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Bugs! Organic Insecticides?

I need a quick, kill for an insect infestation on some young rooted cuttings.  Don't know what the bugs are, but they look like microscopic white flies.  They suck...literally, and they have to go, ASAP.

What's the mildest, organic insecticide(s), that I can spray on the small trees?  I was thinking about a mild soap solution for starters, but I'm open to suggestions. Rubbing Alcohol?  Neem Oil?  Safer Soap?  What about "Wilt-Pruf" to coat and smother all bugs, eggs, etc?

HELP!!

Frank

Neem oil should work. Don't know anything about the others you mention. Another option is pyrethrum which is an organic insecticide derived from chrysanthemums.

Good luck

Safer soap.

Thank you.  On my way to Garden center for some of either, or.

Frank

Good luck to you, hope you see all the lil' buggers off real fast :o)

Keep the safer soap out of the soil. 

Get some yellow sticky cards, they sound like whiteflies, each female can lay thousands of eggs in a life cycle so trapping adults helps break the cycle.

I recently used Captain Jack's Dead Bug Brew with good success on my trees.  It's organic and I haven't seen any issues with it.

--Woody

Frank give them a good bubble bath and send the down the drain.

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