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Can anyone identify this pest please?

Pheonix026Pheonix026 Posts: 6
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Hi all,

         I have this pest on all my baskets now, front and back. I ave tried a general pest spray but it doesn't help. Please can anyone identify it from the pictures I've added. 

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  • Pheonix026Pheonix026 Posts: 6

    Thanks. My spray says it does white fly. Perhaps I need a different brand. 

  • Pheonix026Pheonix026 Posts: 6

    Never heard of that one. Off to consult google. I got it last year but only on the front baskets. It killed off the calibrachoa and almost did the geraniums. Sadly it's on my back baskets too this year. Pests eh.

  • Pheonix026Pheonix026 Posts: 6

    Perhaps Saturday's thunderstorm will be of some use too then image

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,131

    The thing about whitefly is that even when they're dead they don't disappear immediately - their little corpses stay on the plants - so you might have finished them off already and a good downpour will wash them away. image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Pheonix026Pheonix026 Posts: 6

    Thanks for the hope Dove.image

  • greenferngreenfern Posts: 2

    Considering the Met office are dealing with nature, which is uncontrollable, their forecasts are pretty accurate. The Country file programme have their forecasts done by the Met office.

    The rain they predict will help wash away your whitefly though.

  • Malcolm ButterworthMalcolm Butterworth Posts: 1

    Try a small amount of washing up liquid in a spray, I do my plants every day and it gets rids of most pests and is safe around animals.image

  • Pheonix026Pheonix026 Posts: 6

    Thanks, Malcolm. Sounds much cheaper too.

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