Thrip Control And the use of Spinosad during Flowering

[walmatt23]

Hello,

I have read the sticky on thrips at the top of this forum and read that Spinosad is a great way to treat this problem. My question for the forum is this: is it safe to use during flowering? I am beginning the 4th week of flowering today and plan to harvest in another 4 or 5 weeks. The product that I was specifically going to use is this: Green Light Spinosad Spray

Any feedback on this product would be great!

Thanks,

Matt

 

[Betty's Boy]

I don't know anything about the Spinosad,But you should check out Safer Brand Fruit and Vegetable insecticide. Can be used through harvest..!
Find it at O.S.H.

 

[buzzmobile]

That's plenty of time to use Spinosad. Give the little raspers hell!

 

[bingobongo]

No personal experience with the Green Light product......Just got a pint of Monterey Garden Insect Spray Concentrate last week. I'm 16 days away from chopping, and BAM! thrips are gone!

With the concentrate, you just add 4 tablespoons per gallon of water. Make sure you spray well under your fan leaves.

I like to run a perpetual garden of Old Skool NL, and my girls of 3 weeks of flowering look beautiful with no silver patches on the fans.

I've used a few other techniques to rid my garden of thrips with no success, spinosad is the most effective, non-evasive product.

Good Luck,
BB

 

[gladysvjubb]

KILL all enemys of the plant.......

KILL all enemys of the plant.......

 

[Daemon]

^^Do those really work that well?

 

[sunnyside]

no pest strips didn't do a thing for mites or thripes in my garden...

Spinosad is safe to use up until around 14 days till harvest.

 

[sunnyside]

The degradation of spinosad in the environment occurs through a combination of routes, primarily photodegradation and microbial degradation to its natural components of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen. The half-life of spinosad degraded by soil photolysis is 9-10 days. It is less than 1 day for aqueous photolysis and leaf surface photolysis results in a half-life of 1.6 to 16 days.

http://ipmworld.umn.edu/chapters/hutchins2.htm

 

[Youareborg]

Are you folks just spraying, or are you watering the spinosad into your medium as well?

 

[SagatSF4]

You have to water the medium also to get the buggers in the soil. Try 2-3 tbs per gal for soil drench works great.