Thrips

[terpedup83]

Dr zymes is extremely overpriced

fo sho

 

[bk78]

you ever use isopropyl alcohol mixture? i talked to skunktek a few years ago he mentioned diluting alcohol with plant therapy or some shit

I’ve root drenched with it many times. Never spray my plants with it.

 

[bk78]

Dr zymes is extremely overpriced

Considering a 10lb bag of citric acid is $30 on Amazon. Yeah it’s ridiculous

 

[green_machine_two9er]

I don't ever spray anything on my buds but water ever, if changing the environment can't cure the infestation it gets chopped. I have never had to waste a crop due to an infestation, and short brief environment change cycle was enough to slow or halt the infestation. And best part it's free.

So what’s the benefit of water? And how confident are you the plants like this rainforest to desert climate shift. I’d battle thrips before I ever did something like your recommending.

100% rh you say. Seems legit for halfway through flower…..

 

[terpedup83]

Considering a 10lb bag of citric acid is $30 on Amazon. Yeah it’s ridiculous

thats awesome, last friggn years

 

[Onextremebuzz]

So what’s the benefit of water? And how confident are you the plants like this rainforest to desert climate shift. I’d battle thrips before I ever did something like your recommending.

100% rh you say. Seems legit for halfway through flower…..

Close to it, it all depends on the vpd the higher the temp the more humidity it's only day 35 it's barely in flower. Chances of the plant catching mildew at high temps is low

 

[curious2garden]

you ever use isopropyl alcohol mixture? i talked to skunktek a few years ago he mentioned diluting alcohol with plant therapy or some shit

I would not recommend beginning the trichome extraction prior to harvest but that's me. It's another reason I don't spray oil on them while in flower. OP is 35 days into flower. But in veg sure, speaking of which I have a kaffir lime I need to spray outside.

 

[Onextremebuzz]

I'd let it dry out tho after a day or so then wait a couple days like I said originally I wouldn't run it for more than 24 hours like that both a day and a night cycle. I should rephrase before op goes and runs it for ten days straight you could run a day and skip a day for maximum effect just make sure theres air moving around in the tent.

 

[bk78]

I highly doubt he will listen to your awful info anyways. You’re good.

 

[Onextremebuzz]

I highly doubt he will listen to your awful info anyways. You’re good.

This is why I don't buy weed lol. Just spray chemicals on it smdh. Let's just melt the thc off the plant instead.

 

[Scouse66]

What type of medium are you using?
I’ve tried a few different brands of soil and lately have had thrips but get rid of the issue quickly. Big Rootz and roots organic I use and noticed thrips a few times.

Coco....

 

[lusidghost]

Citric acid probably won't get rid of them, but it will keep them at bay. Which is about all you can do once the plants are in flower.

 

[tstick]

I've never had to treat any plants for bugs when the plants are flowering. I grow just a few plants and I look at them several times everyday. I keep an immaculate grow environment and IF I see a bug of any kind I'm very surprised. But many years ago, I did have a few thrips show up in veg. I treated them by dusting the entire plants with diatomaceous earth until the thrips disappeared and then I rinsed the plants with a sprayer with water.

I have heard that some people have bought one of those small steamers that are used to kill bedbugs and had some success to kill mites....maybe it would work for thrips too...? food for thought

 

[Johnny Lawrence]

I'd let it dry out tho after a day or so then wait a couple days like I said originally I wouldn't run it for more than 24 hours like that both a day and a night cycle. I should rephrase before op goes and runs it for ten days straight you could run a day and skip a day for maximum effect just make sure theres air moving around in the tent.

You give awful advice.

 

[lusidghost]

thats awesome, last friggn years

I just used it to clean my ice maker the other day. It's pretty amazing stuff.

 

[Delps8]

You can safely use Spinosad in flower for thrips. If you can spray it on the undersides of your leaves, that's the best option because that's where thrips live. OTOH, if you have a lot of inflorescence and can't get to the undersides, just drench the entire grow in Spinosad.

At chop time, set up a three bucket bud wash, and you'll be good to go.

I had thrips three times when I was growing autos - I would leave the flaps to the tent open and the little bastards would invade even though the door to the garage was rarely open. Spinosad nailed them.

 

[bk78]

You can safely use Spinosad in flower for thrips. If you can spray it on the undersides of your leaves, that's the best option because that's where thrips live. OTOH, if you have a lot of inflorescence and can't get to the undersides, just drench the entire grow in Spinosad.

At chop time, set up a three bucket bud wash, and you'll be good to go.

I had thrips three times when I was growing autos - I would leave the flaps to the tent open and the little bastards would invade even though the door to the garage was rarely open. Spinosad nailed them.

Thrips live under leaves?

 

[Onextremebuzz]

Thrips live under leaves?

Well that depends on several factors to say that they don't live under leaves is pretty far stretched. It's just uncommon with cannabis.

 

[bk78]

Well that depends on several factors to say that they don't live under leaves is pretty far stretched. It's just uncommon with cannabis.

Please divulge the several factors

 

[Onextremebuzz]

Please divulge the several factors

Well the environment, the species of thrips and of course the plants in the room. Generally the lights aren't strong enough to make the thrips hide under the leaves but under a hot sun they can. I've seen entire soybean fields get decimated by them.