Bugs eating leaves

An2013

Hi,

I've got a small planter with mint, strawberries and other aromatic plants.
For the last few month, their leaves, especially the mint's ones, are getting eaten by little white flies.

Any idea how to get rid of them ? Naturally if possible.

Thanks in advance

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snowey07

I made the following and it worked great

mix a jam jar of water with a tablespoon of washing up liquid (i use Ecover) and a tablespoon of sunflower oil. Mix together and keep in the fridge. Every day fill a sprayer with water and add a tablespoon of the mixture.shake to mix thoroughly. Spray all the leaves including the undersides every day until the insects are all gone. This worked brilliantly for me during the summer when I was infested by aphids

hope that helps

An2013

Thanks for the answer.

I actually had started a similar technic that seems to work for now. It's just a mix of washing up liquid and water that I've spread on the leaves.


Cheers

snowey07

just make sure its very weak so you dont smother the leaves. I got my recipe from the happy garden, theyre on FB and great for tips and stuff on this sort of thing