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Cole_Robbie · September 13, 2012

Thanks for the link.

I had whiteflies very badly this summer. My 80 y/o grandpa has been farming all of his life, worked 30 years doing agronomy research, and had still never seen whiteflies on tomatoes like I had. They loved the hot drought we had for a summer. A few plants apparently got a virus transmitted by the whiteflies and rapidly died. I reluctantly sprayed with Malathion once, and that helped a lot.

September 13, 2012	#3
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	Thanks for the link. I had whiteflies very badly this summer. My 80 y/o grandpa has been farming all of his life, worked 30 years doing agronomy research, and had still never seen whiteflies on tomatoes like I had. They loved the hot drought we had for a summer. A few plants apparently got a virus transmitted by the whiteflies and rapidly died. I reluctantly sprayed with Malathion once, and that helped a lot.