thrips in outdoor soil

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outdoor2018

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grew couple plants last outdoor season, got thrips in early flower, started spraying monteray spinosad.
just got back into the garden and was digging the old soil out and noticed thrips everywhere..

whats my best course of action? id like to completly get rid of them. so what could i use as a soil drench or should i just remove the affected soil?
 
Raymon

Raymon

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Possibly a combination of removal of the worst areas and a neem type oil soak. You're still looking at spraying spinosad all season long. Can you drench with spinosad?
 
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outdoor2018

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i could drench the soil with spinosad,and neem oil, but i was looking for a way to possibly kill them 100% not do damage control so to speak,
i just know its best to start pest free and do preventive sprays then to be spraying to control the infestation
 
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outdoor2018

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after further investigation i think the could possibly be root aphids, there not fungas nats because there bodies are white in color. im not planting for another month or so, so im thinking of doing a ton of soil drenches in the mean time.
 
rikdabrick

rikdabrick

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stoned-monkey said:
nematodes and beneficial insects (ie lady bugs, pirate bugs ,etc.). of course be sure to choose ones that attack your main concern, most attack more then one so it helps across the board.

https://www.arbico-organics.com/category/beneficial-nematodes?msclkid=2c7be8cb2dc511889431b2b39564812a&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Beneficial Nematodes old&utm_term=beneficial nematodes&utm_content=beneficial nematodes
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^This. I'd go with the beneficial nematodes. They'll kill any bugs in soil
 
HookahsGarden

HookahsGarden

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Safer insecticidal soap foliar sprayed at each lights off, covering entire leaf surface top and bottom....then rinsed off 30 minutes later with fresh water.

Do it every day for 3 days. Then once every 3 days for 2 weeks.

You can pretty much crush anything living on the plant with insecticide soap and diligence.
 
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