Hey all, I have a FULL BLOWN infestation of thrips... I have gotten it under control considerably but I am effin SICK of the little buggers and its time to eliminate them! I picked up this bottle today from Lowes, supposed to work on several pests, so I thought I would give it a shot, its a Neem Concentrate so hopefully it works! I used it as a foliar spray for the first time today so Ill be sure to keep posted on if it works or not. Here is a pic of the bottle. Has anyone else used this stuff before to take thrips out?
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Concentrate to control Thrips?
- Thread starter Dnutz
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montery garden insect spray; contains spinosad and kill thrips dead
might be at lowes as well; best to call and ask before wasting another trip
neem is good but for thrips you really want spinosad or else you're just controlling the problem as opposed to eliminating it
might be at lowes as well; best to call and ask before wasting another trip
neem is good but for thrips you really want spinosad or else you're just controlling the problem as opposed to eliminating it
H
Huntington
Get a product with Spinosad for dealing with thrips. Will kill them on contact. Part of their life cycle is in the soil so you should do a few treatments a few days apart. Sometimes they pupate on the leaves above ground but rarer. Get blue sticky traps, not yellow, as insects see by infrared (color). Increase air circulation. When you spray make sure to spray on the undersides of the leaves as that's where the earlier larval stages live. You can also try and remove the top 1" or 2 of soil and replace during your treatment program. Spinosad will probably be OK as a soil drench also. Personally I've had thrips repeatedly and only did above ground treatments and eliminated them fast.
Neem is weak for dealing with thrips. I don't use neem for anything anymore.
Neem is weak for dealing with thrips. I don't use neem for anything anymore.
psycho pirate
Member
To me neem is more of a preventative than a treatment. If you already have a pest problem neem isn't going to cut it really (it doesn't kill the bugs). The spinosad will kill them dead.
Damn alright it looks like I will be buying some Spinosad right away!! These little bastards most likely came in on a bag of soil if I do say so myself... I cant think of any other scenario! Just read the entire Thrip thread and I should have from the start... trial and error lol! Thanks guys, much appreciation!!
H
Huntington
Well...thrips are actually very easy to get...much easier than mites IMO/IME. Adult thrips have little wings and can easily cruise quite a long distance and with a favorable wind very far. They are like little flying specs of dust...lol. If you run an open system make sure you add, if you do not already have one(s), a filter on your intake. Do not get like a home central ac/heating type filter for this purpose as those are too restrictive and a pain to incorporate into your system. Get a fine micron sock, something around 70 microns as that will also eliminate the remote possibility of sucking in some mites (actually their eggs)...and I've had that happen...lol. Go to www.filterbags.com and they have ready made socks of various diameters that fit right over intake ducting once you cut the plastic housing off. These things last like forever. Run them on your intake(s) and after a few months, especially in the Summer...LOL...you'll be absolutely shocked about what was actually flowing through your room. You'll also catch a lot of dust. Just take the sock off every now and then, reverse it, clean off with water and replace. These things are literally just a few $ a piece and can prevent a world of headaches.
Picked up some spinosad, took that neem stuff back! Also I run a passive intake, so I cant really use one of those socks... Unless you have an idea for me? My flowering room is in a closet with no door, only a black plastic roll up door, which i leave cracked for the passive intake. Its also in the basement, far away from any other plants which is why im confused as to why I even have the infestation in the first place! Thats what led me to the soil being the cause... never would have suspected FFOF would have thrip larve in it!
Im waiting to harvest in a week with what I have going and am going to give the closet a THOUROUGH cleaning, Im focusing on my babies I have going right now which consists of 1 Chronic female, 2 Ganesh that are actually normal and a mutant Ganesh which is curious to me! Just bagseed is in the closet right now, so im not too worried about it. Ill be mixing up some of blazeoneup's soil recipe and im sure that will take care of it all!
Spinosad is definitely the way to go when it comes to thirps
