Reave's Soilless: Peat, Bark, Sphagnum, Perlite, White Widow 2018

[Reave]

Bad news. Still some thrips arround. I think they came in the damn soil. So frustrating. I also have never seen an adult so I'm confused as to why this is happening.

Oh well onto solution. What is ok to use 2 weeks I to flower?

Options around here are limited. I see an insecticide soap that might be safe. It has fatty acids.

 

[Pennywise]

That and alcohol should work.

 

[Emilya Green]

use what worked the first time? In these bug infestations you need to break the lifecycle several times so as to catch the hatching eggs. Keep on it when you start spraying for bugs, every 7 to 10 days for at least a month.

 

[Reave]

That and alcohol should work.

Oh you think I can just use the same iso solution as before? Should I avoid the flowers best as possible or will they be fine? My tent is around 40% humidity and I got a big fan blowing on them.

 

[Reave]

use what worked the first time? In these bug infestations you need to break the lifecycle several times so as to catch the hatching eggs. Keep on it when you start spraying for bugs, every 7 to 10 days for at least a month.

I did several the first time. Clearly i should have done more. Live and learn.

 

[Emilya Green]

I did several the first time. Clearly i should have done more. Live and learn.

Thrips are tough... now you know. One of the reasons I am such a big advocate of mulching my containers... it confusilates their tiny thrip brains.

 

[Reave]

Is it ok to spray the flowers?

 

[West Hippie]

I did several the first time. Clearly i should have done more. Live and learn.

I get the mouse and insect yellow glue boards from amazon, stood them up by the stalks . Only got five that time and still don’t have no more. That way if they come back you’ll see them in the glue . Got this from @AngryBird and I spray the outside all the way around my 12’x16’ building with dawn two days after a rain !

 

[Pennywise]

I wouldnt spray with an oil based product, not the flowers.

 

[Emilya Green]

up until week 5, you should be ok

 

[Reave]

I am just going to use the iso 1-9 mix with water and plow these things down again. Not letting them ruin my nice buds.

 

[Reave]

The flowering plants just got sprayed down an hour before lights out. Going to do the vegging plants later along with clones.

 

[Pennywise]

Cool hope it knocks them down quick

 

[Reave]

I hope so too. I don't thin there was too many so even if I can slow them down a ton we should be good.

 

[InTheShed]

I just sprayed the thrips on my flowering plants with Dr Bronner's unscented Castille soap and water (2tbs/gallon). I'll let you know .

Any non-detergent dish soap should work.

 

[Reave]

I just sprayed the thrips on my flowering plants with Dr Bronner's unscented Castille soap and water (2tbs/gallon). I'll let you know .

Any non-detergent dish soap should work.

Sounds good.

 

[Reave]

Plants look good today. I still found a few of the bugs around. I sprayed them pretty good so I wonder if they are resistant or hatched after? Also all the ones before I saw were white, now a saw a brown one.

 

[Pennywise]

I'm guessing hatchlings

 

[InTheShed]

Gotta spray every 3 days for at least 2 weeks depending on what they are.

 

[Reave]

Sprayed again today. They don’t seem to mind so that is good. Just going to keep spraying them every 3 days for a couple weeks or longer like you said.