THRIPS, DAMN DAMN DAMN

[Harry Gypsna]

Help, i have just discovered my room has thrips, im not happy as i dont think the pyrethrin based spray ive got will do fuck all to get rid of them. Can anyone recommend a good product avaliable in the UK that will kill these fuckers dead fast, i dont wanna fuck around with them, just nuke the bastards. the spray ive got is called bug clear and is bifenthrin, which is a pyrethroid.... I cant use friendly critters as ive been used the spray recently so it will kill the friendlies(its a systemic safe for edibles).... Does any1 know if hydrogardens "Pest off" will help??
Please if any1 knows something to get em let me know coz i know what damage these bastards will do if given a chance......
Thanks

 

[sproutco]

Hippy stuck in Chav land

Thats not good. :smile:

You don't want to be smoking an artificial pyrethroid or a systemic poisen. Better to get some Safer brand soap. Spray till the plants are dripping. Repeat in 1 week.

 

[Harry Gypsna]

ive heard that soap mentioned before but never seen it in a garden centre or growshop/online grwing catalogue in england..
Im vegging, I wouldnt dream of spraing with the bifenthrin in bloom, ive used it before in veg with no ill effects, and it is one thats ok to use on edibles, says you can eat what u treat on the same day as spraying if you wanted so it cant be that bad.....

 

[vhGhost]

NEEM oil!

 

[-=WZ=-]

No Pest Strips will own thripes....Becareful where you put them they are toxic as fuck, but they will own thripes....Neem and sprays wont do shit to Thripes they take bathes in that shit.....

 

[Tunefull]

Cant buy the no pest strips in the UK(there banned)

I have mites at mo(Late in halfway thru flower)Mmmm all i could try was the preditor bugs(no idea if there any good)

Avid is one i see mentioned
But again i think it is banned in the UK(maybe even Europe(as could be the NPS))
A freind of mine did put a link up to a guy selling some on Ebay(that could be shipped here)
It was about £40 a small bottle...I will sae p and get a small bottle for next time....

 

[DrLongbottom]

I agree no pest strips would be my first choice, some others would be Sm-90, SMC, or einstein neem. Another option Jorge Cervantes recomends is horticultural vegetable oil,....regular vegetable oil may be substituted. The oil kills critters my coating them and their eggs thus suffocation happens. Also while you are fighting the battle you may want to get your room temp down in the mid 60's it will help put the odds in your favor. peace DLB

 

[Guvnor]

Had a long going battle with thrips-they are tough nut's, no doubt about it.

I've tried many a home-made spray consisting of chilli's, safer soaps, neem oil and other mixes. None of them really stopped the problem, just slowed down their production and damage rate.
I usually buy their natural preditor's from defenders.co.uk, these things are great but take their time to take affect. They come in sachets that you hang from the plant, but you're meant to hang them so light can't penetrate the sachets-this may be why my experience with the pred's hasn't been that successful. But once the pull their thumbs out their asses the pred's clear out the thrips very efficiently.

Using 'pest off' at the moment, seem's like good gear Been on it about a week now and its definately doing the business. They're still there and doing a little damage, but their time is near

Best of luck with 'em, they are true pest warriors.
All The Best
Guv'nah

 

[Babbabud]

I spray neem 3 or 4 times over a period of 2 weeks and it takes care of thips. It sterilizes the adults and the subsequent spraying takes care of the newly hatched.

 

[badboyg]

ouch... one more bug to worry about//// SHIT~~~ good luck...

 

[chewmauro]

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