Is it my imagination or are the Dwarfs white fly magnets?

nancyruhl · July 8, 2013

I can't believe how consistently the dwarf tomatoes with their rugose foliage are havens for white flies for me. It is not just in my garden here at home. Today I went to the roof top garden I am growing and found the same thing. Shake the plants a little, and there is cloud of white flies buzzing around. They have lots of other choice, but they all seem to congregate on the dwarfs.
Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon?

livinonfaith · July 8, 2013

Yep! A couple were particularly bad. They aren't on any of my others, either.

SharonRossy · July 9, 2013

I'm going to check that out. I've been spraying on a regular basis.

July 8, 2013	#1
nancyruhl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Metro Detroit, Michigan Posts: 1,051	Is it my imagination or are the Dwarfs white fly magnets? I can't believe how consistently the dwarf tomatoes with their rugose foliage are havens for white flies for me. It is not just in my garden here at home. Today I went to the roof top garden I am growing and found the same thing. Shake the plants a little, and there is cloud of white flies buzzing around. They have lots of other choice, but they all seem to congregate on the dwarfs. Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon?

July 8, 2013	#2
livinonfaith Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina Posts: 1,332	Yep! A couple were particularly bad. They aren't on any of my others, either.

July 9, 2013	#3
SharonRossy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Montreal Posts: 1,140	I'm going to check that out. I've been spraying on a regular basis.