major thrip problem and a few baby caterpillars

so guys and im hoping grizzly can help me on this one....my girls have been on 12/12 for 6 days now and in the last 3 days ive noticed classic thrip damage (see through patches on the leaves) on all of my plants it wasnt untill tonight i sat with my microscope and had a closer look that i noticed atleast 50 of the fuckers they are the wingless variety the look like little yellow lines and the can move very quick... i also found 2 baby caterpillers, but i have been having problems with moths somehow getting in to my tent so im guessing thats were the caterpillers came from im hoping the 2 and killed is the last of them? i drenched all the leaves with a water spray would this have any damage on the plants? it is just a tempory measure untill i can get some organic pesticide later on today once i get the pesticide how long does it usually take to eradicate thrip?

Get you some Captain jack's dead bug brew and they will be gone very quick. It has spinosad in which kill thrips every quick. Make sure whatever you get has spinosad in it and you are good to go.

Do what ^ said. And water makes thrips come to the surface lol

i got some neem repel today im hoping this should kill the fuckers +rep 2 everyone

Neem repel only retards their growth.

Anything with SPINOSAD in it will kill them.

I can confirm this after having thrips and using this to kill them


NEEM REPEL is good if you arent infected already as a preventative measure. THis is what i use as a repellent.

J

Can SPINOSAD be used during flowering? I'm 3 weeks into flowering.

I would say yes as i have used it with good effect during flowering

However you do have to be carefull not to soak your bud sites. BUt this early on in flowering it will not be too detrimental.

Make sure that if you use it you also soak the top layer of your medium.

You should try and do this a few days apart and you should see the numbers dwindle down and then go completely.

J

jondamon said:

I would say yes as i have used it with good effect during flowering

However you do have to be carefull not to soak your bud sites. BUt this early on in flowering it will not be too detrimental.

Make sure that if you use it you also soak the top layer of your medium.

You should try and do this a few days apart and you should see the numbers dwindle down and then go completely.

J

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i cant get spinosad in my country...... i had a look at the active ingredients in neem repel and its 70% neem oil now correct me if im wrong but thrip hate neem oil? and after i annihilated my growroom with 6 litres im pretty sure that should kill them?

I have to order it from the US.

Neem Repel will retard the growth of the THRIPS but not kill them completely. IF you only use NEEM REPEL you will still have them come harvest time.

If you can get NEEM REPEL then also try PEST OFF from the same manufacturer. It is a starch based product that suffocates the thrips. IT will not help any larvae that are in your soil but if you stop them from reproducing using both of these 2 things then you should be ok.

Personally i like to order my SPINOSAD as it kicks bugs arses!

J

cheers for that mate ive just ordered a bottle of pest off.... so hopefully once it arrives and i nuke the tent, plants and soil....the little fuckers wont be laughing anymore any that start flying are gonna get stuck anyway cos ive got a few sticky boards up aswell.....i was gonna order SPINOSAD but was gonna take to long i need this asap and i couldnt find an organic based SPINOSAD? from what i can gather its a chemical pesticide?

It is a living bacteria that kills the thrips.

Similar to that of GNATOFF again by the same manufacturer of the PEST OFF.

It inhibits their feeding and dries them out.

This is organic read this from this site

http://bexar-tx.tamu.edu/HomeHort/F1Column/2005%20Articles/APR3.htm

Hope this helps bro. If you get the PEST OFF and NEEM REPEL order the SPINOSAD ready for any future grows. It is really concentrated and you only need a teaspoon or so in a 500ml spray bottle.

J

shit i didnt realize spinosad killed caterpillars aswell there doing more damage than the thrip at the moment fucking moths!!! lesson to be learnt there dont leave a window open...just out of curiosity where do you order your spinosad from mate? thanks for the link to that article as well bro helped alot

www.ebay.com

just search for spinosad or moneteray garden insect spray.


J

Super thrive.

It is a collection of B-vitamins and hormones to help with plant stress etc.

J

can you get azatrol? it kills them in the molting process and keeps them from digesting food. you can spray it and water it in

nostopin said:

can you get azatrol? it kills them in the molting process and keeps them from digesting food. you can spray it and water it in

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no need dude i got some pest off which has worked really well it completely fried the catterpillers thanks anyway for the input