my girls got infected and i need a good home made thrip spray recipe
plus any help on keeping them away
I have used an organic dishsoap (good cuz it's non chemical like the other dishsoaps) and used a few drops in a little spray bottle and that drowned certain insects. But that was back in the day and I personally prefer not to spray stuff like that on my girls at anytime. If you're willing to spend a lil money, I would recommend the EcoSense Insecticide line. They have quite a few products, some are good overalls, some target other insects more than others. Looking at my receipt, I grabbed them from Home Depot for a range of $5.97-11.98 for the different products offered.
Handheld spray bottle (Classic Formula) - This bottle will kill 100+ insects and is a good overall spray. You can layer your plant with this (be sure to get bottom of leaves, too) and it will not harm or burn the plant in any way, unlike some other brands. I also be sure to hit the stalk and top soil and mix the top few inches around as some insects will lay their eggs in the top layer where there is easy access and moisture.
Granual Pellets - This is more for ground threats, such as ants, beetles, caterpillars, centipedes, spiders, and many others that you may not want in your garden/house. You can lay these around the perimeter of your plant, as well as in the top layer of the soil and it will not harm your plants in any way, nor effect flavor.
Fly Spray - While this spray has some very similar ingredients in it as those above and will help if it does hit any of those insects while being sprayed, you should direct it's use towards any flying insects, as that is why you're paying extra for that type of a spray bottle that also contains a peppermint alcohol in it that is good at killing them as well, and as great as it smells, I don't know how good peppermint alcohol is for plant leaves/buds. My thought would be to keep any form of alcohol from hitting my plants, but that's just me.
*** If your insect problem is infested to where there is no turning back and they are harming your plants at a faster rate than you can grow them, the obvious decision there will be to sacrifice your plants. I would recommend FOGGING & cleaning your room before starting anything over. Make sure everything living in there is killed off, and then BE VERY CAREFUL of what you allow into your room from then on. If the plants can be saved, I would take them OUTSIDE the room and spray down well, being sure to get the soil well (You can even dillute your insecticide into a gallon of water and pour a weak mix into your grow medium which will kill off adults, larvae, & eggs in there), and then while you're doing that outside your room, you can have a fogger or two going off and killing anything that remained in that room. Hopefully the spray will kill stuff off and when they go back in the room they will have a clean/bug free enviornment ***
Hope this helps