Hello all.

I made a horrible discovery three days ago when I found thrips making their selves at home on my plants! They seem to only like the lower canopy of the plants maybe because its cooler down there. The top canopy is about 80% unaffected by them mainly because of the heat from the HPS and the strength of the fans blowing... too rough for them I suppose!

Im growing Original UK Blue Cheese cuttings (luck me ) and an unknown Indica strain which smells quite lemony. Does anyone know of an Indica strain that smells lemony?

They're growing in Coco and on Canna Coco A&B nutes atm. Later on they will be getting Boost and PK 13/14.

They are also 6 days into flowering (12/12).

Ive ordered some SB Plant Invigorator and sticky traps but they wont come until thursday do you think ill be ok till then? There not gonna multiply to rediculas levels in 48 hours are they? Their reproduction atm seems to be at a slow rate im not sure why... maybe becuase of the heat and dryness.. i dunno ... maybe its a good thing I suppose!

Advice appreciated!

Good luck getting rid of them.

You are going to have to declare some severe chemical warfare on them if you really want rid. Or just accept them. Don't seem to have that much of a negative effect to me.

Scotts Bug Off used to be quite good at dealing with them, when I used to try and get rid of them.

Scotts bug off as above, I had a problem with them last year and they almost murdered my ladies until I got this stuff.

Hi there

thrips cause leaf damage - starting point for fungus LSF

damage to leaves makes the plants harder to read - IMO

Greens sell 1 product (yellow when mixed)

If you use a product after week 4 flower you may end up smoking / ingesting it

hope this helps

hb

Ask healthystealthy hes got a degree on thrips

PLANT VITALITY PLUS, KILLS SPIDER MITE, EGGS & LARVAE!! I used it on Thrips about 8 weeks ago. Killed everything in sight and also acts as a stress reliver. Just type PLANT VITALITY PLUS, KILLS SPIDER MITE, EGGS & LARVAE!! into ebay search and you'll find it.. Good luck!

The SBPI arrived today . I just give them good soaking while lights, and fans on, I know u shouldnt do that but I wanted to see how they reacted to it. The SBPI killed alot of the thrips but most survived maybe becuase the solution dried up too quickly while the lights and fans were on.

I was dreading scorching them but they didnt so thats good!

Will I get better results if the lights and fans were off?

Another vote for scotts bug off here!

I found an effective, quick and cheap way of dealing with them.

B@Q's bug free. this works on its own a little however what i did was..

My bug free ran out and i needed something to be going on with.

there was alittle bug free pest control liquid left in the bottle, i took the cap off and put in a small amount of washing up liquid type stuff, gentle type (designed for hand wash) and then added 300-400 ml's of water and shook the container.

The liquid was ever so slightly soapy with the fragrence of bug free. i saw a 70% deduction with the level of thrips in 24hr.
If you continue to have problems or get a problem in the future with thrips, try it out.

Ive made 2 applications of SBPI and ive noticed a substantial redutcion in their population. I do still find the odd few orange larvea lingering around which is expected, but no adults (i think).

Its gonna take a few weeks to break the life cycle and by then they should be eradicated.

Staying on top of it should reduce their numbers to nill!

Stick with regular applications of SBPI as it's the most non toxic spray you can get but does need to come in contact with the thrips to kill them.

I need to be careful using SBPI cos it contains Nitrogen as a foliar feed. Would u recommend slightly lowering my normal feed say 2ml or 5ml to compensate the foliar application?

Depends how sensitive your plants are to Nitrogen, I'd certainly watch the leaves and at any sign of overfeeding cut the nutrients down.