Good afternoon. First grow for me Question for the experts, got the ladies thru the veg stage. 2 weeks into flowering I noticed black spots on water leafs and saw what I think is thrips on the leafs. Not an expert but my best guess from research. What would be the best course to take to address this issue in the flowering stage with out harming the flowers? Any treatment recommendations? I am adding a couple of photos that I was able to get that are not that great. I just ordered a magnifying lens that will be here latter today to get better photos. Will post them on this thread when I get them. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated… thanks
Not really sure but… seems like most people use " Captain’s Jacks " deadbug. They say it is safe for flowering
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It is. Jacks is a bacterial solution that kills bugs from the inside out, but harmless to us. Still recommend a wash after harvesting.
@Letsgetit60
Captain jacks dead bug comes highly recommended, and is safe for flowering. Treat every 2 days, you want to catch the little buggers as soon as they hatch, treating more often reduces adult numbers. Treat right at lights out, so you fry your leaves or flowers.
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Thanks for the advice!!
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Thanks for the advice!
Does the captain work for fungus gnats too… I’m not quite flowering yet but I’m having issues with both and have tried neem and DE and nothing seems to be helping with the gnats
@Letsgetit60 did the captain work on your thrips?
What medium are you growing in?
If soil, get some mosquito bits from Lowes or a hardware store along with some of those cheap pull down sticky fly tapes. The fly tapes will help with the flying ones. Crush the bits up, and dump em in a bucket and allow to soak for 12 hours. Then water with the moquito bit water. That will help kill the eggs and larvae. Then allow the top few inches of soil to dry out real good before you water. Gnat larvae thrive in moist soil. Allowing it to dry out kills the eggs and larvae and prevents the adults from laying eggs.
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@ChittyChittyBangin Thanks for the info… I am using soil( my own little mix with ffof ) I’ll definitely try what you mentioned… I’m having issues with the soil either to wet or to dry… I’m trying the out cloth pots for the first time in half of my tent… and my other 5 gallon pots seem more like 3 gallon . I should add I’m like days from starting to flower but don’t want to till I get my gnat and thrips under control
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