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Re: white bugs on my squashes-sticky traps

> They sound like white flies. They will sit on the underside of your leaves
> and eat them. I am in Southern California and I had white flies last year
> which seemed to like my lettuce and radishes. I bought some spray to kill
> them but it didn't help. Plus I did't like the idea of spraying lettuce
> leaves which I was going to eat. This year I have not seen a single white fly
> in my garden so I am crossing my fingers. I have not tried the following but
> I have read several articles which says it works. White flies are attracted
> to the color yellow. Several of the catalogs I have (Which I don't have in
> front of me, Sorry) sell yellow cards and a sticky paste which you put on
> them. The flies jump on the sticky yellow card and get stuck there. When the
> yellow paper is filled just throw it away. I have not tried this but I am
> going to if I get the white flies again this year.
>
> Kurt
>
>Make your own sticky traps by taking either yellow plastic drinking cups or
 plates, coating them with vaseline, and placing them in the garden about the
 same height as the foliage of your plants. You can put the cups on top of
 stakes and tack the plates to the stakes.

Mary in Napa
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