Beneficial Insects
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bambi
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Most informative thread on unwanted and wanted insects ive ever come across to date,
Good job indeed,
I have but one Word for all Mites/Thrips etc = AVID.
Ive used Avid for 8 years now and never had any complaints health wise for the plant and human consumption aslong as the sprayer is doing there job properly of course
&the only spider mite ive not seen indoors on canna plants is the red European mite, mites don't seem to be very fond of pure or mostly Afghan plants ive noticed over the yrs.
cheers you guys. - b.
Good job indeed,
I have but one Word for all Mites/Thrips etc = AVID.
Ive used Avid for 8 years now and never had any complaints health wise for the plant and human consumption aslong as the sprayer is doing there job properly of course
&the only spider mite ive not seen indoors on canna plants is the red European mite, mites don't seem to be very fond of pure or mostly Afghan plants ive noticed over the yrs.
cheers you guys. - b.
master chine
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a use the chrysor or aphid lion.they work pretty good inside and once yu see them at work ^^ yu understand why lion.they always on mouv a patrol a look for food nyaam nyamm nyaam the thrips!!! work nice !!!thanks mother nature
look my grow link to see some pic
mad thread!!!! a get some new infos
look my grow link to see some pic
mad thread!!!! a get some new infos
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Great pictorial C4..
I carry a plastic peanut butter jar with me when i walk around my yard which is completely surrounded by the woods...I use it to collect preying mantis', walking stick bugs and any assasin bugs I happen to find....then release them in my garden.
Lady bugs are easy... In the late autumn, they swarm out here, and squeeze aound my window screens to get into my warm house... They gather in the corners of the ceilings of my rooms.
I collect them with a kitchen-match box and tranfer them to tupperware boxes filled with shredded newspaper and a raisen or two... the tupperware box goes into the crisper drawer of the 'fridge, where they kinda hibernate, until about early June when I release many hundreds of them into my veggie garden and my secret garden....
I carry a plastic peanut butter jar with me when i walk around my yard which is completely surrounded by the woods...I use it to collect preying mantis', walking stick bugs and any assasin bugs I happen to find....then release them in my garden.
Lady bugs are easy... In the late autumn, they swarm out here, and squeeze aound my window screens to get into my warm house... They gather in the corners of the ceilings of my rooms.
I collect them with a kitchen-match box and tranfer them to tupperware boxes filled with shredded newspaper and a raisen or two... the tupperware box goes into the crisper drawer of the 'fridge, where they kinda hibernate, until about early June when I release many hundreds of them into my veggie garden and my secret garden....
TheyCallMeJJay
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Wow. I wonder if I have predatory nematodes in my dirt. A few weeks ago I had gnats and then poof...gone.
I'm entirely too lazy to even bother trying to kill those things with gnatrol or whatever.
I'm entirely too lazy to even bother trying to kill those things with gnatrol or whatever.
Great thread!
This thread should be a sticky, how do we request this from the Mods?
Ordering my bugs tomorrow...got a case of whiteflies that's gotten out of hand.
Quick poll - ladybugs, green lacewings, or whitefly parasites?
I'm leaning towards the ladybugs because they're alive and get to work right away. Lacewings had some questionable reviews on the website but I think the people just kept em together too long and they ate themselves. I still want to get the parasites but right now I'm looking for the ones that'll start gorging on whiteflies immediately.
So I guess the poll is Ladybug or GreenLacewing? Which one likes whiteflies more, anyone know?
Spread_Head
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I worked in an aquaponic greenhouse in WY and we used lacewings, aphidius wasps, and predator mites. Watching the wasps do their thing was extremely satisfying in an almost sick way. I wonder how these benny insects would work in an indoor room.
I think captn jacks dead bug brew is labeled to kick whiteflys asses and it's all organic and it works great especially on thrips.
Lacewings it is
I was thinking about that last night - got a lil vac somewhere in the garage, it shall be found today. Parasites next week for the ongoing revenge.I have spinosad Mike - whiteflies are the devil
I bet it was pretty gratifying SpreadHead - especially if you've ever watched the youtube vid of whiteflies laying eggs. It looks just like the Alien queen off the Alien movies so letting the Predator loose for some AVP action is very satisfying I bet.
