Thrips in my indoor garden.

Who will win?

  • Thrips

    Votes: 3 60.0%
  • Orius majusculus

    Votes: 2 40.0%

  • Total voters
    5

I'm actually excited about it:D
I might not be if it happens again though-.-

In two years i have never had the pleasure of thrips moving in.

So as a result i have invited a few friends over to visit and help me in my coming battle.
This is one of them:

I call him Orius majestulus.

The common danish name is "Næbtægen".
I'm not sure what it is in english.

I can't wait to see them end this infestation.

Any advice is more than welcome.
I saw a video once with someone talking about ladubugs. And that one should let them sit in the container they came in for a day or two to hatch some eggs.
According to that guy the young ones were especially ferocious.
 
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radrolley

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use pyrethrins. a doktor doom bomb will wipe them all out. they usually come from tainted soil or infected plants taken in from other grows. i dont like any bugs whatsoever in my grow except beneficial microscopic organisms. bugs leave feces, feces are toxic.
 
they are one month into flowering. I don't want to spray them with chemicals. But should i?
Won't the poison just get stuck in the flowers?
 
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Southerner

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If you are infested, I'd go with some Spinosad spray. Its THE most effective weapon I have found against thrips and is organic as well. You can find it hardware/gardening stores is really common. If you are going to spray, do it NOW before the buds begin to really build. I've read it takes Spinosad about 16 days to totally degrade. I've never used beneficial inspects, but I understand they are the most effective before the pests really take over and will take quite a bit of time to get a true infestation under control.

The brand I have used is "Captain Jack's Deadbug Brew Concentrate Spinosad" at the directed dosage mounts.
 
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