What the Hell is This Mites?

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ceeconst said:
also what you guys think of them co2 buckets?
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I think them buckets are a waste of time and money. If your grow space is sealed man up and buy a co2 regulator and controller, next time you get mites drown em in co2.
 
Kingrow1

Kingrow1

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Thrips and mites also vector viruse and disease, sometimes when you get rid of the thrips and mites you are left with the odd diseased plants, only ever had this once so not so common in my eyes! How goes the bug problem? I live with thrips on my jalepeno plants but they are near a window so eliminating them is not an option, i just keep their population to a minimun! I bought some predatory mites in little sachets and that seemed to work really well up untill the point where other bigger bully bugs came in from outside and started feasting on my predatory bugs, and the cycle of life is complete! I can only hope that these bigger bugs also go after my thrips. Thrips love flowers and will choose them over marijuana, lots of gardeners plant flowers in or around their vegetable plot to attract the bugs off the vegetables and onto the flowers, this dosen't work with mites i don't think. Sorry for the useless tips but i am really good at dealing with thrips.
 
lepis22

lepis22

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Kingrow1 said:
Covering the pots the plants are planted in is a good long term idea for thrips, although it won't imediatly decrease the thrips like neem oil it will gradually bring their numbers down over time and stop you getting them in the first place. Thrips lay eggs in leaves, these drop into soil, cover the soil and stop their breeding cycle. Do not cover the soil so that no air can get in as this could be bad, just loosely with a paper plate or somthing, this is a good preventitive and long term control method. If you only have a small indoor garden then you can pick them off youself to keep numbers down till other methods start to be effective. Sometimes it is hard to get rid of thrips and many people with large gardens and commercial operations never manage to totally eliminate them from the garden merely keep the population numbers down so that damage is at a minimun. Ladybirds is a good idea if you can find some in the local bushes, collect a load and let them loose on your plants, will fly off after a few days but not before eating a lot of thrips. Just a few ideas also i never heard of thrips being dangerous in the soil allthough i believe some varieties eat the roots but none that you normally get, should be fine in the soil, its when they get on your plants they start the damage. Good luck with the neem.
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After I read your comment, I decided to look the soil of one of my infested girl. they are everywhere, and it is imposibble to kill, jumping running. whatta .........
 
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