Thrips treatment - do predatory mites work? ft Entocare.nl | Plant with Roos
Vložit
- čas přidán 15. 06. 2021
- How to treat thrips! I'll show progress of about 3 months in dealing with a severe thrips infestation plus a milder one in my own home. What i learned most? You have to be patient for predatory bugs to work! I got mine from www.entocare.nl - They're currently not shipping because of the heat, but they'll be back online when it's safe again.
Join this channels Patreon or YT membership and let's connect! Many different special perks: / plantwithroos and
/ @plantwithroos
Thanks for watching and don't forget to like and subscribe if you like my videos!
/ yogawithroos plantwithroos
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
✿ What did you think? Let me know in the comments below!
✿ Contact me: ✿
Email: contact@plantwithroos.com or contact@yogawithroos.com
Website: www.yogawithroos.com/plants
Facebook: / yogawithroos and / plantwithroos
Instagram: / yogawithroos and / plantwithroos
Patreon: / plantwithroos and / yogawithroos
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
✿ My favourites! ✿ (US and EU links)
*These are affiliate links, thank you if you use them!
...to help your plants grow
Fans terrarium - US amzn.to/3tmwdE7 EU amzn.to/3mPTqMo (these cannot ship to The Netherlands from Amazon DE so I ordered them from Amazon US and it went well! Very fast delivery and no extra fees for us)
Hygrometer with data storage on app - US amzn.to/3fkUA0W EU amzn.to/3fkUA0W
Thermometer hydrometer - US amzn.to/2QqcqT4 EU amzn.to/2w3Lq4O
Heatmat - US amzn.to/33y82Xh EU amzn.to/2wmYySw
Growlight Mars Hydro THIS IS VERY VERY BRIGHT! TOO MUCH FOR MY PLANTS.. SP150 - US amzn.to/35Y2OoW EU amzn.to/3fVaddt
Humidifier (Elechomes) - US amzn.to/2YC1EgE EU amzn.to/3dEvG7Q
Growlights fullspectrum - US amzn.to/3b2Veuz EU amzn.to/34vM7kd
Digital lightmeter (lux) - US amzn.to/3d5BA33 EU amzn.to/2Wkg6cr
...to support your plants
Plant velcro (Thank you @delaplants!) - US amzn.to/3gyr8Cg EU amzn.to/2DqPqQo
Spagnum moss - US amzn.to/38YENhv EU amzn.to/2We1cER
Small netpots - US amzn.to/36a12kD EU amzn.to/2Lyyb07
Planty books:
The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert - US amzn.to/2ZaHwDl EU amzn.to/2LyctJv
Lessons from Plants by Beronda L. Montgomery
Houseplants for Beginners by Rebecca de la Paz (@delaplants!) - US amzn.to/3r9L9DD EU amzn.to/3cb2s2W
...to kill off bad guys
Microscope 1000x USB - US amzn.to/38V5yDj EU amzn.to/38WtyG6
Neem oil pure - US amzn.to/2WuyH5E EU amzn.to/2xDmq4x
...yoga favs
THE best tea - US amzn.to/2vwj6rs EU amzn.to/2xKIFWt
Mat with the best grip - US amzn.to/2TUjycn EU amzn.to/2wY5wgN
Sustainable leggings - US amzn.to/3b37YBm EU amzn.to/2IOW3uS
...film gear
Amazing big tripod - US amzn.to/3riaMlQ EU amzn.to/3seeePN
Tripod small - US amzn.to/3b3Gnjw EU amzn.to/2XXc75a
Lighting softboxes - US amzn.to/3b9eTJt EU amzn.to/2xCjJQL
Lapel mic - US amzn.to/2x2bIVd EU amzn.to/2TUeuon
Mic transmittor - US amzn.to/2U0tD7J EU amzn.to/33mVGRE
Boom mic - US amzn.to/391CpGy EU amzn.to/3d9DsYC
Music jingle: Drops by Whitesands - • Emotional Piano Music ...
Background music from Epidemic Sound (paid service)
*Description may contain affiliate links
✿ Share with a friend and be sure to subscribe to this channel to learn about plants, yoga, body positivity and how to greenify your life and home. ✿ - Jak na to + styl
It's extremely helpful to see the thrips in different stages! Also, I love how much Dutch people love houseplants. So good.
Haha thank you, I'm glad it's helpful! Not all Dutch people but in my family yes haha
Thank you so much for this video and showing the bugs up close. You guys had a lot on your plate.
