Guest guest Posted December 28, 2001 Report Share Posted December 28, 2001 Harebol. I only had a few plants, but this worked very well. Was authorized by a little booklet from Tulasi pujari in L.A. Take Dr. Bronners soap 1T/qt. ratio. you can put plastic over soil and dunk her. but i found it effective to spray. You must spray at all angles. tip pot 45degrees to get under leaves and stems where insects are hiding. I left soap on for a little while before rinsing as whiteflies were bad. Organic farmers don't rinse but this can burn edges of tulasi leaves. For prevention can bathe once a week like this. Until all danger is gone. I sprayed with soap a few times on a daily basis and have seen no whiteflies for two months. a note if eggs have been laid on lower leaf surface, they are harder to get rid of. I sprayed extra hard and it worked. but can also gently rub off with soap mixture very carefully. Just note all tulasis must be cleaned at same time. And their home must also be cleaned at this time. whiteflies run when disturbed but will immediately land back on plant. There is also something called SunSpray Ultra Fine Spray Oil from Gardens Alive 5100 Schenley Place, Lawrenceburg, In. 47025 But if you don't have time to wait, or procrastinate with mail the Dr. Bronners is easily obtainable at the local health food store. Obeisances eka Buddhi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2001 Report Share Posted December 28, 2001 When my wife useed to take care of Tulasi we controlled white flies by use of sticky yellow boards. Paint a piece of cardboard or wood bright yellow and cover it with Stick'um available at greenhouse supply places. Hang the boards between the plants. The white flies are attracted to the yellow and stick to the boards. Make them at least 6"x6" or larger, we may have used foot by foot, but the plants were very full and 3 and 4 feet high. Be careful to leave enough space between the boards and Tulasi so you don't accidentally bump them into the leaves which will also stick to the boards. But within a foot at least. It takes a while to achieve control as it only attracts adult forms, and eggs continue to hatch out for seemingly months afterwards, but after about 6 months you will notice you are catching very few. It helps with damage toTulasi within a couple of weeks as I recollect. Might not be called Stick'um as brands change, memory is fickle and it was a long time ago, but any good greenhouse supply place would have an equivalent, clear tacky substance. Another good greenhouse practice is that either during the winter you clean it up of debris and clutter, all unnecessary stuff, and let it freeze for a couple of weeks, or, alternatively, clean and empty it and close it up tight during the summer and let it over heat to the max for a couple of weeks. This can break the lifecycle of some greenhouse pests. - Noma T. Petroff <npetroff (AT) bowdoin (DOT) edu> ISCOWP (Balabhadra Dasa & Chaya Dasi - USA) <ISCOWP (AT) pamho (DOT) net>; Cow (Protection and related issues) <Cow (AT) pamho (DOT) net> Thursday, December 27, 2001 12:57 PM Tulasi devi - white-fly remedies > Does anyone have suggestions for how to get rid of white flies on Tulasi devi? > I'd very much appreciate some suggestions. > > Thanks! > > your servant, > > Hare Krsna dasi > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2001 Report Share Posted December 31, 2001 Thank you so much! With this information I'm hoping that Tulasi devi can flourish in our home in the new year! Thanks again. your servant, Hare Krsna dasi Ekabuddh (AT) aol (DOT) com wrote: > Harebol. I only had a few plants, but this worked very well. Was > authorized by a little booklet from Tulasi pujari in L.A. > > Take Dr. Bronners soap 1T/qt. ratio. you can put plastic over soil and dunk > her. > but i found it effective to spray. You must spray at all angles. tip pot > 45degrees to get under leaves and stems where insects are hiding. I left > soap on for a little while before rinsing as whiteflies were bad. Organic > farmers don't rinse but this can burn edges of tulasi leaves. For > prevention can bathe once a week like this. Until all danger is gone. I > sprayed with soap a few times on a daily basis and have seen no whiteflies > for two months. > > a note if eggs have been laid on lower leaf surface, they are harder to get > rid of. > I sprayed extra hard and it worked. but can also gently rub off with soap > mixture very carefully. Just note all tulasis must be cleaned at same time. > And their home must also be cleaned at this time. whiteflies run when > disturbed but will immediately land back on plant. > > There is also something called SunSpray Ultra Fine Spray Oil from Gardens > Alive > 5100 Schenley Place, Lawrenceburg, In. 47025 But if you don't have time to > wait, or procrastinate with mail the Dr. Bronners is easily obtainable at the > local health food store. Obeisances eka Buddhi -- Noma Petroff Academic Department Coordinator BOWDOIN COLLEGE Department of Theater & Dance 9100 College Station Brunswick ME 04011-8491 Phone: (207) 725-3663 FAX: (207) 725-3372 e-mail: npetroff (AT) bowdoin (DOT) edu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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