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HELP bugs

16 years ago

Hey guys and gals. I was just checking out my peppers that i bought from homedepot a week ago and i found small white bugs on the top leaves on all 6 plants! Any home remedies ? I am to broke to bye anything until next month and i would like to save these peppers!!

Comments (8)

  • 16 years ago

    Please describe in detail.

    Beyond that, the most likely are aphids. Squish or brush off.

  • 16 years ago

    Sounds like White flies.
    Major hassle.
    Since your broke all you can do is spray them with a soap solution EVERY DAY as the eggs hatch etc.
    They are very hard to control.
    I use Wasps-very expensive.
    Only thing I've found the really puts a hurt on the white flies.
    Ladybugs don't eat whiteflies as far as I can tell from experiance.Either that or they reproduce faster than the ladybugs can eat them.

    1-2 tablespoons of fragrance free dishsoap-soap only nothing in it-no antibacterial etc. stuff.
    1qt. water.

    Pray and then rinse plants so it doesn't build up.

    Here is a link that might be useful: bug soap

  • 16 years ago

    Thank you for the soap idea! I clipped most of the leaves that had them on it. They almost looked like a small beetle. Dont know how else to explain them. They seemed to all have disappeared. I sprayed with warm water after i pruned the infected leaves. There were still a few i couldnt vacuum off :). Yes i used a vacuum :). But now i see none so ill check in the morning and if i see some ill post a picture.

  • 16 years ago

    Bugs came back the next day. I found a book with home make bug killer in it and it worked great. If anyone wants the recipe let me know.

  • 16 years ago

    Might as well post the recipe.
    I might need it one day...
    Homemade stuff that works is always good. :)
    Start a new post so it will come up in a search without someone having to read a bunch of similar posts before finding your recipe.
    Call it something like homemade bug poison or whatever.
    Then it should come right up in a search.

  • 16 years ago

    It was said: "Sounds like White flies."

    Doubt that very much. Whiteflies are on the undersides of the leaves, not the tops. 2nd, the adults would fly off the minute someone picked up the plant.

  • 16 years ago

    He said"white bugs" so I don't remember anything else that was white attacking my plants.
    White flies on my plants were both under and on top of leaves along with on the stems too.
    A lot of them fly when you get near the plants but a lot stay put.
    Might depend on how bad the infestation is as to where you see them.
    My plants were covered with both aphids(green,pink or tan colored) and white flies(white and now dark brown or black).
    Now both Aphids and white flies are mummies.

    Wasps are expensive but worked great.
    Fun to watch too.

  • 16 years ago

    White "bugs" on top of leaves could also be cast skins of aphids.

    Pictures usually help with IDs.

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