having trouble identifying the problem
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Diabolical666
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Thrips....they are there, they come in 3 forms as they mature. THey hide in the nodes
Diabolical666
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Spinosad to the rescue....saturate entire growroom and plants. If you grow outside they are there too. Monterrey Insect garden spray has spinosad in it. Edit: also treat 2 days in a row
caverage
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Thanks man , I didn't want to believe it. Do they look like lil maggots because I think I saw one but I lost it . I'm starting to think this might have been done on purpose
Diabolical666
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Yes one of its 3 stages of life can be a white to clear maggot lookin thing. Most likely this was done unintentionally because they are hard to see to know you have
Diabolical666
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Its an easy fix with the spinosad...just soak the grow with it 2 days in a row then weekly for the rest if your growing career. Pest maintenence is a must
caverage
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By soak the grow in it. Do you mean just spray down everything, or literally let the soil soak as well
Dr. Who
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When ever I get brave enough to actually take a clone from someone....even if I know them well.
I make a dunk of Pyth and dunk the plant and spray the soil surface and let the plant dry.
I then make a dunk of Green Cure and dunk the plant and spray the soil suface.
Then and only then, do I take this clone into my grow!
I have not had a pest problem or a mold/fungus problem in years !
I make a dunk of Pyth and dunk the plant and spray the soil surface and let the plant dry.
I then make a dunk of Green Cure and dunk the plant and spray the soil suface.
Then and only then, do I take this clone into my grow!
I have not had a pest problem or a mold/fungus problem in years !
Diabolical666
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Yes spray everything...and by everything...I mean everything
caverage
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Ordrred the Monterey gardens and mosquito dunks. I sprayed it with some ecosmart garden soap with a bunch of plant oils in it that I had in the mean time . It said it kills thrips. I just didn't want to give them any time to breathe fresh air . The clone luckily was only in my room for an hour so hopefully I fix this easily. How bad is it to us during flowering. There no sign in my flower tent but I just was wondering
Dr. Who
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Can be bad. But, they are easy to see via damage, and easy to control (kill off). So they don't tend to spread well if you know what your doing....I would most likely treat anything not in a separate enclosed area to the one exposed. I would still watch the flower area closely for 7 - 10 days!
budskey
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don,t touch or play with them and then go see your other room. they can get on you or your clothing and then you got bigger problems. i would shower n change clothes befor even going into other room. if you only had those couple days and you noticed it how could he not. i have had them before you need to stay ontop of them. they get in the nodes and leaf veins and are good at avoiding sprays. to treat the soil the best thing i found that worked the best was sm90. treat plant and soil even if you don,t see them any more still treat.
Diabolical666
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They suck the nutrients out of the plant and buds leaving you with a sick looking plant with buds that have no trics.
caverage
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I'm sorry, I mean how bad is it to use spinosad and misquito dunks (are those really good enough to treat the soil for thrips ) during late flowering ?
caverage
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they start to drop some lbs right before they hulk out
Dr.Pecker
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They grow wings and start flying. look around for clumsy flies.
Diabolical666
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i try not to use any chemical pesticides in flower...the latest Ive used it is right before trics start
caverage
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That makes sense. Fingers crossed knocked on wood they didn't get in there .