tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464426253475508376.post7466291136002005576..comments2024-03-21T13:19:03.109-07:00Comments on Heidi Horticulture: Common House Plant Pests Part 1 - ThripsHeidi-Hoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08931924843932936700noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464426253475508376.post-36895977440936905822021-11-12T04:20:50.358-08:002021-11-12T04:20:50.358-08:00I am using granular as well as NEEM+CAPTAIN JACK d...I am using granular as well as NEEM+CAPTAIN JACK dead bug spray.. Every week i water one room and clean the leaves in the other... round and round... when i started out I had thrips on every plant, mealy bugs and spider mites ALL AT ONE TIME...I like the granules. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13977956991179131114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464426253475508376.post-84416306679407078362019-04-18T12:28:46.618-07:002019-04-18T12:28:46.618-07:00My house has many plants I think it will take a lo...My house has many plants I think it will take a long time to remove them. 😥Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16803904919093498526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464426253475508376.post-41117539442790322152018-01-27T15:33:00.837-08:002018-01-27T15:33:00.837-08:00Hi Jud, I feel your pain. They are the worst! In m...Hi Jud, I feel your pain. They are the worst! In my research, thrips can reproduce asexually, so if you even leave one...they can multiply! It's also known to prevent flowers from blooming, as the thrips feed on pollen. Others feed on fungus too. Try ridding pollen and fungus as best you can, whilst doing what you have with safers soap. Another natural control is Thripex, a preditory mite that eats thrip larvae. I've not tried it myself, but it wouldn't hurt to try. Frustrating isn't it! Keep fighting the good fight! Good luck! Heidi-Hoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08931924843932936700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464426253475508376.post-7099128895664932122018-01-27T14:50:38.801-08:002018-01-27T14:50:38.801-08:00By the way - I only used the granular systemic ins...By the way - I only used the granular systemic insecticide after washing and safer insectical soap repeatedly applied didn't work. Jud Newborn, PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026523361933039372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464426253475508376.post-91433631034085858112018-01-27T14:49:49.403-08:002018-01-27T14:49:49.403-08:00Hi Heidi - Wow, this is the best information I'...Hi Heidi - Wow, this is the best information I've found about thrips on houseplants. Thank you! I never had them until I bought some vase-shaped sansavieria from a big indoor nursery. I thought tSansavieria would be immune to almost anything. Instead I found odd raised white strips like scars. I did the shake-off on white paper method - and they were black thrips. When I told the garden store where I'd bought the plants - it took a year to see this damage - they said, yes, we discovered we had a thrip problem. After doing everything you say - including using a granular systemic insecticide - (and throwing away plants too), I thought I was through with them. I bought blue indicator sticky-traps also. After about a year, I suddenly discover my walking iris plants (Neomarica gracilis) are COVERED with them - in every stage of development. I worked like a dog to get rid of them again. Threw the worse cases aweay. A year later - I have them again on the walking Irises! I can't fingure out why this keeps happening! I never had any problem with either hosueplant species before. Any idea why I can't seem to get rid of them no matter what? Thanks - JudJud Newborn, PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026523361933039372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464426253475508376.post-79963075045495078622013-02-23T05:59:04.927-08:002013-02-23T05:59:04.927-08:00Hi Eliza - agreed! I figure pests and disease go h...Hi Eliza - agreed! I figure pests and disease go hand in hand with anything natural. We just need to be wise and look for the problems before they become night-mares. Have a great upcoming growing season!Heidi-Hoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08931924843932936700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464426253475508376.post-2451794765879232132013-02-21T22:48:19.191-08:002013-02-21T22:48:19.191-08:00I also have a mini garden of my own here at the ba...I also have a mini garden of my own here at the balcony of my apartment. It is amazing how you can have something like it in your place of zen. But you can never avoid these irritating pests.Eliza Batmanhttp://www.midwestext.com/homenoreply@blogger.com