Yesterday I was surprised to hear a familiar buzzing that took me right into summertime. It was a lone honey bee swirling about in the sunny air. The warmth must have woken it up. I hope it survives.
Today I was determined to plant something, so looked on the back of my seed packets to see if anything could tolerate outside planting conditions. The wild primroses could, so they're now scattered on some seed compost under a transparent plastic bag in the greenhouse.
I discovered an organic recipe for a whitefly deterrant.
1 tablespoon liquid soap
1 cup cooking oil
Add 1-2.5 tsp of the mixture to 1 cup of water and spray every 10 days.
I guestimated the amounts and heartily sprayed my French lobelia, chamomile and wild thyme plants. If they've survived the journey from France, a little bit of white fly is not going to be their nemesis.
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