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title: "I have Basil plant and there are whiteflies started to ruin the…"
description: "I have Basil plant and there are whiteflies started to ruin the plant. Has anyone ever got rid of these flies then please let me know how and what have you…"
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published: "2026-09-15T15:45:38.298479Z"
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# I have Basil plant and there are whiteflies started to ruin the…

_Posted by Kruti on 2026-09-15_

I have Basil plant and there are whiteflies started to ruin the plant. Has anyone ever got rid of these flies then please let me know how and what have you used. I need help

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## 2 comments

### Nata commented on 2026-09-16

I had once. What is did is: 1) I pruned the heavily infested leaves; 2) I wiped with a towel with water all the leaves to remove some of the bugs and expose the eggs; 3) I sprayed with insecticidal soap every 3 nights for a whole month. I did it for a month because I’m not sure if the insecticidal soap kills the eggs. And the whole fly cycle is 10 days to 3 weeks. I sprayed it until it was drenched under the leaves. I used one whole bottle of insecticidal  
soap only on this plant.  
My plant survived!  
Good luck!

### JuicyCactussy commented on 2026-09-16

Ugh these are infessting my bok choi. I kind of let them have it at this point 😑

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