I take it back, I've just seen this http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk

water but can't remember what this was meant to cure. Any hints and fit tips for safe pesticides. I have a dog so need to watch what chemicals we use. Fit tips = DIY tips. Seems I can't spell when it gets late. Apologies! RHS advice on whitefly: http

the boiling water idea to start with and disinfect the bin when I turn the compost http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/united-kingdom/9575-tiny-white-worms-compost-bin.htmlMaybe they're not whitefly. Hmm food for thought - his description seems to match but others

beetle, part of a rather neglected group of small to, in this case, tiny species in the same family - Coccinellidae. And although it is very tiny indeed, it has been used, like other ladybirds, as a biocontrol agent, against whitefly in California. It may