My Houseplants Have Thrips | *oh and spider mites*
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- Hey planty people,
I have a really unfortunate video for you guys today. So many of my plants got covered in pests, and a few were so bad that I had to throw them away. It times like this it's nice to have a camera to vent to and you guys to talk to in the comments.
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Heather
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I’m sorry to tell you but I don’t think your thrips issue will be resolved so easily. I was battling them for months and nearly lost my mind until I realized they burrowed into the plant tissue to bury their eggs there. So you can literally spray them every day and kill all the thrips but they’ll keep coming back until every egg has hatched and it’s basically impossible if you have a lot of plants to control all of that. The only thing I found that works very effectively is systemic pesticide. You water your plants with it and it takes about a week but then it poisons the bugs when they munch on the leaves. It also takes care of everything in the soil. It works for thrips, scale, and mealy bugs, but isn’t ideal for spider mites unfortunately. Spraying is still the best for those. It’s a little pricey but works for a couple months so it’s a great treatment for once or twice a year (and usually you don’t get such nasty outbreaks more often than that). Good luck!
agree with all the above, systemics were the only solution to getting rid of/controlling thrips for me, good luck!
tetarleton hello! Which one do you recommend?
Please let me know what you recommend! I would love to make a video using this and shouting you out!!
@@tetarleton yes pls share! I’m
Hoping it’s available in Ontario. We have such strict laws and captain jack bug brew I’m not able to get 😟
@@HeatherHoyas I’m from FL, but live in Europe these days, so I’m not super well-versed on all the brands back home anymore. A while back, I had someone in the US suggest Boinide systemic granules that they bought on on Amazon (apparently 4lb for $22, which is a pretty good deal) and they said it was very effective. In the UK, people swear by Provanto (and I think I might’ve heard it’s available in Canada, too). In other parts of Europe, Substral Celaflor is great (not sure who all is reading this). It’s true, they are “banned” in a lot of countries, but that’s only for outdoor use, because they can kill local bug populations (so, of course, be careful how you dispose of it - don’t dump any outside for any reason). I was worried I wouldn’t find any because I heard they were banned in most of the EU, but it’s not the case for indoor use. They’re usually just in a glass display case at garden centers that an employee has to unlock for you. So I can imagine it’s the same in Canada and other places. In all the shops I went to locally, they only had 2 brands that worked systemically and one was organic and didn’t have the best reviews online. I had the non-organic one recommended, shopped around to see prices and options, read the reviews, then went back and got that first one from a store since it was actually cheaper than online. I can imagine it’ll be about the same in other places. It won’t be much of a selection, so just bring your phone and check the reviews (if you don’t order online) and go from there. Also, by the way, you can use it to spray your plants with, but I’d advise against it. Apparently in that form pests can slowly build a resistance to it. The active ingredient is a neonicotinoid - a synthetic imitation of nicotine - so just like nicotine in humans, they can build a resistance - but when you use a higher concentration when watering with it, it kills them instantly. I still swear by the usual methods for spraying foliage - soapy water, neem oil, alcohol, etc. - for spider mites, although I do recommend if it’s a bushy plant and a bad infestation to wrap the base of the plant and dunk it upside down in a bucket of water and whatever solution you’re using. It’s gets in the cracks and crevices better and saves time and stress to the plant from repotting. Another tip, you can also make a kind of tobacco tea and spray them with it. It’s cheap and easy. Tobacco (and the nicotine that the synthetic neonicotinoids are based on) is toxic to animals but safe for plants, so it’s kind of great for many of these issues. For pests in the soil, I’ve just sprinkled tobacco on the soil and watered and it took care of it. It knocked them right out. Never had any issues with pests building any resistance that way. I just don’t think it’s strong enough to expand to all parts of the plant tissue like the neonicotinoids of systemic products and was too devastated by my thrips infestation to experiment too much more after all my other efforts. So when it comes to the little bastards laying their eggs within the leaves and stems, store bought systemic is still the most effective option.
By the way, it seems like everyone is getting thrips this year. I've been collecting houseplants for about 13 years and never had them until now. It seems like growers are just putting out whatever they can in a rush because demand is so high and not checking things like they usually would. I've been ending up with weak plants, barely rooted plants, and tons of pests on new plants lately and never had any of those issues before. Hopefully things will slowly get back to normal with all that...as well as plant prices, ugh. (And if you do shout me out, since I don't upload content on YT, just call me Lina ;) )
I just battled thrips in all my plants! I used a systemic insecticide,and Capt Jack's dead bug brew, and three weeks I haven't seen a living thrips! I've seen dead one! So I believe the systemic is working good! I've treated with Capt Jack's only twice on each plant! So I believe the systemic has worked! All gone! Plants r looking better then ever! Hope this helps!
Add masquito bits to should and no fungad nats. I haven't had nats in my plants for a year! Thanks to adding masquito bits in every plant! It literally wipes them out! Plus I am an under waterer! Which definitely helps! I also not once took a plant from their pots. I felt like it was easy to get rid of the bugs! I was freaking out at first, but I demolished them so fast! Without all that extra work of taking them from their soil! Use a systemic!!
