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| this is not a happy picture can you see the white dots on the leaves whitefly consarn it do you have a solution? |
Oh dear. I am very embarrassed. I have only just realised that the last two posts read 'my, myself and i' instead of 'me, myself and i'. Ooops. I guess I should explain that this mini-series of posts is a project to stave off loneliness whilst CNN is away. I must be having success as I've not bednested at all so far....
So when you first met the girls life was good. Cherry, Minty, Corrie, Basil and Little P had moved into their flat share. It was a tight fit but they were all happy on their windowsill. However, their evil landlords decided that one of the girls should move out onto the Juliet balcony (a description that allows real estate agents to claim a property has a balcony when it only has a half-hearted imitation of one). Cherry volunteered - she was the biggest and thought she was the toughest too. The first two weeks out there were great - no more squabbling with the girls about space (can you imagine four ladies and one cramped bathroom? It was a nightmare!) and plenty of peace and quiet. Things took a turn for the worse on Sunday when she saw a few whiteflies and things gradually spiralled out of control despite bathing in neem oil like her mama taught her. [begin narrator's voice here] What will happen to Cherry? Will she survive the deadly whitefly attack? Tune in next week to find out.
Poor Cherry. It can't be any fun out there. The wuss in me feels itchy every time I go out to water her - even thinking about it makes me itch. I am doing a neem oil solution spray every five days as advised by the internets - does anyone else have any tips?
So when you first met the girls life was good. Cherry, Minty, Corrie, Basil and Little P had moved into their flat share. It was a tight fit but they were all happy on their windowsill. However, their evil landlords decided that one of the girls should move out onto the Juliet balcony (a description that allows real estate agents to claim a property has a balcony when it only has a half-hearted imitation of one). Cherry volunteered - she was the biggest and thought she was the toughest too. The first two weeks out there were great - no more squabbling with the girls about space (can you imagine four ladies and one cramped bathroom? It was a nightmare!) and plenty of peace and quiet. Things took a turn for the worse on Sunday when she saw a few whiteflies and things gradually spiralled out of control despite bathing in neem oil like her mama taught her. [begin narrator's voice here] What will happen to Cherry? Will she survive the deadly whitefly attack? Tune in next week to find out.
Poor Cherry. It can't be any fun out there. The wuss in me feels itchy every time I go out to water her - even thinking about it makes me itch. I am doing a neem oil solution spray every five days as advised by the internets - does anyone else have any tips?
reminds me of my peas in winch house.. they had aphids (eggs?) and i just flicked them off every day xP still sprouted yummy pods
ReplyDeleteHey dude - thanks for the advice because I now have aphids all over my coriander! There's WAY too many to flick off although I am trying to kill as many as I can. I've moved the coriander away from the other herbs because the parsley was getting a few too. I don't think I have the skills to grow coriander because the one I had in London died too - slug+snail infestation that time. The tomato plant is still covered in whitefly. :( Can't pick them off because they just fly away....
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