i got an infestation of thrips when you turn the leafs over you can see the egg's and a couple of thrips on each fan leaf on the lower parts of the plants
my question is this can i get rid of the buggers, i have about 4-5 weeks till harvest
i read this in a diff post:
Mix
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1 litre warm water
8ml cold-pressed Neem oil
5ml liquid soap
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Shake this in your sprayer, it should make a milky-white liquid, with no oil floating on top.
Now leave it to settle for a few seconds. If there are any oil droplets floating on the top, add a little more soap, drop by drop, (keep shaking) until the oil is gone..
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Now you are ready to spray.
Spray everywhere, especially under the leaves where critters hang around.
Get those plants dripping wet.
IMPORTANT BIT - you must repeat this application every 3 days for at least 2 weeks.
3 weeks if you wanna be 110% sure.
This is important because Neem oil doesn't directly kill bugs (amongst other things it stops them from reproducing, feeding and moulting their skins). So in effect, it breaks their life cycle. This means you need to spray for at least the length of one life cycle. Which for spider mites in ideal conditions (like most growrooms) is around 2 weeks, sometimes a little longer.
I use this method for the first 2 weeks of 12/12. It was taught to me by a professional grower of 20 years experience. He also uses this recipe as a soil drench.
I have used it as a foliar spray for about a year now and have had no problems with mites or any other vermin, large or small. Sceptical friends have also been won over to this system. It's a good un.
Emergencies
If you are facing an infestation emergency, you can add Pyrethrum to the above mix.
Again, a tried and tested method, this will add a knockdown hit in addition to interrupting the enemy's life cycle. I challenge any nuclear-proof insect in the world to survive the twin pain of Neem and Pyrethrum. Mwahaha!
will this work for me?? and if so where is the best place 2 get pyrethrum and cold pressed neem oil.
im at the stages of giving up, this is crop 3 and iv spent so much on electricity its unreal.
thx
Madz