Thrips

Can someone please tell me what is the best thing to kill thrips. They are devastating my plants this year, especially Fuchsias.

 

Hello @Michael Hewett I hope this link below helps before they get to bad

Controlling Thrips – How To Get Rid Of Thrips

 

Hi, best get a insecticide, sometimes there is no alternative.
I was waiting for someone to come up with some crazy old remedy that involve hubble bubble toil and trouble, but obviously there aint one for thrips.

 

Gail, I knew I could rely on someone

 

Very funny pete :rasp:….at least I was trying to help ….while you waited

 

@pete hubby is having me committed later

 

Thanks for the link @Gail_68 .

The thing that bugs me with all this kind of stuff is, "you mustn't kill off the beneficial insects", I go along with that, up to a point, bees etc.

But then they go on to suggest Neem oil and Soap, this must be really amazing stuff that is able to determine the difference between the good thrips and the nasty ones.

WOW.

 

Pete I've tried soapy water in the past to remove green fly when I lived with my parents as she left her roses to me...it removed them to a certain extent but not completely and i'm not going to recommend any other killer as I've never used any on plants mate only weed killer for the weeds.

Anything that attracts Alphids etc...you know where they end up

 

Thank you very much for this link Gail_68 Sorry I've been a while before seeing it.

 

Hello Michael your welcome sorry I couldn't come up with better suggestions

 

It all helps Gail