Ok it has been about 2 weeks and there are no  more whiteflies in the container garden. Good thing too because I planted new crops in the grow boxes over the weekend. I had been holding off waiting to see if the whiteflies were indeed gone.

Bottomline: I pulled plants from the most infested containers but was able to save all the edibles except having to pull 1 sage plant.

Following Hortman's advice, I decided bag and capture whiteflies on the most infested plants. The first plant cut the pests in half. I then let the whiteflies migrate for a day or so to their next target of opportunity. Another bag and the tribe was really reduced.

The rout was on. The next phase was scouting out the last of the buggers. Any plant that looked like a target was yanked and put into the bag.

Now nearly a week later today's inspection finds only a few more to go. Here's hoping the next capture round is the last.

I am going crazy with whiteflies. Plants all over the atrium are infested. So far I have been pulling seriously infested plants, putting them quickly into plastic bags. I have cut the infestation down significantly, but I rue pulling every container in the atrium and starting over. So, out damn whiteflies!