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Thanks Bart , very helpfull to noobs like myself , who aint a clue on pests , and rather than panic and go posting , at least one can look and try identify prob from ur pics , cheers again , atb ,,, Oss.

good guide

is it possible to buy ladybirds, :unsure:

anyone tried them to assist wih the garden

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Excellent guide, helped me identify the little feckers i was getting bombarded with and simple precise imstructions on getting rid of them.

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Thanks a milli Bart. I think we have a major thrip infestation on our outdoor crops. This def needs to be sorted but at least I have an idea of what Im working with.

QUESTION: are the spider mites capable of spinning webs on your plants?

Yep if you've got a fine webbing especially around the joint between branch and stem and at the tops of the stems were you get new growth/buds then i'm afraid you've got spider-mites.

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Just realised i may have a small gang of thrips in my garden so this thread could turn out to be a lifesaver :unsure: . I just ordered some SBPI and i have a bottle of doff greenfly and blackfly killer???? ( not sure if it works for thrips ) after reading evrybody on here usuing it for pests so i hope it does the job although it seems like threre is only a handful of the little feckers at the mo.

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nice one.

great topic.

I think i have a combination of all of these

Ive brewed up a few chilli and garlic sprays not to much avail.

might be too late in the year to do much now

the wonderful world of insects

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Hey bart great guide i had to do more research to find out i had springtales so i was wondering if you could put up something about them?

cheers :)

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Just realised i may have a small gang of thrips in my garden so this thread could turn out to be a lifesaver :unsure: . I just ordered some SBPI and i have a bottle of doff greenfly and blackfly killer???? ( not sure if it works for thrips ) after reading evrybody on here usuing it for pests so i hope it does the job although it seems like threre is only a handful of the little feckers at the mo.

did the sbpi work with the thrips mate? what is it ive got a big problem with them and im only 3 weeks off

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Hi folks,

So I have been battling white flies (frickin buggers!) and have refused to go the sprayer route and have instead opted for biological control; vis a vis white fly parasites (Encarsia formosa). This is a slow process but I am starting to see improvement. Here are some pictures.

1st picture is of the underside of a sun leaf. The white dots are white fly nymphs. They don't move when in this stage. The black dots are the nymphs which have had parasite eggs inserted, nymph dead and most likely the Encarsia formosa has flown away to breed some more. :wassnnme:

2nd picture is of the card the eggs are attached to. They hatch within two weeks. My apologies for not getting better pictures.

I like ya style geezer, fucking slap em with a parasite before using chemicles.

Hats off to you good sir :badass:

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