I have been successfull by using just home made sticky traps in the past. Yellow plastic coated with vassaline, and placed at the base of the plants, and depending on the size of the plants on some of the leaves. Don't vcover every square inch with them, but a gennerous amount of them will take care of the problem. It has worked for me on more than one occasion.

Don't be affraid to put them where you see high concentrations of them. You can also spray the plants with a good stream of water from the hose to help knock them off before you put the traps down.

If you have yellow fruit (squash) you might even want to cover them with a bag so they are attracted to your traps and not your fruits/veggies.

Best of luck!

Justin

Thanks Justin,

I have the traps hung up on the tomato cages, 3 ft lowest and on rebar stakes at about that height. From what you said I will try putting them much lower. My puppy is just going to love having them within reach! ;)))))

Thanks again,
Chris

Hi Chris - The link below is to several posts on controlling whiteflies. I was going to just link you to one I recalled but several of them are quite good so just linked the whole list. ;)

And several of them have some good tips - like lacewings, hosing off the larvae, the mix of soap and oil in a hose end sprayer one, etc. - plus some other recipes to check out.

Just scroll down to the posts with the blue borders.

Good luck.

Dave

Here is a link that might be useful: Whiteflies - controls