Ia this safe to kill my thrips ?
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LLanier
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I found some spinosad powder but I can't honestly say that I know I 100% covered it . The stuff applies terribly.
What you really want is carbofuran. The Mexicans use it on their weed, kills everything that might eat a plant including deer.
Pyrethrins are mostly safe for humans but I wouldn't recommend smoking it. If you're flowering I would take my chances with the thrips. I believe Neem oil is usually used for thrips. You can also use what you have for killing pubic lice in case you get those.
Pyrethrins are mostly safe for humans but I wouldn't recommend smoking it. If you're flowering I would take my chances with the thrips. I believe Neem oil is usually used for thrips. You can also use what you have for killing pubic lice in case you get those.
LLanier
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I just flipped then 5 days ago so hardly into flower.
LLanier
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Like day 5 since flip . The infestation isn't super bad yet. I just noticed it
Personally I'm not afraid of pyrethrins. This becomes more of a morality issue, disclosure etc. They break down rapidly, probably not as rapidly without actual sunlight. Were these clones? You gotta nuke the room when this is all over.
You have one chance to kill the fuckers. You miss some and they come back in two weeks you're fucked. I would spray them down in the bath tub, give them a day and then spray them again to rinse and hope for the best.
You have one chance to kill the fuckers. You miss some and they come back in two weeks you're fucked. I would spray them down in the bath tub, give them a day and then spray them again to rinse and hope for the best.
Johiem
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...and you want this on your bud?
LLanier
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For sure man. I'll definitely try to cover them as best as I can with my spinosad powder . My last resort will be the insect killer .
It's called killer bud for a reason dude...
Johiem
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Another reason to grow your own.
StonedGardener
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Diatomaceous earth, FOILAR spray, preferably prior to budding (avoids " dirtying " up buds, which could be cleaned up. Virtually all the somewhat dirty looking leaves will be gone when buds form
LLanier
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Yeah if only this happened before I flipped, i wouldn't be so anxious. I would have had time to make sure they were gone .
StonedGardener
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Yea , that " spinosad " is a treasure........Let's see...it kills honey bees and other beneficial insects and pest predators , toxic to aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates, dogs, birds.........listed as " not likely a carcinogen " ( that's comforting )......and oh yeah...hasn't been any studies on smoking it.......do you know what the products of combustion are ?