HST during a time where plant is damaged.

So I have thrips, and was wondering would high stress training be a good or bad idea during this time, or should it be left til after recovery.


My thinking is that if I were to start mainlining, there would be few leaves for the thrips to get at, may even get rid of them. Then again that means if those leaves get attacked, then that's 100% of my plant is occupied.

I personally would eradicate the thrips before doing anything. Spray for them with your choice of product or go about it however you wish. Not saying you must, but it’s only logical.

Also place yellow sticky traps all around. Them little bastards are attracted to them, like many other insects are. I’ve had a thrip infestation twice, was able to completely eliminate them with just sticky traps and Captain Jacks Dead Bug Brew.

Remember that thrips have a life cycle and that you should keep applying your products for a bit after you stop seeing them, to fully kill the thrip life cycle.

1dude1seed said:

I personally would eradicate the thrips before doing anything. Spray for them with your choice of product or go about it however you wish. Not saying you must, but it’s only logical.

Also place yellow sticky traps all around. Them little bastards are attracted to them, like many other insects are. I’ve had a thrip infestation twice, was able to completely eliminate them with just sticky traps and Captain Jacks Dead Bug Brew.

Remember that thrips have a life cycle and that you should keep applying your products for a bit after you stop seeing them, to fully kill the thrip life cycle.

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I have sprayed them and will continue to do so, I'll also get a sticky tape thanks for the suggestion!

When you sprayed them, did you spray once a day or more? And do you completely soak everything, soil, leaves, stem, nodes..?
Am I right in thinking I should be spraying the inside of the tent also to get rid of them?
Sorry for all the questions but I really want these things gone lol.

biggerbiscuits said:

I have sprayed them and will continue to do so, I'll also get a sticky tape thanks for the suggestion!

When you sprayed them, did you spray once a day or more? And do you completely soak everything, soil, leaves, stem, nodes..?
Am I right in thinking I should be spraying the inside of the tent also to get rid of them?
Sorry for all the questions but I really want these things gone lol.

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If I remember correctly, I sprayed once every like 3 days.

Sprayed everything, essentially soaking the plant. Be sure to remove the plant from under the lights and let dry before going back under the lights. Idk about soaking the soil, I grow in 100% perlite Hempy buckets.

However, you’d benefit from applying some diatomaceous earth over the soil. Kills the bastards, and anything else, that tries to surface. Shouldn't need to spray the tent for thrips, I don’t think, but it doesn’t hurt. I know I didn’t.

You can go ahead and do your HST while spraying for thrips.

Good old insecticidal soap with a bit of canola or neem oil added, (10ml/L) will get rid of thrips, mites and aphids just fine. Spray at lights out with circulation fan off so it dries slower and make sure to get every bit of the plant and do the undersides of the leaves really well. Spray every 4 days for 4 or 5 treatments to get any new hatchlings before they mature enough to mate and lay eggs. They may fall into the soil but living in soil is not part of their usual life cycle. I have never caught any on the yellow sticky traps I stick in the pots as an early warning device. Fungus gnats on the other hand . . .

I get the Safer's End All concentrate and mix my own. The 500ml bottle of concentrate makes 10L of spray for the same price as 1L of the pre-mixed stuff. Dollar stores etc usually sell spray bottles for 3 - $5 if you don't have an old one laying about to use.

I use a magnifying glass to hunt them down and just give them a rub to kill them. Don't have to squish the hell out of them either. Very soft bodies so it doesn't take much. Some fly so don't try to sneak up on them just just grab the leaf where they are and rub gently. With a couple of small plants it takes 5 min twice a day to be rid of them in a couple of weeks.

I use that red handled 3" glass for bug hunting. It's about 3X and the tiny lens at the bottom is maybe 6X. The others are for checking trichomes of getting a closer look at suspected bugs like spider mites.



Good luck and good hunting !