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How important to control whitefly?

Scott F Smith
16 years ago

I have one plum tree that is now heavily infested with whiteflies. Should I spray it, or is it best to wait for the natural predators to kick in? There are already quite a few ladbugs at work. In the past I have never sprayed for whitefly but this tree is approaching 100% covered so I am re-thinking that approach. I also never used to spray for aphids until I got some super nasty outbreaks and I had waited too long on them (I still only spray when it is the kind of aphid orgy where you can't even see the leaf surface). If you do spray, what do you use? According to UC Davis it is not good to spray anything that may adversely effect the predators since they are the main control for them.

Scott

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