1 [[!meta title="Dealing with Greenhouse Whiteflies"]]
3 This weekend, I finally got around to dealing with the
4 [Greenhouse whitefly](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_whitefly)
5 infestation we've had on the basil and mint in the kitchen window.
7 [Pyrethrin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrethrin)-based
8 insecticides, but eventually the whiteflies came back.
10 After a bit of research, it appears that insecticide resistance is a
11 fairly common occurrence with whiteflies, and other alternative
12 approaches are needed to manage the infestation. In our case, since
13 the plants are relatively small, I opted for drowning the plants for a
14 few moments, and then putting yellow sticky traps out. Hopefully this
15 will at least let the basil come back and keep the whiteflies under
18 [[!agimg 2013/11_November/whiteflies/whitefly_card.jpg ]]