Omg bless your heart 😥 thrips are so annoying! I'm sorry you're having to deal with this and I hope they go away for good this time.
I hope so too!
Check out diatomaceous earth, it works wonders for thrips and it’s not poisonous at all😁
How do you do it without it getting yucky after watering?
@@MountainsnVallies I don’t … I do shower the plants well in the shower when needed.
@@Coltiefication I’m not sure I understand? After it gets wet from watering it won’t work anymore because it’s gotten wet? No?
@@MountainsnVallies I honestly don’t know, but after I’ve showered the plants I always add some extra when it dries up again. Don’t know if it’s necessary or not, but it has worked for me. Normally I just bottom water my plants and then the top soil is always dry with some DE on it.
The only way to deal with thrips is to introduce good bugs that will eat them, I recommend cucumeris, stratiolaelaps and orius. Don't give up they are a pain, I know it pretty well... fought them for 2 years before starting introducing bugs and only the bugs made a HUGE improvement! Save yourself time and headache and money and dive right into the good bugs! Let them do all the work!! Thats my biggest recommendation, you will not regret it!
Fingers crossed everyone recovers 💖
Fingers and toes lol
I found thrips for the first time a few weeks ago and then I found spider mites on my hoyas and I thre everything in the tub and soaked everything with captain jacks! And I haven’t seen one thrip since. Fingers crossed for ya!
Fingers crossed for both of us!!
Hi baby what a coincidence I am dealing with spider mites too! All three of my mamei’s had spider mites and I know it’s been so overwhelming, stressful, and disappointing. I had to throw out two of my pastazanums that were attacked as well. I am also doing captain jacks dead bug spray and will be spraying for the next 4-6 weeks to catch the larvae. I hope we both manage and keep down the pest control!
I really hope we can kick the pests to the curb and say goodbye for good! I'm going to try systemics next if this process doesn't work/help
Dealing with trips is a marathon not a sprint. Pests are natural part of houseplant hobby and there's no getting away from them. Check your plants on regular basis and deal with them as they occur.
I hope they all recover well!
SAME. I never want to see a thrip ever again
After watching, I went around and checked my crew and proactively sprayed down with neem... I feel like everyone is finding bugs this time of year! I did find one mealy on a hoya... ugh
One mealy out of many plants is truly a blessing
First video. You are fine, we all get the pest ruining your life. The eggs, I believe to be fruit flies though. I could be wrong though.
I have seen others remove plants and wipe down where they sat. Is that over kill. I am so proud of you not freaking out.
Ughh So sorry your having too deal this. You’ve kicked butt an hopefully all bad critters are gone. 💚😀
Thank you for the confidence boost! I hope they stay faaar away
I just found 4 Thrips today on the Philodendron rubrocinctum red. This is the first time when I have pests. I am not even sure if they are thrips 🙄( Long, small, black). I just sprayed him and all the plants near to him with the neem oil.
The “egg” looking stuff in the soil is actually beneficial and means your soil is good! It’s fungus or something haha. I also used to think it was eggs but it made no sense because the plants that I found it In had the best foliage and no signs of anything bad. Turns out it wasn’t eggs like I thought and I could have left the soil and plant alone hahaha
I didn’t have thrips with the fungus soil though. Definitely woulda changed the soil of thrips for sure
My girl's right! Came here to say this. It's a fungus. I wouldn't necessarily say that it benefits your plant but it is an indication that the soil is healthy 👌👌
@@hollypuckett3931 🤍🤍🤍
WOW. Thanks for the tips! I had no idea and it freaked me out as soon as I saw it. Sadly that plant keeps coming back with thrips.
@@HeatherHoyas isn't it truly alarming?! There is still a piece of me that freaks out anytime I encounter it 🤢
Thrips is THE WORST 🙅 like, at that point I'm like, *is this* self-care though?! 🤔🤣😭
Thank you for this! I came to the comment section to see what that yellow stuff was. I have thrips in my ikea cabinet and found that fungus in one of the plants soil.
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I know how you feel with thrips. Just when you think they are gone they flair back up again.
It's literally one of the most annoying pests. I feel like mealies don't do near the amount of damage as thrips do.
I don't understand why all these pests attack my indoor plants and not a single bug is to be found on any of my outdoor plants. I have hoyas indoors and out and only my indoor hoya get pests?????
Good luck with all of your plants and hang in there!🤗🌿🌵🪴🌱
That’s because outdoor plants have natural predators that deal with pests.
thrips are the worst!! I have struggled so much with them in the past.
Ugh they’re the worst. I hope you can get rid of them!!
I've been collecting for three years, just last week I got a huge thrips infestation & I've never delt with them before so I made my own mix & used to much alcohol & killed so many leaves on my syngoniums i'm guessing bcause they're more fragile & I'm heat broken because not only that but because thrips are the worst ):
My heart truly goes out to you Payten. I've never mixed an alcohol mixture before because I know I'd do it incorrectly and have a similar experience. I hope your thrips just vanish for you
@@HeatherHoyas thank you hun, it’s definitely heartbreaking so many of my syngonium that were once full & thriving are down to two leaves 😭 I hope it at Least did the trick after causing so much pain 😂
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