Flowerman
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Thrips
Thrips will wreak havoc like mites, but they will destroy your crop initially quicker than mites, but if you let mites go, they’ll do the same, and are a tad harder to get rid of. But back to the thrips, they are from hell when it comes to cannabis, and I found several of my plants that have come down with a virus from where those little critters were feeding. The virus looks like little round spots all over the leaves of the plant, slowly killing off the leafs, and spreading all over the plant. [insert1]
I found most things pretty useless for thrips, those products being, pestout, bug buster, Gognat, and concern insect soap. I should note, the plants were sprayed about 2 weeks ago with floramite, works great for spider mites, but obviously the thrips ate it up. What did work, Pyrethrum TR and before applying it, they all got coverage from neem oil mixed with pestout. Then 1 week later, one more dose of the Pyrethrum TR. Thrips are also hard to spot, very tiny, the ones I had were a pale shell white, they’re pretty quick, again real tiny, how to describe them, they look like a microscopic maggots, and then when they move, you say damn they got legs, lol. But once you turn them on their side, you realize they kind of remind you of a microscopic cricket. But don’t be fooled by their small size, they will wreak havoc quickly.
I was simply amazed at how quickly those little bastards can cause all sorts of problems. The first clue is that on some of the leafs, there was like silver scrapes, and discoloration, and some spotty marks like what mites make. I treated right away but to no avail. But then after using the Pyrethrum TR, it broke up the outbreak, even though it was a small one, since I never saw too many of them, but all it takes is a few, but the cycle was still there, so used once more a week later also with the mix I made for the sprayer. I should note, they affected 80% of my plants, and that’s with a small outbreak, and acting quickly on it. It makes me think, and I thought the borg were bad ass, I think these things got them beat.
>>>Will post the pics later.
Thrips will wreak havoc like mites, but they will destroy your crop initially quicker than mites, but if you let mites go, they’ll do the same, and are a tad harder to get rid of. But back to the thrips, they are from hell when it comes to cannabis, and I found several of my plants that have come down with a virus from where those little critters were feeding. The virus looks like little round spots all over the leaves of the plant, slowly killing off the leafs, and spreading all over the plant. [insert1]
I found most things pretty useless for thrips, those products being, pestout, bug buster, Gognat, and concern insect soap. I should note, the plants were sprayed about 2 weeks ago with floramite, works great for spider mites, but obviously the thrips ate it up. What did work, Pyrethrum TR and before applying it, they all got coverage from neem oil mixed with pestout. Then 1 week later, one more dose of the Pyrethrum TR. Thrips are also hard to spot, very tiny, the ones I had were a pale shell white, they’re pretty quick, again real tiny, how to describe them, they look like a microscopic maggots, and then when they move, you say damn they got legs, lol. But once you turn them on their side, you realize they kind of remind you of a microscopic cricket. But don’t be fooled by their small size, they will wreak havoc quickly.
I was simply amazed at how quickly those little bastards can cause all sorts of problems. The first clue is that on some of the leafs, there was like silver scrapes, and discoloration, and some spotty marks like what mites make. I treated right away but to no avail. But then after using the Pyrethrum TR, it broke up the outbreak, even though it was a small one, since I never saw too many of them, but all it takes is a few, but the cycle was still there, so used once more a week later also with the mix I made for the sprayer. I should note, they affected 80% of my plants, and that’s with a small outbreak, and acting quickly on it. It makes me think, and I thought the borg were bad ass, I think these things got them beat.
>>>Will post the pics later.
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