Thrips 101: Introduction to Western Flower Thrips

[mickio]

hiya its my first grow and I am due to harvest in about 2 weeks but I have had Thrips for the past 2 weeks and cant shift them.I am using Genius oil at the moment but I am worried they will still be there when I come to harvest. Any advice would be excellent.Thanks

 

[RockyMountainHi]

I've been looking for a supplier in Canada. Nothing...
I can't even locate a US company that will ship.

Any links?

One word: eBay

 

[MeltingPOT]

Great thread....thrips are my nemasis. I get pissed off, cuz I am pretty sure that they are smarter than me =)

 

[jugdishe]

do thrips get into media such as rockwool and
can Monterey Garden Insect Spray be used in reseviors

thanks for all your help on this topic

 

[leaf19]

Monterey Garden Insect Spray is hard to find :-/

 

[GREENREEPER419]

great product

great product

One thing to remember is monteray spray is seriously bad for the lonely little bumble bee, and you should not dump this stuff down the drain when done. It states it's safe the day(s) after aplication, not in it's raw form. Having said that this is the best thing I ever used, knocks them down very fast......

 

[paulobaca]

do thrips get into media such as rockwool and
can Monterey Garden Insect Spray be used in reseviors

thanks for all your help on this topic

I foolishly used to keep my presoaked rockwool croutons in a netpot sitting in a bathtub where it could not dry effectively. One time when I picked up the netpot and I noticed dozens of thrips scamper about in the tub (they were underneath the net pot).

I figured out whey those buggers kept coming back. Never had them again. Now I know to keep my netpot where the RW can drain freely off the ground.

I dont think that you need to mix spinosad in the res because it is so effective, I just drenched the media using a spray bottle immediately after a flush (so thristy roots are not uptaking spinosad). May not be worth risking in your rez.

 

[exer]

the products with Imidacoplrid kill all the thrips too. After one spraying
Confidor SL 200 is one of them.

 

[ddrew]

Terrible thrips, I have my jug of Monterey Garden Insect Spray, and tonight its the end of the line for these bastards, I hope they suffer.

 

[ddrew]

Wow, hit the veg cab to start last night, as it had the worst infestation, open it up this morning, nothing but dead thrips laying around on leaves everywhere, F**K yes, and they look kinda shrunk up, like the spinosad sucked the life out of them same as they were doing to my plants, a fitting fate for them I say.

Before the Monterey GI spray I was going to get "safer yard and garden spray" and I asked the guy at the shop if he thought there was anything better for thrips.
Guy ends up talking me into getting a jug of "Sucra-shield" so I take that home and try it and Sucra-Shield Sucra-sucked, and didn't do Sucra-shit for the thrips, if anything they looked happier and more of them the next day.

 

[unclefishstick]

just sprayed my veg area with spinosad,hope it kills the little bastards,have fungus gnats too,a free gift from the local nursery.

 

[RockyMountainHi]

a free gift from the local nursery.

The "gift" that keeps giving?

 

[coxswain]

I checked around for spinosad products in my country and it sure is available. Laser insecticide. But I'm a little worried. Within all those search results there were numerous hits with news of bee slaughter. I remember when this happened. They found out that 12% of bees dies from spinosad. Main cause of bee dying out was insecticide Fipronil. Laser product also reads: Danger to bees and water insects.

I wonder how safe this product really is.

This whole thread revolves around spinosad. Anything other that will kill thrips or at least keep them under control?

 

[GR8shoeBaDizzle]

I just got the stuff the other day haven't used it yet tho.... i wanted to wait a week or so tell that spray i been using wears off...looks promising...

 

[unclefishstick]

read the label and follow the disposal directions,uv light destroys it within 16 hours,as long as you're careful it should be fine.

 

[GR8shoeBaDizzle]

I sprayed last night, went to work today....just checked my problem area...these lil fuckers are dead! this stuff is the shit!!!!! im gonna hit'em one more time in like a week...just for safe measures...

 

[Abja Roots]

Appreciate the advice here. Found some thrips and came here immediately. Found the info on the Spinosad. Bought it and sprayed it.

I could not find the Monterey Garden that people have used here, instead I used one by Green Light. I'll edit this post in a few days and let you know how it worked.

A

 

[m0ff99]

Hi guys,

Found a load of thrips on a friends crop today,i'm in the uk and wondered if anyone knows where i can get hold of some spinosad from? Thanks in advance.

PEACE!!

 

[hazedandinfused]

anyone know if bayer 3 in 1 works on thrips? says it does just wondering if anyone has some 1sthand experience

 

[Genetic_Freak]

I don't like spraying anything in flower...I let the girls that had thrips in the flower room just do their thing while I treated the veg.


The thrip infested plants will finish fine and wont compramise the final product...other than yield.

^^^Yummy... cured thrips!^^^​

Been smokin 'em for a while now myself. LOL​

Great thread... I'm off to get some Spinosad.. ​