From: Don Armstrong Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 01:00:54 +0000 (-0800) Subject: Merge branch 'master' of ssh://git.donarmstrong.com/sites/git/don X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?p=don.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=91c90e1f154c271c7b847bbc71695954c9ddcacc;hp=9f25cd26f55570a060e824bd637e8a3ade8eb94e Merge branch 'master' of ssh://git.donarmstrong.com/sites/git/don --- diff --git a/posts/dealing_with_greenhouse_white_flies.mdwn b/posts/dealing_with_greenhouse_white_flies.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..36dc1b8 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/dealing_with_greenhouse_white_flies.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +[[!meta title="Dealing with Greenhouse Whiteflies"]] + +This weekend, I finally got around to dealing with the +[Greenhouse whitefly](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_whitefly) +infestation we've had on the basil and mint in the kitchen window. +We've previously tried +[Pyrethrin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrethrin)-based +insecticides, but eventually the whiteflies came back. + +After a bit of research, it appears that insecticide resistance is a +fairly common occurrence with whiteflies, and other alternative +approaches are needed to manage the infestation. In our case, since +the plants are relatively small, I opted for drowning the plants for a +few moments, and then putting yellow sticky traps out. Hopefully this +will at least let the basil come back and keep the whiteflies under +wraps. + +[[!agimg 2013/11_November/whiteflies/whitefly_card.jpg ]] + +[[!tag house]] diff --git a/tags/house.mdwn b/tags/house.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5cba67e --- /dev/null +++ b/tags/house.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +[[!meta title="pages tagged house"]] + +[[!inline pages="tagged(house)" actions="no" archive="yes" +feedshow=10]]