I get discouraged when I find bugs on my plants but I Keep going.
You're so welcome! Glad you found it useful ❤️❤️ keep going 🙌🏻
I use predatory mites too. When I had a really bad thrips infestation I also used some predatory thrips, but also some mites that live in the soil to kill off any young thrips. Thrips lay their eggs in the soil.
Now I use the little baggies to prevent thrips and Spider mites. I haven't seen a thrips or Spider mite again now for over a year.
I used pesticides before. It was a lot of work to spray over 100 plants. The mites are somewhat expensive, but in my opinion worth it.
Soms people think it's icky, but I rather have bugs that eat bad bugs than bugs that eat my lovely plants.
Thanks you Summer Rayne and thank you Roos.
Question?! I am curious to purchase but I am afraid. Are you in Europe or in the U
Exactly! Good bugs became my friends 😅 And some thrips have their eggs (I think pupae too) in the soil but other kinds of thrips lay their eggs in the leaves. It depends on which one you have 🤓💕
I'm in the Netherlands
@@plantwithroos I have to do research of a reliable source to get them in the US.
@@coqui_tasha I am in Belgium and I get my mites locally, so can't help you there.
Wow, thanks for showing the close up of the thrips!! Much appreciated.
Yes, thank you for showing the thrips & the damage they cause. Enjoy all your videos & especially seeing the cats.
this was such an awesome helpful video 💚🪴
Great Video, I ve been fighting thrips for the 2nd year in a row. I now realize Its a bigger problem than I thought. Your constellations is really nice.
The BEST THRIPS vid EVER.
Thank you for all the information.
Thank-you so much for the very detailed pest video 👍....and for the cats 😃
This is SO super helpful! Thank you for showing this whole process. It can be really hard for newer plant owners to really know what to look for and what their dealing with, so a video like this is SO awesome👍 It totally sucks that you guys have had such bad thrips infestations, but at least you'll be helping tons of others in the process! Thank you!❤
I'm glad to hear it thank you. And yes that's what gets me through, when I find bugs and feel sad I think about the viewers and how i can create content to help them 👍🏻🙌🏻❤️
This isn't helpful at all, they used pesticides in combination with predatory mites. A HUGE no no. Even organic pesticides like Spinosad containing sprays will harm predatory mites
🌻 Thank you!
The cats are also beautyful!😻
Thank you! I love them 🥰
my eye twitches cause im dealing with the black thrips
Doppelkitty! My cat Dexter looks identical to that black cat, even down to the mannerisms like holding your fingers while he gives your hand a bath.
That's so cool!! He's so sweet 🥰❤️
The ones not in the satchels look like Rove beetles "Staphylinidae" and they are ferocious both adults and juveniles. They also can get up to 3/4" long.
Hey! They are Franklinothrips vespiformis, predatory thrips. They do look pretty similar, but from the sound of it much bigger!
havnt use preds yet as they are like almost 200 a month
thrips are such a nightmare to all plant mom! 😤
Hi Rose! I´ve been following you for a while and I LOVE your videos, super helpful and always fun to watch, a good company to my morning coffee :)
I have a tiny question about the mite treatment - Is it possibe to see these mites on the plants and how can I identify them?
I´ve managed to caught an early thrips infestation with a few buggers eating on my monstera. I´ve seen one adult but mainly the larvae, so I´ve cleaned the leaves thoroughly before treatment with a. cucumeris mites. Today I did a check-in on my monstera, found some thrips and removed them. I also saw some kind of smaller thing searching around the leaves in my magnifying glass, but It´s not easy to see exactly what it is. Can I identify the mites by maybe how they move and by their color? Thank you!
Hey thank you! It helps to have an idea of what they look like, but I can't tell you exactly. There are often different kinds of mites in the baggies, including some to feed the ones you bought in case there is not enough thrips to eat. Generally mites are small and round and have 8 legs instead of 6 if I remember correctly.. Check entocare.nl for close-up photos and video of them!
Spray-Total Wipedown-Spray. Spraying alone doesn't help because the eggs are stuck quite well onto the plant. I use a microfibre cloth but it's never enough because it's impossible to completely wipe off every nook and cranny of the plant. I get less frequent infestations compared to just spraying.
I don't want to do either of these because it would remove or harm the good bugs!
