Thrips on Phrags….:(

[Heather]

Best way to treat? Spot treating isn’t working at this point. Still fighting them on my larger plants and it’s going to affect blooming.

I have systemic granules with imadoproclid (sp)…worth a shot or any better suggestions? I kinda hate using the granules….they make a mess of the media but I’m getting more and more annoyed about these guys…

 

[Skoester]

Heather, have you tried OrganiShield from Ray? Based on one of your previous posts I suspect that we both received Phrags with thrips from the same vendor. I’ve been using Organishield and am seeing some nice clean growth at this point.

 

[Heather]

Thanks for the tip…I thought I had some of that around here somewhere, will give it a shot!

 

[PeteM]

Best way to treat? Spot treating isn’t working at this point. Still fighting them on my larger plants and it’s going to affect blooming.

I have systemic granules with imadoproclid (sp)…worth a shot or any better suggestions? I kinda hate using the granules….they make a mess of the media but I’m getting more and more annoyed about these guys…

granules in combination with an insect growth cycle inhibitor works well for me. I use azamax to cover scale, thrips and spider mites in combination with the granules. With azamax and mites it’s almost a weekly treatment for a bit. .

 

[littlefrog]

Distance. Or you can get the same thing (maybe a slightly different concentration?) as 'Pivot'. That plus azamax and imidocloprid or Safari as part of the same mix. I think it is really important to use at least two different mechanisms of action simultaneously.

Mites - no imidocloprid. That stuff seems to be spidermite viagra. It either enhances their reproductive rate or perhaps kills off whatever natural predators I had - whatever was going on it always had the opposite effect of what I wanted for mites. There are actually plenty of predator mites you can purchase, they work pretty well.

 

[PeteM]

Distance. Or you can get the same thing (maybe a slightly different concentration?) as 'Pivot'. That plus azamax and imidocloprid or Safari as part of the same mix. I think it is really important to use at least two different mechanisms of action simultaneously.

Mites - no imidocloprid. That stuff seems to be spidermite viagra. It either enhances their reproductive rate or perhaps kills off whatever natural predators I had - whatever was going on it always had the opposite effect of what I wanted for mites. There are actually plenty of predator mites you can purchase, they work pretty well.

I agree. I forgot I also use Safari in my rotation.

 

[IvoPhal]

Acetampirid 1 gr per litre. It’s really working.

 

[Skoester]

granules in combination with an insect growth cycle inhibitor works well for me. I use azamax to cover scale, thrips and spider mites in combination with the granules. With azamax and mites it’s almost a weekly treatment for a bit. .

What are you using for granules. I grow everything inside under lights so am cautious about what I use. I purchased some azamax. Is Safari the granule?