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[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

The leaves of my zucchini have tiny bugs on them and the interbutts tells me it’s whiteflies.

Guess I’m about to be mixing a soapy water solution and painting paper strips yellow to make sticky traps with Vaseline and dish soap.

Edit: ok apparently soapy water is harmful to plants

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 points 2 hours ago

Crushed a few by hand but they fly away fast