Yellow sticky whitefly strips

Glenn 50 · April 17, 2010

After years of thinking that hanging yellow sticky strips in my glasshouse for help with whitefly control was hokum I decided to try them.
Within 4 hours there is a cluster of corpses on each so perhaps it does work.
Probably this subject has been talked about plenty of times. If so I have missed it. Anyone else use these strips and are the results worth while?
Cheers
Glenn

**mdvpc** · April 17, 2010

Glenn: I have used them a lot in the glasshouse. When I am not lazy, I have even made my own. They work great!

TZ-OH6 · April 17, 2010

One summer we had a very bad infestation in a small university greenhouse. I tried regular sticky traps, but watched as half of the flies bounced off of new traps, and even more as the traps covered over with flies. I then took yellow solo cups and coated them with Tree Tanglefoot. Nothing bounced off and the cups stayed effective for years. The cups could be placed on the benches mouth down or put on sticks and placed in the pots. Its hard to say if the cups cut down the population faster than they were breeding on the plants, but they sure did catch whiteflies and fungus gnats. I would bump a plant and the cloud of flies mostly went for the cup.

April 17, 2010	#1
Glenn 50 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New Zealand Posts: 224	Yellow sticky whitefly strips After years of thinking that hanging yellow sticky strips in my glasshouse for help with whitefly control was hokum I decided to try them. Within 4 hours there is a cluster of corpses on each so perhaps it does work. Probably this subject has been talked about plenty of times. If so I have missed it. Anyone else use these strips and are the results worth while? Cheers Glenn

April 17, 2010	#2
mdvpc Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 4,386	Glenn: I have used them a lot in the glasshouse. When I am not lazy, I have even made my own. They work great! __________________ Michael

April 17, 2010	#3
TZ-OH6 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mid-Ohio Posts: 847	One summer we had a very bad infestation in a small university greenhouse. I tried regular sticky traps, but watched as half of the flies bounced off of new traps, and even more as the traps covered over with flies. I then took yellow solo cups and coated them with Tree Tanglefoot. Nothing bounced off and the cups stayed effective for years. The cups could be placed on the benches mouth down or put on sticks and placed in the pots. Its hard to say if the cups cut down the population faster than they were breeding on the plants, but they sure did catch whiteflies and fungus gnats. I would bump a plant and the cloud of flies mostly went for the cup.