down with thrips!!! | treating my entire plant collection for thrips

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

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[@natjoy22]

I have had Vessi for a few years! I have those exact shoes!

[@wildfern]

thrips sisters unite 👯‍♀

[@AnjiiTheAmazinOMG]

😂😂😂😂 I’m here too

[@rebekahowsiak6989]

Some beneficial bugs will die from the insecticides, check the recommended time to wait after spraying before releasing them(it’s usually at least a few weeks). Also, the way captain jacks works is it stays on the plant long term, the thrips eat it and then their stomachs explode and they die(gross I know lol) so it’s best to first spray the plant with water, let it dry a bit, then spray the captain jacks and leave it on there.

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

Ahh got it!!! Okay i sprayed again today and I did water first. Thank you 😃

[@rebekahowsiak6989]

@@BeccaDeLaPlants good luck!!! Just found a ton of thrips today myself lol

[@Hazellites]

I have thrips regularly and used Captain jacks spray over the years. I found out this year that the systemic powder works even better for me. The roots absorb the systemic powder through watering and when the thrips eat the plant, they die. They hop to another plant and the same thing happens rip. I haven’t seen any thrips for MONTHS. It’s amazing. Good luck Becca!

[@Mandi_Hui]

I tend to do a plant purge every summer or downsize plants i no longer love. Or too much work on them. Or don’t thrive in my home. I also sell cuttings on plants that are overgrown and in there place. Haven’t a newborn is definitely hard after the 1st year it gets easier. I do alot of plant preventative every month. And each watering i clean the leaves too. I don’t own any tropical plants and android’s etc i think spidermites and thrips are attracted to those types. With Hoyas is the mealybugs and spider mites.

[@TH0ltz]

1) GREEN Lacewing Larve will take care of your pest problems, they are very aggressive! I work in a big greenhouse and they work on mealy too! Worth every penny! 2) Vessis suck! Both my hubby and I got a pair and within 6 months the food bed separated from the sole on BOTH our shoes! Expensive and a waste of money!

[@graceaxisa4213]

Yes! I agree! Finding pests means you are being observant, vigilant and careful. Excellent video.

[@ididit36]

The mealybugs LOVE me!

[@JosieYapsALot]

Honestly??? It is HELLA impressive that in all the time you've owned houseplants you've never had thrips. But like you said, it's just a part of owning houseplants, I get a coctail of thrips and spider mites mutiple times a year every year lol so you're doing great. Just an fyi, the beneficials I get are also susceptible to insecticides so there needs to be a 2-week period between the last treatment and when I introduce them to my collection. I'd double check if the beneficials you're planning to get have that rule too, would be a shame if you ordered them and then realized you couldn't use them. Hope it all goes well

[@emoo2342]

You know. Heheh, when you said “you should be proud if you find a pest”-My twisted brain thought “Yeah, ‘cause that means your plants are healthy and therefore tasty to pest.”😅 I’m so glad you’re getting a handle on this! Pests are stressful. Godspeed.

[@kat1984]

I live in Tucson, Arizona and spidermites are unavoidable with my outdoor plants. Spidermites love hot, dry wreathed which is exactly what we have. So far I've only had one outbreak of spidermites with my houseplants and Captain Jack's dead bug brew alternating with spraying isopropyl alcohol cleared them out without any issues. I recently lost all of my African violets to cyclamen mites. I bought avid to try and save the two African violet plants that I was watching for my mom for the month she was gone. I don't know if they can be saved, I may end up buying her some replacements.

[@sylviagutierrez7676]

Nice shoes,hope these pest end soon, 💚🌵🌱☘️💚

[@jamieotis1748]

Does spraying the plants with the hose after the dead bug brew not wash off the pesticides?

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

I let it soak for a while! I’m treating again today and not washing off with water because I had the same thought 😩 haha

[@melissatitus2271]

I have thrips on my ric rac because I had it hanging outside on the porch for summer. I found some Arber insecticide on summer clearance at Walmart. It can be used as a spray and when watering. I watered my whole collection with it as a precaution. Then I doused the ric rac a couple of days after watering. So far so good.

[@andyandbee]

I'm so sorry. Good luck and God speed!!! 💚🪴🌵

[@karenbrackbill79]

Thrips and spider mites love to kick me when I’m down.. aka they come for my plants when I’m not watering or fertilizing consistently because I’m either busy or my mental health is affecting me. I use systemics but have used beneficials in the past too. Beneficials are great but so expensive!

[@TheyCallMeSenorita]

Same here right now 😢

[@marinanicole00]

I have a hibiscus plant with thrips and nothing was working!! I just bought ladybugs and put them in a contained netting with the plant and they really did their thing!

[@beautiworld]

I haven't seen your big Swiss Cheese plant you bought a couple of years ago. Do you still have it? Your plants are beautiful!

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

Yes I still have it :) it’s outside loving life!

[@beautiworld]

Ok, can you please include it in one of your videos? I'd love to see it!@@BeccaDeLaPlants

[@paigesofmakeup8573]

I found thrips on one plant this summer and it didn’t have any adults so hopefully avoided them. I am getting some beneficials soon so that will hopefully prevent any. I hope this won’t be a recurrent pain in your booty. Sidenote, you’re looking amazing momma!

[@user-cd8xh2hm5g]

I'm dealing with a similar situation 😅

[@mommayanna]

Thank you for making this video. Very helpful😮

[@okanaganblonde4095]

Captain Jacks is a systemic. Trust me, Spinosad counts 😅 we definitely cannot get it in Canada for that reason.

