Thrips help

bungle3 · #1 (**permalink**) 03-29-2009, 11:29 PM

Hi,
My indoor grow room has two 4 foot tanks running side by side there is 4 plants in each, I'm using the NFT system which has 2 600 watt lights above and they are in the last stages of flowering (I have just over a week before chop day)
My problem is I have thrips .......... I only spotted them yesterday and I'm not really sure were I go from here. Do I need to get rid of them before cutting them? if so how?
or as there is only a week left should I see it through to the end and once my plants are all dried and out of the room deal with the cleaning so not to infest my next grow?

I think I have had them about 2 weeks, the only reason I know this is because for some time now, me mate has been keeping mothers in a room which is only 1 meter away form my grow room, when he first brought them in we found they had thrips, so he dealt with it (or so I thought) by changing them from soil to nft and spaying the leaves, which seem to do the job (this was about 6 months ago) about 2 weeks ago he decided to get rid of his mothers, doing so sitting outside my grow room for about an hour ....so I'm presuming this is were they came from.

anyway thanks for reading and I really hope you guys can help.

SmknVTEC · #2 (**permalink**) 03-30-2009, 07:16 AM

Neem oil works well and can be purchased at Home Depot, Lowes, Ace Hardware, Nurseries etc.

bungle3 · #3 (**permalink**) 03-30-2009, 08:09 PM

thanks for the neem oil suggestion but do you know if there is any need to treat thrips this close to chop day?

SmknVTEC · #4 (**permalink**) 03-31-2009, 06:51 AM

How close to cutting??
Maybe you should cut early?
Have you flushed them?
If you are checking with a microscope you might know if you can just cut them now.

bungle3 · #5 (**permalink**) 03-31-2009, 10:14 AM

Hi, they have had just over 1 week of flush so its only 6 days till I cut them, the thing is do the thrips die once the plants have been cut? are they still good to smoke?

SmknVTEC · #6 (**permalink**) 04-02-2009, 07:06 AM

They don't necessarily die when its cut. That’s why a disinfecting of the grow room, and medium need to be done. Get rid of soils too. Any idea where you got them from? Yeah they will be ok to smoke. Shit I had a batch a while back where I am sure I smoked up a few fungus gnats.

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#1 (permalink) 03-29-2009, 11:29 PM
bungle3 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 3	Thrips help Hi, My indoor grow room has two 4 foot tanks running side by side there is 4 plants in each, I'm using the NFT system which has 2 600 watt lights above and they are in the last stages of flowering (I have just over a week before chop day) My problem is I have thrips .......... I only spotted them yesterday and I'm not really sure were I go from here. Do I need to get rid of them before cutting them? if so how? or as there is only a week left should I see it through to the end and once my plants are all dried and out of the room deal with the cleaning so not to infest my next grow? I think I have had them about 2 weeks, the only reason I know this is because for some time now, me mate has been keeping mothers in a room which is only 1 meter away form my grow room, when he first brought them in we found they had thrips, so he dealt with it (or so I thought) by changing them from soil to nft and spaying the leaves, which seem to do the job (this was about 6 months ago) about 2 weeks ago he decided to get rid of his mothers, doing so sitting outside my grow room for about an hour ....so I'm presuming this is were they came from. anyway thanks for reading and I really hope you guys can help. Last edited by bungle3; 03-30-2009 at 12:31 AM.

#2 (permalink) 03-30-2009, 07:16 AM
SmknVTEC Moderator Extraordinaire Join Date: May 2003 Location: Tornado Alley Posts: 8,076	Neem oil works well and can be purchased at Home Depot, Lowes, Ace Hardware, Nurseries etc. __________________ "I build cars for young men that only old men can afford"- Enzo Ferrari (1898-1988) LED Thread PGAMG Thread MG vs. Generic Soil Current and Legit Seedbanks GC Forum Rules

#3 (permalink) 03-30-2009, 08:09 PM
bungle3 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 3	Re: Thrips help thanks for the neem oil suggestion but do you know if there is any need to treat thrips this close to chop day?

#4 (permalink) 03-31-2009, 06:51 AM
SmknVTEC Moderator Extraordinaire Join Date: May 2003 Location: Tornado Alley Posts: 8,076	How close to cutting?? Maybe you should cut early? Have you flushed them? If you are checking with a microscope you might know if you can just cut them now. __________________ "I build cars for young men that only old men can afford"- Enzo Ferrari (1898-1988) LED Thread PGAMG Thread MG vs. Generic Soil Current and Legit Seedbanks GC Forum Rules

#5 (permalink) 03-31-2009, 10:14 AM
bungle3 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 3	Re: Thrips help Hi, they have had just over 1 week of flush so its only 6 days till I cut them, the thing is do the thrips die once the plants have been cut? are they still good to smoke?

#6 (permalink) 04-02-2009, 07:06 AM
SmknVTEC Moderator Extraordinaire Join Date: May 2003 Location: Tornado Alley Posts: 8,076	They don't necessarily die when its cut. That’s why a disinfecting of the grow room, and medium need to be done. Get rid of soils too. Any idea where you got them from? Yeah they will be ok to smoke. Shit I had a batch a while back where I am sure I smoked up a few fungus gnats. __________________ "I build cars for young men that only old men can afford"- Enzo Ferrari (1898-1988) LED Thread PGAMG Thread MG vs. Generic Soil Current and Legit Seedbanks GC Forum Rules

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