white fly control

I know this is out of season but am preparing an article for the master
gardener newsletter and thought I would pass on the information. One of our
master gardeners is an herb farmer and sells at the local farmers market.
In her green house she has found pretty good control of her white fly
problem by placing the problem plants in a circle, surrounding the plants
with yellow sticky traps then spraying them with pepper spray. She buys the
pepper spray from Burpee catalog as she must account for any spray she uses
to the state and it is easier to be able to use a product name. However you
could probably make a pepper spray yourself.  When she sprays the pepper
the clouds of white fly rise up and are caught on the sticky traps. She has
to change traps occasionally and of course does it more than one time. She
feels it is worthwhile.  I think this is a pretty snazzy way to rid plants
of the horrid white fly.
She and I both are using neem for other insect control with mixed success.
It is a product that must be applied more than a couple of times also but
we feel we want to stay as organic as we can.
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