[its.always.420]

Hey guys i have used monterey garden spray in the past and it's the bomb. Mind you my infestation wasn't horrible at all, but i sprayed once every 4 days, 4-5 times, and those bastards were GONE. Over 6 months ago and haven't seen a single sign of them. If you have the choice, buy the concentrated product. It's the same price as the RTU formulation in the spray bottle, and will last you about 100 times longer. You just have to mix it with water.

I got the montery's spinosad sprayed once so far & i already see alot less activity & ive found some of the lifeless little fuckers on top of the leaves only took 1/2 tbsp in a pint of water AWSOME product & very cheap.

[ARTofMAKINGfire]

I will also verify here that Monterey's Garden Spray is a SOLUTION to Thripes and many other pests.

I applied it once daily for four days and that was that. I've still got more than two thirds of the pint size bottle left.

I now treat vegging clones and moms once a month to prevent a return.

THRIP KILLA

[ttripperr]

Got a bottle of Monteray Insect spray and it worked like a charm. I could see the effects right away, in several hours there were dead bugs everywhere and very few where still alive. The next day I could not find a single living thrip. Thanks for the info, Im burn'n one for you bro.

[noobiE]

ok question. i havent been able to find them in my leaves yet but when i watered my bush a bunch of those little fuckers emerged from the soil. Is this the beggining of there infestation or are they not thrips? i tried to get a pic but my cam wont focus that small and the little fucker jumped as i was trying to identify it under my 10x mag glass

[tinman]

i have read somewhere on this site,that thrips also feed on the roots at some stage,larva i think, and it was recomending to do a root bath or sumpthin like that. and can i use monteray concentrate as a wash for the roots in a hempy bucket set up? pearlite/vermiculite. did i recieve accurate info on this? i may have read it on aan answer to thrip question. i'll try to find it......tinman

[cornflake]

Anyone ever used it for gnats?

Originally Posted by Doobieduck

kokua thanks for the link and info...may I add my Fungus Gnat for ID..this is a fungus gnat although the file name is thrip...still a pest.....DD

[joe fresh]

hey guys, just joined this forum in hopes to get some better info that the other forums might not have, this thread is pretty good with lots of info.

i believe i may have thrips, on a stem and under a few leaves ive seen what looks like little white larvae, they look like mini white maggots, ive got many plants and have only seen this on a few plants, so i need to do somthing now before its too late.

i have 3 rooms 11x11 each, each with 40-50 plants.

so my question is, is there a good solution to efficiently kill them without having to spray every inch of each plant and then putting some in the soil, as this would take me more than a day to accomplish, any info or help would be greatfully apreciated

[dr.penthotal]

Thank you guys!
You saved my garden and mother plants.
Due to not quarantine a few clones from a friend I got infected with thrips!
After nearly 6 months of fighting with everything organic within my reach and one crop ruined totally I landed in this complete thread and now, as I subscribed I can share my experience.
I tried neem oil, mineral oil, pyretrum, soaps, ladybugs, phytoseiulus persimilis and lacewings. I dealt with humidity to thrive predators, but they only controlled infestation. One or two larvae in the soils always survived propagating through seasons.
I tried sticky traps blue and yellow. Blue ones work better. Very useful but a bit messy.
Companion planting is efficient too to attract pest and small plants of onion and garlic seemed to be preferred by thrips than cannabis.
Thrips however didn't impair quality of buds, they impaired a lot size of buds and final weight. Taste was always unaffected.
The best thing that worked for me was simple water.
The trick was to shower your plants with strong jets of water in a bathtub. This method splashed away any adult and larvae and the flow of water takes in the tub. I almost cleared them with this.
Then I found Spinosad. Read a lot and I like that it comes from bacteria.
It is destroyed by light after a few days, using in veg is safe.
After 2 applies my thrips nightmare was finally over.
Period.
Trust this. It is the real STUFF!
Now thrips are long gone, spring is coming again so don,t lower guard...
Thanx a lot to everyone in here, Thumbs up!
Dr Penthotal

[dr.penthotal]

Originally Posted by tinman

i have read somewhere on this site,that thrips also feed on the roots at some stage,larva i think, and it was recomending to do a root bath or sumpthin like that. and can i use monteray concentrate as a wash for the roots

Nope.
Nothing simply chemical is useful against pupae (this is the stage in wich fat larvae from the leaves fall into the ground to transform and produce wings and adult form. Then they climb up again the stem, they mate and lay new eggs inside plant tissue around.)
Pupae don't eat, so it's very difficult for substances to reach them.
There's only others creatures like nematodes that can penetrate them and eat them from inside out!
Nematodes are effective more and expecially on fungus gnats.
Spinosad will kill only active feeding animals that can eat it and die of it having their nervous system broken down. (you can actually see them dying in convulsions).
Hope this helps
Dr Penthotal
PS I've become a thrips expert.
Experience teaches!