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navinpigeon Toronto, Canada Nov 15, 2014

Hey guys! I'm new here but I've been lurking around Dave's garden for a while, and I have a few questions.
There's white flies attacking my tulsi (indian holy basil) plants, it's cold outside so I can't take them outside and spray them off, but the white flies are terrible, how can I get them off indoors?

Another question is my neem plant is 6 months old, in a 3 gallon pot, and it's only 5 inches tall, is this the normal height for a neem plant that old?

I have what I hope and think is a Rudraksha tree but I am not sure, is the plant in the last pictures a rudraksha plant?

Pic 1 is the white flies on the basil plant
Pic 2-3 is the neem plant
Pic 4-5 is what I think is rudraksha

**UPDATE** I decided to use the white fly trap idea, and i am looking for the bonide insect granules for my Tulsi (Holy Basil)

The Neem was pretty much outside its whole life, and i just brought it in with the other plants. its right smack infront my huge sliding door which gives in a ton of sunlight. Neem is a dry soil plant (like aloe) that uses a little water, but still needs it to survive. The potting soil consists of compost, peatmoss and perlite (a ton).

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sallyg Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b) Nov 17, 2014

You can buy or make sticky traps for white flies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G4cKUjM8d8

The small plant seems a bit small for that age. Do they get good light? Be careful not to keep it too wet. The pot is big and that can lead to soil staying wett a long time with a small plant.

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Pistil Lake Stevens, WA(Zone 8a) Nov 17, 2014

Two possibilities.
1- Systemic insecticide (I use one by Bonide), purchased as granules that you sprinkle on the potting soil and water in. Does not work immediately as it has to be absorbed, but lasts a long time, as it is later incorporated into the leaves so a bug has a last meal and dies. I never use the stuff outside, for fear of killing the good bugs, but any insect in my house is fair game. No spraying involved.
2- Azamax is a new insecticide. It is not the usual poison, but is an insect hormone-derived chemical that keeps the insects from growing new shells. It seems nontoxic to humans, (we don't have shells) and you can spray it in the house. I also spray it on the potting soil, as some insects hatch out of there. I would never use this outside either, for the same reason. If your basil goes outside in the summer possibly you could treat it now. Also the Azamax is actually approved for organic crops, but I personally do not agree that killing all insects goes with organic gardening principles. I never want to kill all insects that might walk on my plant.
Good luck and let us know what you decide to do.

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