If you have been to my gardening blog lately you know that whiteflies tried to get my eggplant. For some reason they didn't attack the lovely outdoor cherry tomato next to it, but a few got indoors and laid seige to our Thanksgiving petunias. That did not make us happy campers. Outdoors, I just sprayed a diluted solution of Neem oil onto the leaves every other day for a week or so and now the eggplant seems to be fine.
That didn't work on the petunias. For one thing, Neem Oil has a pungent odor that is not altogether unappealing by itself, but it just didn't mix well near the kitchen and dining area. Then too, the texture of the petunia leaves wasn't right for the application. So I nuked them in a huge pot of boiling water instead. That usually wipes out the whole lot of them. This time, however, a few escaped and tried to invade my currant tomato. If this sort of thing interests you, I'll have an update over at Ann's Air Gardens soon, along with some information about the fascinating Neem plant and and whether or not the Neem Oil was able to save our pampered indoor tomato.
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