Thrips and no spinosad on market uk

[Bio boy]

Lovely uk and their brexit bullshit , I normally buy Spinosad on eBay for £10 and it works first time 100% on any pest especially thrips

I found a big ish infestation on 1 plant I am 2 week in flower which makes it difficult ffs , I have yellow paper down

the spinosad avalible only is £45 for a small bottle and long shipping £100 imported postage

what can work fast ? I’ve seen the nematodes and mites you can get but I don’t know how effective they are , lacewings I got once worked from what I saw but I want something a bit faster ?

rapeseed oil at 3% is a good insecticide I’ve heard ? I don’t want to use neem in flower full stop lol so that’s out the window

what can I do that works and isn’t a gamble

 

[Chevy cHaze]

I feel you it's a nightmare... i finally resorted to ordering from ebay italy... took a week and cost around 50 quid all in all. It's worth it, have to have spinosad in case of emergency. Also in flower you can apply it to the big fan leaves and it will get all of the thrips as they're going for that juicy chlorophyll in the fans and less for the buds. Once they set foot on those spinosad prepared leaves, they're done. Be careful though, only aplpy with a sponge to the big leaves and away from the buds that you intend to smoke later
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[revegeta666]

Potassium soap works great for thrips as its pH is very high which melts the thrips exoskeletons. And it's organic unlike spinosad. Not sure if you want to use it in flower though. For me personally, 2nd week would be my limit.

Also thrips are not attracted by yellow sticky traps, you need the blue ones.

 

[Bio boy]

Potassium soap works great for thrips as its pH is very high which melts the thrips exoskeletons. And it's organic unlike spinosad. Not sure if you want to use it in flower though. For me personally, 2nd week would be my limit.

Also thrips are not attracted by yellow sticky traps, you need the blue ones.

Spinosad is organic bro it’s a bacteria found in soil

 

[revegeta666]

Spinosad is organic bro it’s a bacteria found in soil

Ah ok thanks for the correction. I assumed it wasn't organic because the one time I used it on my plants it left yellow burn marks all over so I gave it away.

 

[Nannymouse]

I've wondered if a person could 'grow more' spinosad, by putting a bit into tepid non-chlorinated water, with some sugar or molasses to feed it. Might be useful in extending and preserving, if it works. Got the idea from the em1 and bokashi crowd.

 

[chilliwilli]

No it's produced by bacteria not the bacteria itselfe.

 

[Chevy cHaze]

That's true... spinosad is derived from bacteria discovered in some cave where rum barrels were stored I believe. It's all natural but that doesn't mean it's harmless

 

[William76]

Conserve sc is a decent product,30 quid for a small vial,1 and done depending on size of problem(u get a few doses).76

 

[Bio boy]

Got some py pyrithum extract to use I don’t like it but it’s organic from flowers so will be ok says it is gone in artificially made lights in 17 days so that’s good I’m day 15