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Originally Posted by Barb_FL
I definitely have whiteflies; I can pretty much turn over a leaf on most of my seedlings/young plants and will see between 3-7 whiteflies. That particular plant does not have more/less whiteflies or leafminer??? damage that others.
I sprayed with Safer Insecticidal soap last week.
I will check for spider mites tomorrow.
Tonight I sprayed all tomato plants/seedlings with Neem Oil (the 100%).
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Barb, don't forget, whiteflies can carry a virus, and if your plant gets it, you have to pull it, it's incurable. Whiteflies are tiny little nightmares. It only takes one infected fly feeding on your plant for 15 minutes to give it a virus. Then more whiteflies feed on that plant, then pass it on to the next one. It's a heartbreak.
So glad you are on it! I suggest you use the neem every 4 days for 3 times to get all the newly hatching ones too, then every 7-10 days after, as a preventive. Also, add a small squeeze of some dish soap, as that ruptures their waxy bodies.