Apostatize
Well-Known Member
I was looking for something to protect from spider mites ... ended up just using diluted rubbing alcohol every day for a while, then just a few times per week. Cloning a plant infested with bugs just prolongs the problem and spreads to different areas in your grow, and to other plants.... A few flowered sub-par but I didn't have to kill the entire lineage.Spinosad soap worked well for me on thrips. Unfortunately, the thrips transmitted powdery mildew which led to an early demise of that crop.
You may want to try mosquito netting around your pots, at least make it harder for them to lay eggs.
I've been using netting for fungus gnats, it definitely helps but so far nothing has worked to kill the gnats (including h202, spinosad soap, and mosquito bits). I can't imagine how much worse it would be without the nets.
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However, bug-specific screens look like they're worth a shot: