Whiteflies and other pests.
Jeffrey Michael Stein (steinjef@pilot.msu.edu)
Tue, 6 Feb 1996 09:24:41 -0500 (EST)
Certain insect pests can be eliminated from plants by totally submerging
the plants in water. Most CP that I've tried this with have survived
over five days of being submerged. Most insect pests either drown or
let go and float up. This works especially good for Sarr's (and of
course _D. capensis_ - which can take anything). The method is
definitely not recommended for pygmy sundews and other small plants. It
is important that you remove all other food sources (other plants) from
the area so that the whiteflies (etc) cannot just fly over to a new
host. Obvious drawbacks do exist and this does not work for everything.
Jeff