Been fighting bugs. GRRRRRR!!!!!

[Sonnyhad]

First of all I see by your username that you are a Viet vet like myself. Thank you for your service brother. We didn't get the same welcome as vets do now. So let me be the one to welcome you here.
I use Neem oil however I'm 5 weeks into flowering and I don't want to use it. Because it leaves a crappy taste this late in flower.

I am also a Vietnam Vet. I wonder how many of us are on here?

[Royal Nugs]

Thanks for your service too Sonny. You guys are the real heroes!

[kingfish]

Thanks brother

[Sonnyhad]

Thanks Nugs!

[LuckyAcres]

I really hope the orange in chief will come through with his promises to you guys, it's way overdue.
On the thrips subjects I found this article here http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7429.html Insecticides Most Compatible with IPM

Contact insecticides that do not leave persistent residues can be effective for greenhouse thrips and other species that feed openly on plants. These products have low toxicity to people, pets, and pollinators and relatively little adverse impact on biological pest control; because they do not leave toxic residues that would kill natural enemies migrating in after their application. Contact insecticides include azadirachtin (AzaMax, Safer Brand BioNeem), insecticidal soaps (Safer), narrow-range oil (Bonide Horticultural Oil, Monterey Horticultural Oil), neem oil (Green Light Neem, Schultz Garden Safe Brand Neem Oil), and pyrethrins, which many products combine with piperonyl butoxide (Ace Flower & Vegetable Insect Spray, Garden Tech Worry Free Brand Concentrate). To be effective, contact sprays must be applied to thoroughly cover buds, shoot tips, and other susceptible plant parts where thrips are present. On plants with a history of unacceptable damage, begin treatment early when thrips or their damage is first observed. Unless directed otherwise by the product label, periodically repeat the application as long as pest thrips and susceptible plant parts are both present.

Spinosad (Captain Jack’s Deadbug Brew, Green Light Lawn & Garden Spray with Spinosad 2, Monterey Garden Insect Spray) is generally more effective against thrips than the products above. Spinosad lasts 1 week or more and moves short distances into sprayed tissue (has translaminar activity) to reach thrips feeding in protected plant parts. Adding horticultural oil to the spray mix can increase its persistence within plant tissue. This insecticide is a fermentation product of a naturally occurring bacterium, and certain formulations are organically acceptable. Spinosad can be toxic to certain natural enemies (e.g., predatory mites, syrphid fly larvae) and bees when sprayed and for about 1 day afterward; do not apply spinosad to plants that are flowering.

[kingfish]

My bug issue is in the past. Thanks to Spinosat

[Karlee]

OMG king I fell out of my chair thinking the bugs were back .....no, no, no Bugs are afraid of your grow room, trust me! LOL

[Tika]

Ok folks ..I have Thrips too just passing week 5 of flower. What brand of Spinosad product? Can't find the beast but looping and microscope show tissue damage and beast poop ( dark things)
gone a tad bit ballistic!

[Weed Pharma]

Monterey Garden Insect Spray

[kingfish]

"Captain Jacks Dead Bug". Also get some Food grade Diatomaceous earth. If you don't have a mister, get one. They work much better then a spray bottle.

[Tika]

Thank you folks.
One good thing: under LEDs the silver/ metallic is easier to see.
another good thing sort of: my hydro person says we are in "winter spring " here Thrips are rampant; sunny warmish, wind & breeze.
he suggested do nothing but pluck the leaves at 5 weeks into a 7-9 harvest.
so that's what I am doing. Never had this before LEDs along with no recurring inch worm
Green75
So I plucked and plucked another for the above " pluck master"

[kingfish]

If they are in the soil, you can pluck 'till the cows come home, they won't go away.

[Tika]

Ok. Will watch & see. Thanks

[Karlee]

Tika I was just reading on the bug that invaded you , didn't realize you need to trap all bugs you do find, tie up in a bag...they come back.



The article I was reading

https://www.planetnatural.com/pest-p...hrips-control/

[NebulaHaze]

I just wanted to throw in another vote for Spinosad! It's pretty effective on thrips and won't affect the smell or taste of your buds, and is harmless to people and mammals. It's made of a compound found in certain bacteria, and you can use it both on your plants as a spray, or in your water when watering them to kill bugs systematically. You can find it at most garden sections (they definitely sell it at Ace Hardware, I saw it there today) though you need a mister to get the best coverage on your plants