Get a wide brimmed paintbrush. Get in the habit of brushing leaves when you inspect your plants, then immediately after spray the floor area around the plant and the soil top with a must of 1 part iso propyl alcohol and 3 parts water, this kills the ones that you fkucked onto the ground. I disagree with the video poster, it ABSOLUTELY IS about having no bugs, 1 hug becomes 100 in about 4 days.. then exponential from there. :)
It's interesting that you have the swirskii instead of the cucumeris with being in such a cold climate. Swirskii can't breed below 20 celcius. They're able to eat instar 2 and instar 1 however whilst cucumeric only instar 1. I think it was a bad idea to add the predators so quickly after applying the leaf treatment. Best to wait two days but nevermind. You had such a large quantity of predators :)
I go by the advice of the company, they're the experts in my climate as they're based in the Netherlands too. And regarding the wait, that was not possible in this case as it is not my own house. But yeah I agree that that would have been even better
Ngl this made me go check all my plants for pests 😅
ik struggle al maanden en ik vind het heel overwhelming :( veel planten weg gedaan of naar buiten en mijten, aaltjes, sprays etc geprobeerd. IK HAAT ZE
Wat vervelend! ik begrijp je helemaal, het is zo niet leuk! maakt de liefde voor planten ook anders. succes en hou vol!
Hee Roos ! Merci alweer voor n erg fijne en nuttige vid. Those cats are so cute ! Ik heb ook n vraagje als dat mag, since you're the alocasia queen... About a month ago I bought this gorgeous Azlani from my nursery (dollars dollars :/ but worth it) and it was doing great, two leaves in one month ! Then... drama started... I saw little webs but couldn't identify any spider mites, so I sprayed the plant with filtered water, webs kept coming back and even with my jewelers magnifyer I couldn't discern spider mites but I decided to treat it anyway, with Fazilospray, which has done wonders here before (I also use neem oil solution, but for the rarer plants ...) The orning after the treatment I noticed the alocasia was also in need of water (eventhough I measured it two days ago) this together made all the leaves droop and the day after all of them except the two new ones started to yellow and brown. Day after the 2 new ones also started to yellow a little bit. So I decided to cut all the drying leaves except for the new. I now have a very sad plant isolated in my bedroom. :( But you always say Alocasia are strong, they will come back. So long story, but now a question, would it be helpful to put a transparent plastic bag over the plant cause I remember hearing somewhere it helps jewel alocasia recover and put out new growth. Curious bout your experience. ( I also have a polly and she seems to do ok... so I'm not new to alocasia, even sucessfully grew a Sarian, but then gifted it cause it was getting to wide - Is it also your experience that some varieties are trickier ? ) Very long message sorry. Greetings from Brussels
Hey Riff Raff! Thank you 💕 Yes the plastic bag would help, and yes some are more tricky than others. I find that the jewels are more tricky than the bigger ones, and the big ones need more water. If they're small or struggling, a closed high humidity environment will help 🙌🏻 good luck!
@@plantwithroos tnx so much for having taken the time to reply. Good luck there with the greenhouse can't wait to see the vids !
Worth mentioning also that your r.h meter in the tent says its 88% rh in there.. I hope it's also about 37c in there too?? This is where you'd be in good vpd range at that humidity. 88% at 21c for example puts your plants in prime vpd range for pathogen growth.. not joking and respectfully intended.
It's never been that warm in my tent, I'm in the Netherlands and didn't use a heating element. Also this video is very old, I no longer use a tent.
U need a humidifier and good air flow around
I use to suffer from trips on my alocasias and anthuriums.
how did u fix it
Actually I don't think that's the solution for thrips. Of course it's important to have good airflow and you can use a humidifier but that's not thrips treatment.
@shannon I like to use good bugs
@@plantwithroos its actually good advice, keep the vpd in check for plants, but air movement slows mating ;) cannabis grower for overx30 years here, but also grow vegetated monsterras, edible plants and flowers.
I ordered them 2 days ago and put them on my plants now i hope it works because im so scared my plants will die like last timee
Fingers crossed for you!
Is it recommended to wash and treat the plants before releasing the predatory insects? That leaves them with little to eat, especially the insects that are there to eat the adult thrips and cause them to compete with each other. I wonder how long the predatory insects can live without much to eat while they wait for the population to build up again. Insects can also turn on each other when food source is low.
Wouldn’t it be better to release them, let them do their thing and then do a round of wash and treat and then do another round of predator insects?
