Oh, that smells good. Do you also like to smell the fresh scent of lemon or mint? Luckily, whiteflies don't share your taste. Therefore, some plants that contain a lot of essential oils are very good for driving the pests away. This article gives you an overview of recommended varieties.
Whiteflies don't like basil at all
Plants with essential oils
- basil
- thyme
- celery
- lettuce
The herbs and vegetables mentioned emit certain scents that the white fly abhors. Lettuce and celery are ideal for integrating into the vegetable patch. However, be careful with lettuce as it attracts aphids. These pests are also noticeable through honey or powdery mildew on the leaves. You can also cultivate thyme and basil indoors on the windowsill.
Plants that attract predators
- marigold
- cornflower
- wild herbs
- marigolds
If you want to be sure that the whiteflies don't just move away from the affected plant and move to a neighboring plant at a safe distance, you should lure natural predators into the garden. The parasitic wasp or the hover fly are ideal for this. They do not harm your other plants. However, by feeding on the whiteflies, they conscientiously reduce the population. As a gardener, you also make an important contribution to the fight against insect mortality by giving the predators a home.
Suitable plants for a plant brew
- basil
- nettles
- garlic
While plants with scents only fight the whitefly in a limited environment and predators themselves make demands on the environmental conditions, you are guaranteed to put an end to the pests with a self-made plant decoction. Here, too, basil proves to be a true all-rounder and garlic also impressively proves that it not only has culinary value. You can easily win nettles in the wild. But be careful, only pick as many leaves as you really need. Otherwise, you will destroy the habitat of useful butterflies.
How to make the vegetable broth:
- Soak nettle and basil leaves in water for a few days.
- On the other hand, cut garlic bulbs into small pieces and scald them with hot water.
- Put the broth in a spray bottle.
- Spray on the undersides of the leaves.