[@BLANKU2]

I feel for you in this being the worst possible time for you to take on this kinda pest problem with all the work involved. Captain Jacks is my favorite product. One a month I wash everyones leaves and treat my plants with Jacks and leace it on without spraying it off as my year long preventative and it has worked great for my living situation. Everyones location or state puts them at risk for all types of critters lol. Sending you strength to say this too shall pass. :)

[@Kira-kg4kl]

As soneone who has a 3 month old and also suffering with a thrip infestation i feel you lol Im treating everything when he is napping aswell but he only has 30 min naps during the day, but sleeps like a log at night so it makes it challenging to treat all my plants due to the husband working 12hr days lol

[@JBfanLeonie]

I have lost almost half (about 20 plants) of my small plant collection this summer and it honestly traumatised me for life 😅

[@emiliepulver5015]

Will the systemics not kill the beneficials when you add them ?

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

Probably! I’m waiting to release them until I do 3 cycles of the insecticide

[@christelarmstrong9598]

Thanks for sharing

[@jennAKAskuna]

Thrips are the WORST!! Hope you got most of the little buggers!! I’ve been lazy about dealing with a mealy outbreak. I need to get to systemics too.

[@HerVibesDivine]

Can you elaborate on the signs that you saw so that I can obsess please? lol

[@kat1984]

Your eegee's shirt made me crave an eegee's slush. Are you from Tucson, AZ? I don't think they exist outside of Tucson.

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

Yes I’m from tucson ☺️ I miss eegees the most!! Haha

[@Horsewoman-pt2ku]

Has the he thrips chomped on your newer leaves? They also chomped on my Hoya heart leaf and it ended up getting a bacterial and researched it and plants with bacteria cannot recover when all leaves infected. It had just taken off too and a ton of baby leaves now all infected

[@Kira-kg4kl]

Thrips usually attack the newer leaves first as they are soft and juicy Sorry to hear about your hoya, it always sucks when you can't save them especially if they are a plant you love

[@Horsewoman-pt2ku]

@@Kira-kg4kl if you ever get a Hoya that their sap is coming out on the leaves all over as tiny dots it is some pest biting and treat it immediately with Neem so the pest doesn’t give it a fungus or bacteria. I’ve lost 3 Hoyas at the same time from whatever pest this was. Funny thing is since i water spray all my plants every watering I have never seen any pests

[@Kira-kg4kl]

@Horsewoman-pt2ku I don't find that neem works as a treatment to be honest, I have 200+ plants currently and I usually use beneficial bugs or if an infestation is really bad ill go in with systemics on specific plants that are suffering the worst Neem is more of a preventative in my eyes I'm glad your not really suffering with them anymore, washing and cleaning plants can really help 💜

[@Horsewoman-pt2ku]

@@Kira-kg4kl the Neem I use as a preventative but also for fungus issues

[@meowk5812]

I always spray the captain jacks dead if brew and leave it on the leaves to dry! Don’t rinse it off!!!

[@JJ-ec9lp]

I have thrips rn too :( Also I thought you shouldn’t wash off cap jacks dead bug? Because it’s a bacteria the bugs need to eat?

[@totalvamp792]

If you spray them with the bug killer are you supposed to wash it off?

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

You can! I’d suggest it after you’re done treating the full 3 times because it leaves white marks on the leaves.

[@carolinacarrie2247]

We can't buy systemic pesticides in Canada 😢

[@melnarnr8357]

goodness, I've been treating my entire collection for thrips as well :(

[@nekia2much]

Hey. Do thrips get in the soil? I just got my first infestation.

[@Kira-kg4kl]

So the adults and larvae are on the leaves, the eggs are inside the leaves and the pupae are in the soil So the larvae drop down into the soil to turn into adults

[@nekia2much]

@@Kira-kg4kl oh nooo. Would it be easier to just repot them?

[@Kira-kg4kl]

​@nekia2much I usually repot and clean the roots and then bake the soil in the oven because I'm poor lol and can't afford to bin soil so I just make sure everything is dead You could always do a hydrogen peroxide wrinse through the soil, just make sure you have a look online to check how strong it needs to be as you don't wanna kill the roots

[@nekia2much]

@@Kira-kg4kl thank you so much. I will try the baking process I don’t want to harm the roots. I’ve never baked soil before. I will do some research.

[@TH0ltz]

p.s., I've used Captain Jacks, Dr. Doom and other insecticidal soaps and while they worked short term, they just came back again and again and infected my entire collection in my entire house. GREEN LACEWING LARVAE!

[@threeqtrtime]

I used sulfur on my plants..sprayed my entire collection. On my Hoya I took a makeup brush and painted each one.. errrrt these critters drive me nuts 🥜

[@veganmagick7251]

Did the sulfur work long term for you? I'm contemplating getting some. I don't have access to a large variety of insecticides here and need something to alternate between.

[@totalvamp792]

Are thrips black and can you see them without a microscope?

[@BeccaDeLaPlants]

They are black and long bodied. You can see them without a microscope, although you have to look close

[@teresaortiz9902]

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[@Akimills_84]

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[@sterlgirlceline]

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[@Pjsplantcorner]

Thrips are really hard to get rid off..

[@Horsewoman-pt2ku]

I hate thrips. Just got them this summer from my local nursery. Treating all plants is a nitemare. I have been rotating my bug sprays. Your Lowes or Home Depot has bug stuff in warehouse you order online and pick up in store

[@miguelllewellyn4492]

Good luck. Those things are literally the devil.