HELP! BUGS HAVE INVADED

[Marshmello]

I saw this white spotting a couple weeks ago and I just thought that it was a nute deficiency of some sort and it would be ok.

Well...it started getting worse so I go nd investigate and find these little fuckers having brunch!

I don't know what these are or how to deal with them but I will be searching out an answer here in the forums.....ANY help that you can give would be appreciated Greatly....I do not even have my room completely built yet and have yet to flower out anything. It is almost done and just needs a couple sheets of drywall to finish it out. I have a temporary wall of black plastic serving the purpose until I git 'er done......but for the Love Of Ganja Mon!

 

[Marshmello]

So after some quick reading....I find this in Stitch's Guide:

Thrips
Thrips are really tiny, but can be seen by the naked eye. Some may have wings and some may not. Thrips reproduce rapidly, especially in tight places. That is what makes them hard to get rid of when using pesticides. The suck the sap right out of your plant with there piercing mouths, which makes the leaves look like they turned white. You can tell when you have thrips by taking a look at your leaves, the leaves will look as if there chlorophyll have been ripped right off the plant. Plants that are damaged can’t be healed thus making it harder for the plant to absorb light. SO if left untreated the thrips will kill the plants. Damage also can be seen by the greenish black specks of there poop they leave on leaves. Also the plants will show silver patchs from scar tissue. Depending on the severity at first, thrip damage might look like spider mite damage untill it increases in damage and then thrips case is for sure when you see the greenness replace with big parts of white.


One good way to repel thrips for those growing outside is to use garlic, this is a good way to keep them away before you get them. The color yellow attracts the thrips and should be advised not to have this color around your grow.. If you already have them using neem oil, and or lady bugs can get rid of them. If the infestation is bad then you need to use biological solution like, pyrethrin-like insecticides. Picture 8 shows thrips damage.
Other Products include:
Chemicals
Hot Pepper Wax,Safer Yard & Garden Insecticide (which can be used right to the day of harvest),GNATROL( used in hydro in the water as well as soil),Doc's Neem Pest Soap,Safer Sticky Stakes,TR-11000 Pyrethrum.

I think it's pretty clear that's what's crackin'.

So I guess I should change the question to.....

What's the best way to attack thrips?

 

[Abja Roots]

I had some thrips recently as well. I got myself a product called Green Light with Spinosad in it as the active ingredient. I also spray neem, add gnatrol to my resi for fungus gnats( I grow in coco), and burn sulfur.

The spinosad really seemed to knock them back. Good Luck.

 

[ranneG]

Get some spinosad its the shiz, mine were gone in 2 treatments.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Conserve-Natu...0?hash=item3ef0d2cff9&_trksid=p3286.m63.l1177

 

[Marshmello]

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Thanks for your quick responses peeps.
I will be picking some of that up ASAP.
to both of you.