cat sand for thrips?!

[hagevitter]

aite man so i got dem nasty fucker thrips

n i was liek woo can you use dat cat sand on top of ur soil to prevent the thrips?

cuz i aint feeling like taking alongass ride to get sand from the beach


pz

 

[Fuzzywuzz]

IDK how effective thats going to be.. Part of the lifecycle of a thrips is in the soil but a sand covering isnt usually used.


Post up a picture if you can of the thrips.

You can use one of these though.
http://www.evergreengrowers.com/amblyseius-cucumeris-202.html
http://www.buglogical.com/thrips/
http://www.buglogical.com/orius/
http://www.biconet.com/biocontrol/cucumeris.html

Beneficial nematodes work pretty good as well.

 

[hagevitter]

IDK how effective thats going to be.. Part of the lifecycle of a thrips is in the soil but a sand covering isnt usually used.


Post up a picture if you can of the thrips.

You can use one of these though.
http://www.evergreengrowers.com/amblyseius-cucumeris-202.html
http://www.buglogical.com/thrips/
http://www.buglogical.com/orius/
http://www.biconet.com/biocontrol/cucumeris.html

Beneficial nematodes work pretty good as well.

hmmm i just heard that if yo get some sand n put that on the soil it could prevent ze thrips from laying more eggs
but iduno dawg yo tell me

halp pls

 

[Fuzzywuzz]

Thrips dont lay eggs in the soil.
They have a weird sudo pupal stage in the soil.

Sand wont help all that much on its own, if at all.



http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7429.html
http://urbangardenmagazine.com/2010/11/predators-amblyseius-cucumeris-vs-thrips/

[h=4]LIFE CYCLE[/h]The thrips life cycle includes the egg, two actively feeding larval (nymphal) stages, nonfeeding prepupal (propupal) and pupal stages, and the adult. Thrips have a metamorphosis that is intermediate between complete and gradual. Last-instar larvae change greatly in appearance, and they are often called pupae even though thrips do not have a true pupal stage.
Thrips eggs are elongate, cylindrical to kidney-shaped, and relatively large in relation to the female. Females of most plant-feeding species insert their tiny eggs into plants, commonly into leaves or buds where larvae feed. The pale prepupae and pupae of most species drop to the soil or leaf litter or lodge within plant crevices. Greenhouse thrips pupate openly on lower leaf surfaces while pupae (and eggs) of some gall-making species, such as Cuban laurel thrips, occur on leaf surfaces but are enclosed within distorted plant tissue. Thrips have several generations (up to eight or more) a year. The life cycle from egg to adult may be completed in as short a time as 2 weeks when the weather is warm.

 

[LocknessMD]

aite man so i got dem nasty fucker thrips

n i was liek woo can you use dat cat sand on top of ur soil to prevent the thrips?

cuz i aint feeling like taking alongass ride to get sand from the beach


pz

Google translator isn't working. Sorry I can't help.

 

[hagevitter]

Google translator isn't working. Sorry I can't help.

i see dat gogle translator didnt work for yo name either big boi

 

[JonnyAppleSeed420]

Thrips dont lay eggs in the soil.
They have a weird sudo pupal stage in the soil.

Sand wont help all that much on its own, if at all.

They actually cut a slit into the leaf and lay there eggs there. Here is a good read on the subject...http://www.entomology.umn.edu/cues/inter/inmine/Thripa.html Whoever told you sand works was yanking your chain or doesn't know what they are talking about. JAS

 

[greencat]

Hey locknessMD,som people only made it through 1st grade,lol,or they just don't know how spell or speak