I bought lacewings for thrips once, but felt bad because I noticed most died due to not having much to eat since I caught the trips early on and didn’t have many plants with the thrips.
If anyone can advise, I’d really appreciate it so I am more prepared for the next time I have an outbreak!
I don't know what's recommended, as always I'm only sharing my experience and I'm no expert. Since only predatory mites doesn't always work on big infestations we thought this would be the best course of action, since the plants could also use a dusting. The bags some of these bugs come in provide food for the good bugs so that's not an issue. I don't know how it works with the predatrip but in this case there were plenty of adults left for them to eat.
@@plantwithroos thank you for the feedback and your thinking all makes sense especially for a big infestation. I’m an over thinker. Thats perfect that they come with food in the bags and a great back up solution so they can do their thing as more emerge. I’ll go that route next time. Your videos are helpful and entertaining so thank you for all you do.
I wouldn't spray them first. The predatory mites seem to work best and breed best when there's a good amount of prey although there are feeder mites included when you buy. If you are going to spray first then wait at least two days for an insecticidal soap or two weeks after a pesticidal spray.
I'm battling thrips. I'm using orius and also the sachets. Have you been successful in eradicating thrips? How often did you release predathrips?
I definitely relate to a lot of what you described. I feel pretty defeated actually 😔
Hey! Sorry to hear you have them, they suck! I have had success in my own home where I renew the good bugs army every 4 weeks. It took several months for me but it worked. They do pop up in new places sometimes cos they can also come in from outside in many ways, just like other pests. Don't give up! 💌♥️
Get nemotodes for the soil, 99% iso alcohol at a 1 to 5 mixture will kill bugs and eggs on contact and rarely damages Leafy plants ( flowers burn ), if you can spray them with 1 part iso and 3 part water and brush them with a wide brimmed paintbrush in the shower, then rinse off, remember the muxture kills on contact so you can dilute and wash it off immediately if your concerned. She's seeing larvae 8n the video 2 weeks later cause the predators are dying off and the larvae in soil is hatching
I have finally defeated them. 😪. Years long battle!
What happens if you use these bugs, but it turns out the plant doesn’t actually have thrips?
From what I know - and I'm no expert - they will go look for food nearby or eat from the provided food mites until they die
So I've used mites for the past 6 weeks, I got 60,000 predatory mites, and I now have predatory beetles that are due to turn up while the mites are still alive to deal with any of the remaining pupae in the soil and adults that are flitting around, I will then be bringing in my colony of ladybirds that I've been cultivating in our outdoor greenhouse and feeding them aphids from outdoor plants lol
Honestly it's been really affective in my opinion
I used this same method a couples years ago and haven't had any until now
But doesn't your spray treatment also kill the predatory bugs?
I mention this in the video (or maybe I cut that part out? Now I'm confused). The spray only works on impact, once it is dry it doesn't kill anything anymore.
💚💚💚
💚💛
thrips cant fly that far tho, they are poor flyers
Yes, they're more float on the wind types
🌿👍
😂 wth is growing in here 😅
Good job on getting rid of the thrips
I’m not sure but I heard if you use leaf shine that thrips & mealy bugs don’t like leaf shine but I’m not sure if it helps as a preventative or getting rid of them or if it makes a difference
In November we took in two kittens that were dumped off at our work & they’re sisters and always together & if separated our gizmo cries and her sister abbey comes running 💕
Yes leaf shine can work against pests but it is super chemical and would also kill good bugs unfortunately 😩
FUCKING! THRIPS!
Ps. I love your sister in laws living room! how beautiful!
Now that I've finished the whole video, THANK YOU so much for this!! I often get so discouraged when I see a new pest infestation and it's so overwhelming. I've been using the Koppert Swirski packs for a couple months, (Thank you for your video on beneficial mites!) I've noticed that my Fungus Gnat issue has lessened a LOT. Even though I know they aren't supposed to work on fungus gnats. Beneficials are a whole new world! I LOVVVVE them so much, and there isn't very much information on them. I so appreciate your video's, I've learned SO much.
That's so cool to hear!! Yes they are nature's own way so pretty miraculous and cool to discover 🙌🏻❤️❤️❤️
his sister is a good example of..not cleaning off your plants and checking them all the time to get on top of it
Why be rude? I explained they just bought a house and are renovating it. That's unnecessary
@@plantwithroos not rude at all, some people are more laid back about their plant and that totally fine, theyr busy and it happens, im sure they do their best, sorry if u thought it was rude.