Scooby5757
lightly hirsute
So this past summer I went to Germany for a semester abroad. Fun, exciting, and the beer was out of this world (and cheaper than soda, they know how life should be). Before I left, in order to put early strike in any fungal problems I sprayed with a copper based spray. Well, when I got back there were obvious problems that had gone unnoticed by my "hired gardener"...my father. Leaves were "bleached" white, a groups of seedlings looked like it had been "fried", other plants had the same issue.
Last night I was going through the grow area at around 11:30, later than usual, and that's when I found them. Lurking on the beginnings of a new sheath on one of my phrags were two little black "strips", then they moved.
It all makes sense now. The bleached areas had all been chewed away with the little black dots of thrip poop. I had never had them before, I just didn't recognize the symptoms.
So now what? I can't use one of Leo's cocktails because this is in my basement, insecticidal soap may be as effective as dish soap, and doing this individually with alcohol and cotton swabs is not an option.
I never know what to do when pests show up. But I wanna be brutal. :evil:
Last night I was going through the grow area at around 11:30, later than usual, and that's when I found them. Lurking on the beginnings of a new sheath on one of my phrags were two little black "strips", then they moved.
It all makes sense now. The bleached areas had all been chewed away with the little black dots of thrip poop. I had never had them before, I just didn't recognize the symptoms.
So now what? I can't use one of Leo's cocktails because this is in my basement, insecticidal soap may be as effective as dish soap, and doing this individually with alcohol and cotton swabs is not an option.
I never know what to do when pests show up. But I wanna be brutal. :evil: